Suse Linux Personal 9.1

by SuSE Inc.

Product Features

• A modern operating system with an intuitive, graphical user interface
• Everything needed for the Internet, office, graphics, sound, video, and networking
• Office applications that can read and write all common formats
• Web browsers and an e-mail application that can import Outlook Express mail
• Easy-to-configure Internet connection; quick and uncomplicated installation

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001MBCPE
• Item model number: 2001-1EN
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 23, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,481 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #60 in Software > Operating Systems > Linux & Unix
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Suse Linux 9.1 Personal is the alternative for all who want a modern operating system for their computers--without viruses and hackers, compulsory registration, and the need for expensive additional software.

The migration has never been easier. Suse Linux 9.1 Personal is secure and stable. Apart from an efficient operating system, the box contains everything you need for the Internet, office, graphics, sound, video, and networking. Suse Linux 9.1 supports all common e-mail, presentation, and document formats from the world of Windows, enabling you to import files and continue using them in Linux.

Scope of Suse Linux 9.1 Personal:

• Office applications that can read and write all common formats
• Web browsers and an e-mail application that can import Outlook Express mail
• Easy-to-configure Internet connection
• Quick and uncomplicated installation (even alongside Windows)
• Intuitive graphical user interface, easy to use for newcomers

Suse Linux 9.1 Personal Features:

• Includes two CDs, one live CD for testing and one installation CD
• Automatic installation alongside any Windows system on the same PC without data loss
• Comfortable graphical user interface KDE, similar to Windows
• Newest operating system technology
• YOU (YaST Online Update)
• Included applications:
  • Internet browser/file manager incl. Import of IE bookmarks
  • Personal Information Manager (PIM) with email (includes import of Outlook mail folders), organizer, address book (includes import of MS-Exchange address books), and task manager
  • Chat program for all contacts with MSN, AIM, IRC, ICQ, Yahoo messenger
  • Music and video player, burning tools for CD and DVD, Ripper, music manager (brand new)
  • Plug-and-Play connection of digital cameras
  • Picture management
  • Image processing
  • Complete Word-, Excel-, and PowerPoint-compatible Office Suite OpenOffice.org (free version of StarOffice 7) to handle: text, spread sheets, presentations, formulas, business cards, etiquettes, drawings, and Web pages
  • Integrated ultra-secure firewall
  • Fast and extremely easy internet connection

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Distro, June 17, 2004

By 

A. Vivolo (Orting, Washington United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Suse Linux Personal 9.1 (CD-ROM)

I'm a bit surprised at the negative reviews written before this one. I do not believe this distro is anywhere near as bad as these reviewers are making it out to be. OK, here is what I got:

My computer is a personal built Intel P4 (2ghz) with 512mb RAM, 80 gig hard drive, GeForce 4 video card, SoundBlaster live sound card, NetGear ethernet card, LiteOn CDRW, LiteOn DVDRW-that's the essentials.

Now I have my hard drive partitioned roughly in half with Windows 2000 on the first partition. I installed this distro to the second partition. No problems what so ever. I can boot into windows or suse just fine with no problems. Now I used the default settings on the install (they are just fine), but you can change stuff around. If you do change where and how it loads, be sure to know what you are doing first. I suspect that is how people get themselves in trouble then blame the product. The default settings work great, so don't change'em unless you really need to.

All the programs are there, from web browsing to Open Office. The interface is nice and clean yet it is still very customizable. Open Office has opened all my windows office files without difficulty.

My wife, who couldn't care less about computers other then web surfing and email, has no problem using SUSE. She took to it right away and hasn't had any problems finding her way around. This distro has organized the programs very well and I've found things easy to find.

I think SUSE did a very fine job. I've used alot of other distros, but I always come back to SUSE sooner or later.

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars personal edition is crippled, May 18, 2004

By 

A. Fabbri "afabbri" (seattle, wa USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Suse Linux Personal 9.1 (CD-ROM)

I'm a software developer who likes to use a gnome desktop on linux. With the fall of RedHat's desktop linux, and the need for a 2.6 kernel for SATA support, I decided to buy SuSE personal 9.1. I figured it would be a basic version, but I thought I could download additional packages with SuSE's great tool Yast.

Unfortunately, this Personal edition does not include gnome, and you cannot download it using Yast because SuSE has not posted the 9.1 files on their FTP server yet.

What really made this product useless to me was the fact that, out of the box, the make or gcc programs were not installed! If they were installed I could not find them in the path or on the hard drive!

Without a C complier any unix-based system is useless in my opinion.

If you just want something for writing Word docs and surfing the web using the KDE desktop (which is excellent), this is fine. If you plan on doing anything remotely sophisticated, FORGET IT. Get the professional edition (overpriced IMO) or some other distro.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, October 10, 2004

By 

Luis Marcano - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Suse Linux Personal 9.1 (CD-ROM)

I have been using it for a short time so, I am a newcomer but it has a lot nice features very worthy. The interface is amazing, very beautiful and easy to understand. The installation was incredibly easy and everything was done automatically, the only thing I had to do was to select some extra choices about the way how to partition the hard drive to install it as a multi boot (Windows XP and Linux). Actually, it was less complicated than the windows XP installation. The internet connection was easy to do and immediately update was done. The only problem I had was when I installed a PCI wireless Ethernet card that did not bring drivers for Linux, however I found it in internet but it was not easy to deal with. The graphics are incredible, and the office suite included in the software (free) is very complete. The word processor, database manager and the spreadsheet are plenty of features. There are other many application but it takes time to get to learn them. It is amazing, all for less than 40$.