12/05/2002 — Financial Times editor Paul Taylor looked at SUSE's latest Linux version for home users to answer the question, whether Linux is ready for desktop prime time.

Commenting on the installation and configuration process with the SuSE system assistent YaST2, Taylor wrote: "Not only did it correctly identify all of the hardware in my PC and the printer attached to it but it also detected the installed network card and configured it so I could begin browsing the web immediately."

He was impressed with how far Linux vendors have come in making their Linux software accessible to PC users. "The desktop that SUSE installs is tidy and provides Windows-like access to all the main software applications that come with the operating system," Taylor wrote.

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