SUSE Linux ( , German: IPA2: ˈzuːzə) is a computer operating system. It is built on top of the Linux kernel and is distributed with system and application software from various projects. Suse Linux is of German origin and mainly developed in Europe. The first version of this distribution appeared in early 1994, making SUSE the oldest existing commercial distribution. It is known for its YaST configuration tool. The developer rights are owned by Novell, Inc. since 2003, when the company bought SUSE. Novell, one of the founding member of the Open Invention Network, opened widely the distribution development to outside contributors in 2005, creating the openSUSE project.
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Novell employed over 500 developers working on SUSE in 2004.
The company
The company S.u.S.E. was founded on 2 September 1992 in Nuremberg, Germany, by four people: Roland Dyroff, Thomas Fehr, Burchard Steinbild and Hubert Mantel, all in their early twenties. Three of the founders were still studying mathematics at a university; Thomas Fehr had already graduated and begun work as a software engineer. The original idea was that the company would develop software and function as an advisory UNIX group. According to one of the founders, Hubert Mantel, this idea did not materialize significantly, as working in this industry sector is difficult to achieve. After a while, the group had the idea to distribute Linux, making in parallel some support and sale of software.
The name "S.u.S.E" was originally a German acronym for "Software und System-Entwicklung", meaning "Software and systems development", a name not so original for a software company. However, the full name has never been used and the company has always been known as "S.u.S.E", later shortened to "SuSE" in October 1998. There is also an unofficial rumor that says the name is a tribute to the German scientist Konrad Zuse, one of the fathers of computer science who developed the first electronic computing machine in 1938, "SuSE" and "Zuse" sounding similar in German, with the exception of the initial consonant.
The official logo and current mascot of the distribution is a green chameleon officially named "Geeko" (contraction of "Gecko" and "geek") following a competition launched by SuSE. Its design has evolved over time.
The origins
The company started its activities as a service company, which among other things regularly released software packages that included SLS and Slackware, printed UNIX/Linux manuals, and offered technical assistance. In mid-1992, Softlanding Linux System (SLS, now defunct) was founded by Peter MacDonald, and was the first comprehensive distribution to contain elements such as X and TCP/IP.Fact: date=September 2007 The Slackware distribution (maintained by Patrick Volkerding) was initially based largely on SLS, and the SUSE Linux distribution was originally a German translation of Slackware Linux.
