SuSE Linux Office Desktop

Speedy, Stable, Versatile - SuSE Linux Office Desktop

You are looking for a work environment that offers easy, comfortable, and effective handling? A solution that can be configured in a quick and straightforward manner and on which office applications for Microsoft Windows can be utilized? A secure alternative based on Open Source technology?

Now your vision of a stable and versatile office environment is about to materialize ...

... at greatly reduced license prices!

SuSE Linux Office Desktop allows you to benefit instantly from the stability and security of Linux on the desktop in companies and at home without any previous Linux experience, while continuing to use and process existing data with accustomed applications such as Microsoft Office.

The mature and user-friendly technology of our SuSE Llinux 8.1 enables the migration from your previous Microsoft Office System to SuSE Linux Office Desktop in a few steps.

Like all other products of SuSE Linux AG, the new Office Desktop is quick and easy to install. Moreover, the migration is possible without any technical experience even alongside a preinstalled Windows XP. The partitioning tool Acronis OS Selector allows you to resize Windows XP or 2000 Professional partitions rapidly without losing data, thus making room for SuSE Linux Office Desktop. More details on Acronis OS Selector:

• Acronis OS Selector - Installation and Configuration Guide (PDF)
• Acronis product page.

You can choose between KDE 3.0.4 and GNOME 2.0 as graphical desktop environment.

The unlimited compatibility with your old data from your Windows system is a new and trend-setting feature of SuSE Linux Office Desktop. You are free to choose: continue to use MS Office by simply installing it in SuSE Linux Office Desktop, or use the new StarOffice 6.0, which enables you to read and write all MS Office formats. Apart from the MS Office programs, you can also install and use a number of other Windows programs.

Exploit the latest Linux technology and the communicative possibilities of Office Desktop to facilitate your office operations:

• Kernel 2.4.19

• KDE 3.0.4 and Gnome 2.0

  Easy handling thanks to clear, user-friendly menus and graphical user interfaces

  	KDE and Gnome deliver the full user comfort expected from a modern graphical user interface together with a range of applications for various tasks such as the following:
  File manager/Internet browser Office applications Editors Multimedia applications ... and many more

• Office Applications

  Make use of your existing Microsoft Office 97/2000 by simply installing it on your system with Codeweavers CrossOver Office. This is what it will look like:

  Other supported applications include Visio 2000, Lotus Notes R5, Intuit Quicken 2002, and others. A list of the applications supported by CrossOver Office is provided at the following URL:

  http://www.codeweavers.com/products/office/supported_applications.php

• StarOffice 6.0

  So far the only viable alternative to Microsoft Office, enabling you to open, edit, and save documents created in Microsoft Office.

  Take a look at the properties and advantages of StarOffice 6.0:

  http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/6.0/features.html

• Network

  Exploit the multiplicity of heterogeneous networks by integrating all kinds of network shares, including Windows shares, NFS shares, or Samba shares.

  SuSE Linux Office Desktop features a number of specially designed assistants that facilitate the integration by means of a graphical display and enables permanent integration in the system if desired.

The variety of office applications allows you to exchange all kinds of data with friends and business partners, regardless of whether they use Linux or MS Windows.

SuSE Linux Office Desktop is a unified solution for all applications on your system.

Last modified  05/17/2003