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Posted 01-18-2020 at 09:24 PM bywagscat123 Updated 01-18-2020 at 09:38 PM bywagscat123
SuSE Linux 6.1 was released April 7, 1999. Note that the release cycle was considerably faster back then.
This was the first release in which there was any sign of GNOME. GNOME 1.0 seemed to be included but did not run well - I struggled to get any window manager working, and had accordingly had a lot of trouble navigating the young desktop.
KDE was upgraded to version 1.1, which seems to have brought nicer graphics and more complete programs and utilities. KDE 1.1's Control...
Posted 01-18-2020 at 09:04 PM bywagscat123 Updated 01-18-2020 at 09:25 PM bywagscat123
SuSE Linux 6.0 was released December 21, 1998. Notable if you care about US politics, this was released 2 days after the last time a sitting President was impeached. The dots in the acronym were dropped, renaming S.u.S.E. Linux to just SuSE Linux.
This was a fun release. This was the first release to include SaX, which was a handy tool in SUSE for modifying the X Window System configuration throughout the 2000's. I also found an included word processor in Applixware which resembles...
Posted 01-18-2020 at 08:40 PM bywagscat123 Updated 01-18-2020 at 09:25 PM bywagscat123
The next stop on the train through SUSE's history is S.u.S.E. Linux 5.3, released September 10, 1998.
This release shipped the first stable release of KDE, version 1.0. Although the graphics drivers render the experience rather hideous, it worth noting that KDE 1.0 most certainly would have been an aesthetically pleasing and feature complete desktop environment on par with MacOS 8 and Windows 98. Most of its utilities were still in development though, and YaST would warn me of this...
Posted 01-18-2020 at 08:19 PM bywagscat123 Updated 01-18-2020 at 08:40 PM bywagscat123
The next version of S.u.S.E. Linux still available for download on the web version 5.2, released March 23, 1998.
While KDE is much more barren than even in its 1.0 release, it is much more usable compared to 5.2, and as a user familiar to KDE whose used the desktop environment since its 3.x series, I feel more comfortable using it than FVWM. FVWM is still available and comfortable to use.
Many of the KDE utilities and accessories, like a Paint program, text editor, and...
Posted 01-18-2020 at 05:35 PM bywagscat123 Updated 01-18-2020 at 08:34 PM bywagscat123
S.u.S.E. is an acronym for "Software und System Entwicklung", meaning "Software and Systems Development" in German. S.u.S.E. Linux became an independent distribution starting with release 4.2 (reference to The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy) in May, 1996, based on Jurix, packaged as YaST, and no longer simply a translation of the historic distribution SLS.
Verison 4.4 in early 1997 was the first available in English, and it is not until version 5.1 that S.u.S.E....
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