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SUSE Linux 6.3
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|April 2023
We test this long-established German company’s latest distribution effort. Can it hold off the competition?
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As an experienced distributor, German company SUSE has been around for many years and is very popular in European markets. One of the reasons for this is undoubtedly due to the large amount of software found on its CDs. It has also recently converted its distribution to run on the Alpha processor, and it has put money into several of the key areas of Linux development.
SUSE’s installer is based on YaST, a long-running setup utility that has finally been updated from text mode to a full graphical installation. Sadly, when we started our installation, it told us our 2GB partition was too small for the minimum installation. Wisely, though, SUSE has also included the original tried-andtested YaST, and this worked properly. Installation is reasonably quick, although it isn’t very neat – first
This story is from the April 2023 edition of Linux Format.
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