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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is a Linux distribution supplied by Novell, targeted at the business market. It is targeted for servers, but can be installed on desktop computers for testing as well. New major versions are released at an interval of 24-36 months, while minor versions (called service packs) are released every 9-12 months. SUSE Linux Enterprise products, including SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, receive much more intense testing than other SUSE Linux products with the intention that only mature, stable versions of the included components will make it through to the released product.
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History
SLES has been developed based on SUSE Linux by a small team led by Marcus Kraft and Bernhard Kaindl as principal developer who was supported by Joachim Schröder. It was first released on 31 October 2000 as a version for IBM S/390 mainframe machines. [1] In December 2000, the first enterprise client (Telia) was made public.[2] In April 2001, the first SLES for x86 was released.
SLES version 9 was released in August 2004. Service Pack 3 was released in December 2005. It is supported by the major hardware vendors - IBM, HP, Sun Microsystems, Dell, SGI and Fujitsu Siemens Computers.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 was released in July 2006[3], and is also supported by the major hardware vendors. The SLES 10 codebase is the foundation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (formerly Novell Linux Desktop) - Novell's desktop distribution for business use.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 will be released in the first half of 2009.
Product integration and bundles
SLES is also an important part of Novell Open Enterprise Server, which brings all the networking services that were previously available only on NetWare to the Linux platform.
SLES 10 uses:
Criticism
See: Novell's patent agreement with Microsoft.
See also
References
Further reading
- Eckert, Jason (2007). SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Security. Course Technology. ISBN 978-1-4283-2223-3.
- Kuo, Peter; Jacques Beland (2005). SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 Administrator's Handbook. Novell Press. ISBN 978-0-672-32735-3.
- van Vugt, Sander (2006). The Definitive Guide to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. Apress. ISBN 978-1-59059-708-8.
- Harris, Jeffrey; Mike Latimer (2005). Novell Open Enterprise Server Administrator's Handbook, SUSE LINUX Edition. Novell Press. ISBN 978-0-672-32749-0.
External links
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server product page
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Cool Solutions - tips & tricks, guides, tools and other resources submitted by the SUSE Linux Enterprise community
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