Review: United Linux 1.0

The SuSE Variety

The United Linux version by Nuremberg-based SuSE Linux AG answers to the name of SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (SLES8). SLES8 is of special interest, because its predecessor SLES7 served as code base for the United Linux development. This as a matter of fact means that the three UL-CDs of this distribution are identical with the product that all four UL partners will deliver as core of their respective United Linux distributions.

A couple of days before the offical lauch of United Linux 1.0, SuSE provided us with a sample of SLES8 i368 RC5. These discs, according to the guys from Nuremberg, are identical with the SLES8 production version. The box contains four CDs, three of which hold United Linux 1.0 (2 installation, 1 sources). The fourth one includes the SLES-specific packages. For our test, we put the latter one aside and installed a plain United Linux system.