SUSE Linux Enterprise 10

Service Pack 1 Release

Novell has announced the availability of the first service pack (SP1) for SUSE Linux Enterprise 10.

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SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP1 features significant enhancements in virtualization, high-performance computing, security, interoperability and system management. With this service pack, organizations can take advantage of the latest technical advances in the best-engineered and most-interoperable platform for mission-critical computing.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SP1 Enhancements

SP1 delivers several important enhancement to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Virtual Machine Driver Pack. A bundle of paravirtualized network, bus and block device drivers that enable unmodified Windows and Linux guest operating systems to run with near native performance in virtual environments.
• Updated high-availability storage infrastructure. SP1 includes updates to all key components of the infrastructure, including the cluster file system, volume manager and cluster resource manager.
  • The result is improved support for workloads like SAP running on Oracle, DB2 and MaxDB.
• Enhanced security features. Novell AppArmor 2.0 security framework is integrated into the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 platform and now includes support for Apache Tomcat.
• Support for new processor technologies, including Quad-Core Intel Xeon and Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Enhancements

SP1 delivers several important enhancements to SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop:

• Updated desktop user experience. Improvements include redesigns to the Novell main menu, control center, and logout and screen-saver dialogs, and updates to the desktop effects engine. The desktop also includes new utilities like an international clock applet and a disk space usage utility. SP1 also includes changes that allow for much faster boot-up speeds.
• Enhanced security features. SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop now includes desktop lockdown tools and secure disk partitions.
• Expanded OpenOffice.org support. SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop now includes the latest version of the Novell edition of OpenOffice.org (version 2.1), including the new OpenXML/ODF translator to convert Microsoft Word 2007 documents to OpenOffice.org, additional Visual Basic macro support, and improved Impress presentation functionality, including the ability to play embedded video as part of presentations.
• Desktop virtualization. SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop now includes Xen virtualization technology in preview mode, along with improved management and auditing tools.