The effort was half-hearted, and in
the mid-1990s Novell gave the UNIX trademark to the Open Group and sold the UNIX source
code to SCO (although Novell apparently didn??™t transfer full rights to that code).
Novell??™s purchase of SUSE marks its second major attempt to fill in its product line with a UNIXlike
desktop and server product. From the early returns, it appears that Novell is doing a better job
with Linux than it did with UNIX.
What??™s in SUSE
Unlike distributions geared toward more technical users, such as Gentoo and Slackware, you can
configure and launch most major features of SUSE Linux by selecting menus on the desktop. New
Linux users should find SUSE to be very comfortable for daily use and basic administration.
Like Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE is made to have a more cohesive look-and-feel than most
Linux distributions that are geared toward Linux enthusiasts. In other words, you aren??™t required to
put together a lot of SUSE by hand just to get it working. Although SUSE is ultimately aimed more
toward enterprise computing, it also works well as a home desktop system.
Let??™s explore what openSUSE and SUSE Linux offer you.
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Installation and Configuration with YaST
A set of modules that can be used to configure your SUSE system is gathered together under the
YaST facility.
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