2. System Requirements  Supports 32 bit i586 and 64 bit x86-64 PC hardware.  PowerPC(PPC) processors.  RAM: 256 MB minimum, 512 MB recommended.  Hard drive: 500 MB, 3 GB recommended for standard system

3.  Latest version of GNOME and two versions of KDE  OpenOffice suite included  Mozilla Firefox  Yast operating system set up tool for: installing software, configuring hardware, setting up networks and servers, and more.  GUI and shell interfaces.

4.  Amarok audio player  Mplayer media player (video/audio), supports WMA  Wine – enables user to run windows programs on Linux  Winetricks – shell program that allows the user to download different types of programs ie. iTunes, Win32 Firefox, and multimedia codecs.

5.  Yast Control Center  Online Updates  Software Management  Media Check  Software Repositories

6. System Requirements  Hard drive: 500 MB, 3 GB recommended for standard system  PowerPC(PPC) processors.  Supports 32 bit i586 and 64 bit x86-64 PC hardware.  RAM: 256 MB minimum, 512 MB recommended.

7.  GNOME and KDE desktops  Latest Linux Kernel  Firefox browser  Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) for installing new software.

8.  Red Hat up2date for software updates.  Xen and virtualization  OpenOffice  Xmms media player

9.  GCJ stack  Eclipse IDE written in Java  Software Management  Software Repositories

10. System Requirements  Supports 32 bit i586 and 64 bit x86-64 PC hardware.  Any Intel Pentium or Celeron processor. At least 450 MHz recommended  RAM: 128MB minimum, 256 MB recommended.  Hard drive: 1.5 GB, 3 GB of available space recommended for standard system

11.  KDE 3.4  Convenient display of installed and available packages  On-panel alert for priority updates  Software grouped in logical categories  Single menu command applies all updates at once.

12.  Xandros File Manager  Scalix for email  Bridgeways for mangement of business critical applications

13.  Presto  New application Icon  Software repositories  Windows compatible tools.

14. I would recommend Linux SuSe for home use for the following reason  I have it in a virtual setting and the user experience just keeps getting better and better.  It uses Yast for installation and the installation process is really easy.  It offers the latest version of KDE and GNOME window managers and the latest Linux kernel and Firefox browsing.  It includes OpenOffice and supports virtualization.  Yast makes it easy to update software, configure hardware, install new packages, and otherwise configure SuSe. Yast is incredible.

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