SuSE 9.2 announcement

[swannema]

http://www.suse.com/us/company/press...hive04/92.html

http://www.suse.com/us/private/produ...iew/index.html

Novell Releases Latest All-In-One Linux Product for Newcomers and Technical Enthusiasts

LONDON (LinuxWorld Expo 2004), 10/06/2004

* SUSE LINUX Professional 9.2 comes with latest open source functionality, including 2.6 Linux kernel enhancements, KDE 3.3 and GNOME 2.6 desktop environments
* Novell raises the bar for mobility on Linux with simple system configuration and support for Bluetooth and wireless LANs
* Delivers higher performance and greater ease of use for both 32- and 64-bit platforms

Novell today announced the November availability of SUSE® LINUX Professional 9.2, providing Linux newcomers and enthusiasts with the latest advancements in open source technology. SUSE LINUX Professional 9.2 comes complete with comprehensive installation media, documentation and technical support and is available for standard 32-bit PC processors as well as AMD Athlon* 64 and Intel* Extended Memory 64 Technology. It is the de facto standard for retail Linux and passes another milestone in the evolution of Linux viability for the mass market.

"SUSE LINUX Professional 9.2 offers a wide spectrum of users the benefits of leading-edge open source technology that is professionally designed, cost-effective and easy-to-use," said Markus Rex, vice president of SUSE LINUX for Novell. "Novell is proud to offer a consumer product that brings together the latest open source functionality and has again set the highest standard in terms of usability in the Linux home user market. We have incorporated customer requests and recommendations, providing them with a feature-rich and comprehensive open source operating system, and we are convinced this offering will enable many more home users to switch from an alternative system to SUSE LINUX Professional 9.2 with confidence and ease."

[TweakHound]

This one goes out to Swannema!

Novell today announced the November availability of SUSE® LINUX Professional 9.2, providing Linux newcomers and enthusiasts with the latest advancements in open source technology. SUSE LINUX Professional 9.2 comes complete with comprehensive installation media, documentation and technical support and is available for standard 32-bit PC processors as well as AMD Athlon* 64 and Intel* Extended Memory 64 Technology. It is the de facto standard for retail Linux and passes another milestone in the evolution of Linux viability for the mass market.

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[KingTermite]

Yes, he had already posted it, but in the Linux forum. Maybe threads should be merged.


SuSE 9.2 announcement

[TweakHound]

my bad

[PCBruiser]

swannema, when upgrading from 9.1 Pro to 9.2 is there a straight upgrade path? Just run the installer and it upgrades all the features? Or a way to port existing settings, etc.?

[pointreyes]

Originally Posted by PCBruiser

swannema, when upgrading from 9.1 Pro to 9.2 is there a straight upgrade path? Just run the installer and it upgrades all the features? Or a way to port existing settings, etc.?

When you boot from the installer's CD or DVD, it will request if you want to upgrade or do a full install.

I normally prefer a full installation simply because I'm always concerned about broken links with the libraries.

[PCBruiser]

Understood, I may do that anyway. Now that I understand a bit more about Linux, and SuSE, I can improve upon what I did on my first install.

[swannema]

I will wait what the entire 9.2 pack contains and decide then what way I will upgrade, it does not seem such a big step up from 9.1. But I know myself and I am sure I will end up with 9.2 rather sooner than later unless it's a mess like 9.0 was.
Usually I try to upgrade first, after I imaged the SuSE partition and usually I end up installing everything new. It doesn't take that long and I kept a nice log of issues and their solutions of my older SuSE installations- highly recommended unless you have a photographic memory.