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NewsBytes: SuSE Linux Quietly Ships Version 6.0

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 13, 1999

“With little fanfare, Germany-based Suse has begun shipping its
English language version of Suse Linux 6.0 operating system
distribution. It has been available in German for about six weeks
already.”

“The product comes on five CD-ROM disks with more than 900 Linux
based programs. It also has a 450-page Linux manual that some users
consider the best of any distribution.”

“We’ve almost sold more in the past week than we sold of
(version) 5.3 in its whole distribution”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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