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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
Make it easy for your users to be productive. Developed and backed by Novell, SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop provides market-leading usability, seamless interoperability with existing enterprise computer systems, and dozens of essential office applications. You can deploy it as a general-purpose desktop, use it in thin- or thick-client configurations (for example, kiosks and cash registers), or rely on it for high-end engineering workstations.
You need a cost-effective, easy-to-use, secure desktop—and you need choice. SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop is the first enterprise Linux desktop that meets these needs and works with your existing systems. When you choose SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, you get a solution that is:
- Easy to use
- Ready for office workers
- Interoperable with your existing systems
- Secure
- Low-cost
- Flexible to deploy and manage
Combined with world-class Novell support and the new Novell Customer Center, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop meets your business computing needs.
Easy to Use: Market-leading Usability
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop is extremely intuitive. New desktop features include an easy-to-use interface, a simpler menu, integrated search functionality and graphical desktop effects that will forever change the way your users interact with their desktops.
Integrated: Office Productivity Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop increases user productivity by delivering a tightly integrated suite of applications that interoperate with your existing IT investments:
- Office suite: OpenOffice.org 2.0, the Novell edition, is a complete office suite. It is compatible with standard file formats, including those of Microsoft, Sun and the (open source file format from OASIS). OpenOffice.org 2.0 also includes native support for Visual Basic macros and importing pivot tables.
- Web browser: The award-winning Mozilla Firefox Web browser protects users from viruses, spyware and pop-ups and makes it easy to import favorites and settings.
- Collaboration: Novell Evolution™, which ships with all leading commercial Linux distributions, is the most widely used Linux collaboration client in the world.
- Instant messaging: Gaim instant messenger supports popular public instant-message networks such as AOL, Jabber, MSN and Yahoo!, as well as Novell GroupWise® Messenger.
- Multimedia support: Multimedia support for Adobe, Macromedia and RealNetworks comes installed and ready to use.
- Search functionality: Beagle® personal information management is tightly integrated into the environment to provide real-time indexing and integrated search capabilities throughout the entire desktop.
- Desktop effects: New 3-D graphical enhancements increase productivity. Users can better organize their desktops, reducing the amount of time they need to complete tasks.
- Photo: F-Spot photo-library management offers advanced support for photo importing, publishing, cataloging and creating versions.
- Music: Banshee™ delivers a music management and playback application.
- Notes: Tomboy offers desktop note-taking for Linux and UNIX.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop is compatible with Microsoft Active Directory, Novell eDirectory™ and other networking and directory standards, so you can plug it right into your existing infrastructure. SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop shares files seamlessly with Windows, Mac and UNIX, and it can talk to your existing e-mail servers, including Microsoft Exchange, Novell GroupWise, and any collaboration server that supports the IMAP, SMTP and POP standards.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop also supports other industry staples, including plug-n-play hardware support for USB and Bluetooth devices, wireless networking, support for printing and file standard protocols, multimedia content viewers and Microsoft file-format fidelity in OpenOffice.org 2.0. As a result, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop is the first enterprise-class Linux desktop that basic office workers can use for their daily tasks.
Secure: The Safest Operating System on the Market
As an open source operating system, Linux is inherently more secure than other operating systems. Novell strengthens Linux further by including the AppArmor™ application-security solution as part of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop. AppArmor creates a firewall around any Linux program and manages applications by preventing unauthorized access. It can easily contain malicious programs and thwart attempted disruptions, including zero-day attacks. As a result, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop is the most secure desktop on the market—regardless of operating system.
Affordable: Availability at a Fraction of the Cost
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop changes the way you think about buying software. No longer tied to complex licensing programs, you buy what matters: a subscription for the updates and services that help you run your business. A Novell subscription comes at a fraction of the cost of proprietary operating system platforms—but never at the cost of user productivity.