Novell released OpenSuse 10.3

Filed under: News; Author: Alex; Posted: October 5, 2007 at 5:10 am;

Suse

On Thursday Novell released the latest free version of open-source operating system OpenSuse 10.3.

OpenSuse is the faster-moving but mostly unsupported version of Linux from Novell and various outside contributors. It competes most directly with Linux versions such as Canonical’s Ubuntu and Red Hat’s Fedora. Novell has tried for years to pit it against Windows as well, even as it cooperates with Microsoft in a legally thorny partnership. Novell’s supported product, Novell’s Suse Linux Enterprise Server, is sold in the form of an annual support subscription.

Novell has been an eager adopter of fancy interface graphics, and 10.3 includes the Compiz and Compiz Fusion infrastructure for 3D effects such as desktop workspaces that map to the faces of a cube, or slightly blurred background windows, or windows that burst into flames upon closing. For those who want to head the other direction, version 4.4.1 of the minimalist graphics interface XFCE is an option.

You can either download OpenSuse for free or buy a $60 two-DVD set with a manual 90 days of installation help.

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