SuSE Linux today announced the complete SuSE Linux 7.1 package
is now available in Japanese as a free download with full support
in Japanese. As worldwide economies tighten, interest in Linux
continues to grow. SuSE’s highly reviewed version 7.1 highlights
the company’s enterprise initiatives.
The SuSE Linux 7.1 Japanese edition offers professional users
all the tools necessary to execute various server and desktop
tasks, including Kernel 2.4, glibc 2.2, Logical Volume Manager,
ReiserFS, and LDAP, as well as an improved KDE desktop supporting
Japanese. In addition to databases, the Japanese edition includes
server applications for e-mail, e-commerce, Web, FTP, and file
serving. SuSE Linux 7.1 Japanese Edition also offers Japanese fonts
and input methods, a Japanese / English dictionary interface, and
the typesetting system CJK-LaTeX, which is suitable for Chinese,
Korean, and Japanese. Numerous office tools such as Netscape 4.76
or the graphics program Gimp complete the software portfolio.
SuSE Linux is available for IA32, IA64, PowerPC, Alpha, SPARC,
and S/390 processors. Complete SuSE Linux packages for IA32
consisting of CD-ROMs and manuals can be obtained in Dutch,
English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Portuguese and
Spanish.