NewsForge: First Look: SUSE Linux Professional 9.2 Beta | Linux Today

NewsForge: First Look: SUSE Linux Professional 9.2 Beta

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 29, 2004

“Novell recently opened a limited beta of SUSE Linux
Professional 9.2, and I’ve been using it for my work/production
machine ever since I got my hands on the five-CD download. No,
using a beta release of an operating system as your production
system is generally not a good idea. Yes, there are bugs, as
expected in beta software. There are also improvements and
refinements, as is also to be expected. But overall, well, read on
and see.

“I’ve now installed SUSE 9.2 two and a half times on two
different machines. The half install aborted midway through the
process because of bad media. The other two installs were
successful: one an upgrade from SUSE 9.1 on my IBM Thinkpad laptop
and the other a similar upgrade on my production desktop
machine.

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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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