Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1774 in Software
• Brand: SuSE Inc.
• Released on: 2009-01-12
• Platform: Linux
• Format: DVD-ROM
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.97" h x 8.27" w x 9.84" l, 1.37 pounds

Manufacturer's Description

Get ready for the next evolution of openSUSE! Introducing openSUSE 11.1, the next version of the world's most usable Linux.

Some of the new features include an improved KDE desktop experience, better synchronization with the iPod and the new Android G1 phone with an updated Banshee Media Player, and many other improvement and refinements in the openSUSE desktop. Also included are software updates including GNOME 2.24.1, KDE 4.1.3, OpenOffice.org 3.0, and Firefox 3.0.4 and more.

Better administration features
openSUSE 11.1 features more improvements to YaST, openSUSE's famous system administration and installation suite. The installer has an improved partitioner, making it easier for new users to make changes to their hard drive's setup if required, and giving advanced users more control over their partition setup. An update repository is now automatically set up, so the fun can start even faster with openSUSE. Plus, now openSUSE will prompt to help Linux device driver developers know how popular devices are by requesting that you send your hardware profile to the Smolt project, completely anonymously. It's one click to help the Linux community. Finally, YaST in the GNOME desktop has an aesthetic overhaul, giving more information about what screens are asking you to do and better match the look of the desktop.

More features, more fun!
openSUSE 11.1 premieres new features to both music players. Banshee, the music and movie player in the GNOME desktop, now features enhanced synchronization to mobile devices, including the T-Mobile G1 phone running Google's Android! Also included are a slicker look for the Now Playing window. For KDE users, the groundbreaking new version of Amarok is included.

One fun new program is Cheese, a webcam studio app that lets you take pictures and videos of your friends and apply neat effects to them.

Getting work don

OpenOffice 3
But when you need to put away those fun apps and get some work done, openSUSE 11.1 has you covered with OpenOffice 3.0 Novell Edition, the newest version of the popular office suite. Included are a word processor, presentation creator, spreadsheet creator, and more. Some of the new things in OpenOffice 3.0 includes spreadsheet collaboration, the ability to edit multiple pages in the word processor, and improved notes in the word processor. With openSUSE, OpenOffice is able to read and write all Microsoft Office files, including those made by Office 2007.

Another new app is Tasque. With Tasque, you can easily add and manage your to-do list, and look good while doing it. In addition, Tasque can synchronize with Remember the Milk, a popular online to-do manager, or Evolution's task list, so no matter where you are or what you use, moving to and using Tasque is an easy procedure.

There are over 200 new features in openSUSE 11.1, and that's only including features that are unique to us!

Customer Reviews

great product easy to install - recommended -
A great product, with a handbook, easy to install and form a dual boot system. I have Vista and all it's associated problems - virus -etc need for extra software to remove these things. say Norton but that costs and is a pain.
Suse 11.1 does not suffer from virus and includes free office software - compatable to microsoft office and will work with it's files. I much prefer Suse to Microsoft XP or Vista.

Suse 11.1 Disappoints
Having used Suse with a Windows XP Dual Bot setup before I was looking forward to an improvement. Regretfully it was very diappointing. I was not able to get the program to accept the partition I had created for it and it in fact caused considerable difficulty with my existing setup. I tried to dual boot with Windows Vista without success.

Linux what a disappointment
I purchased linx months ago; thought I'd give it a try, heard some good things about this operating system what shock I got. Installed dead easy. But it looks old and tired, this operating system needs a good amount of work done on it, not just to improve its looks but also to improve its usability.To say it's a replacement for MS, no chance, not if it doesn't improve drastically and I do mean drastically in years to come. Don't get me wrong I like open source software, some beats propriety software, I'll leave the door open and in five years or so I'll try it again but huge improvements have to be made first.