SuSE Pro 9.3: Good open-source venue

摘要

Novell inc.'s suse linux professional 9.3 is an excellent general-purpose operating system. In fact, when it comes to combining leading-edge Linux and openrsource software, Version 9.3 is the most polished and complete Linux distribution eWEEK Labs has tested. SuSE Linux Professional 9.3, released last month, is powered by Version 2.6.11 of the Linux kernel. SuSE ships with a broad set of software—including the latest versions of the KDE and GNOME graphical user environments—making it well-suited for mainstream desktop or notebook deployments. However, SuSE Linux Professional 9.3 is perhaps most impressive as a platform on which developers and system administrators can evaluate new technologies. Version 9.3 leads the Linux distribution pack in its support for Mono (the open-source implementation of Microsoft Corp.'s .Net Framework) and Xen (the promising system virtualization technology).