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SuSE 8.1 Reviews

The latest version of Linux SuSE promises to be more user-friendly upon first sight. The user guide employs screenshots to assist the novice, while the installation and updating software is made simple by the YaST2 control centre that acts as a centralised interface to con-trol all applica-tions on your machine. The adminis-tration guide gives in-depth information on all that a system administrator would need. SuSE is also one of the first Linux distributions to add support for ReiserFS. Only if your hardware is supported by SuSE 8.1, will the installation and configuration be easy. We used a P4 2.2 GHz, with an Intel 850MD mother-board, 256 MB RD RAM, MSI GeForce 4 MX440 accelerator, an onboard sound codec and LAN controller and a Seagate Barracuda ATA IV HDD. The OS detected all the hardware, except the sound codec, thus, we were unable to test its mul-timedia capabilities. The low-end test bed was composed of a Celeron 433 MHz with 128 MB RAM, a Riva TNT2 card and no sound card. The installation was smooth—the default option given by the partitioning util-ity no longer deletes the exist-ing Windows partition. The OS has revamped its printing sub-sys-tem completely, doing away with the earlier Berke-ley-based printing system and switch-ing to CUPS in-stead. This makes printing easier and flexible, since CUPS can be adminis-tered from any browser as well as from various other front-ends. Corporate users might be a bit disappointed since StarOffice 6.0 is not included. One of its biggest problems is the huge memory require-ment of the GUI. Overall though, SuSE Linux 8.1 is definitely very promising.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Hardware requirements:
Pentium-class CPU, 64 MB RAM, 400 MB hard disk space, for command line interface.Package contents: One user guide, one administration guide, one quick install guide, seven CDs and one DVD...

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