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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

By jperlow March 22, 2009, 1:15 AM PDT

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

The GRUB bootloader for SLED 11

The GRUB bootloader for SLED 11

The GRUB bootloader looks similar to OpenSUSE’s and that of other Linux distributions.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

SLED 11 booting

SLED 11 booting

The boot process, obscuring scary kernel messages.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

Install Screen 1

Install Screen 1

Install screen and entire install process borrows extensively from OpenSUSE.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

Install Screen 2

Install Screen 2

More Install

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

Install Screen 3

Install Screen 3

Location Selection

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

Install Screen 4

Install Screen 4

User Creation

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

Install Screen 5

Install Screen 5

Install Summary

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

Install Screen 6

Install Screen 6

Package Selection. Notice that the KDE 4 desktop can be installed here as well as the compiler tools. However, for more extensive development the OpenSUSE repositories need to be manually added.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

Install Process

Install Process

The install process takes about 30-40 minutes.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

GNOME Destkop

GNOME Destkop

SLED 11’s GNOME menu is not a major departure from OpenSUSE’s or SLED 10’s.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

GNOME Desktop

GNOME Desktop

Multiple file manager views.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

GNOME desktop with apps

GNOME desktop with apps

Firefox 3 with Facebook and GMail

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

KDE 4

KDE 4

SLED 11 KDE 4.x desktop

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

KDE 4 Desktop

KDE 4 Desktop

SLED 11 KDE 4.x desktop

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

SLED 11 KDE 4.x desktop menus

SLED 11 KDE 4.x desktop menus

The KDE 4 menu system has been extensively customized.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

SLED 11 Control Center

SLED 11 Control Center

The SLED 11 user control center.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

SLED 11 Application Browser`

SLED 11 Application Browser`

The applications list in SLED 11 is several pages long.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

SLED 11 YaST2

SLED 11 YaST2

The YaST2 administrative GUI.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

SLED 11 Authorization/Policy Manager

SLED 11 Authorization/Policy Manager

The Policy Manager allows desktop administrators to grant or revoke privileges on a finely granular level.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

SLED 11 Banshee

SLED 11 Banshee

The Banshee media player has full support for the iPod and the AAC media format which has been commercialy licensed.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

SLED 11 OpenOffice 3.0

SLED 11 OpenOffice 3.0

OpenOffice 3.0 includes Novell’s customizations as well as fonts licensed from AGFA Compugraphic which match the fonts in Windows and Microsoft Office.

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