SUSE LINUX Professional 9.2 includes the following new features:
Mobility
* Improved WLAN support and configuration with YaST (including Centrino) * New YaST configuration modules for IrDA and Bluetooth * Bluetooth support with autodetection for synchronization with Bluetooth cell phones and handhelds * Improved power management * Suspend-to-disk functionality * Enhanced data synchronization with the new KitchenSync and Kpilot
Graphical Desktop Environments
* KDE 3.3 * GNOME 2.6
Multimedia
* RealPlayer * Versatile players amaroK and XMMS * Music manager JuK for large song collections * Movie players Kaffeine, Xine and Totem * Various synthesizers and drum computers * Ripping and recording tools * CD- and DVD-burning utility K3b burns data, music, and movies on CD, DVD and VCD * Video-editing software MainActor 5 (demo version) * Digital video recorder vdr, technology of tomorrow for the upcoming digital TV
Office Software
* OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 * Ability to read and write .doc, .xls and .ppt * PDF file creation with a mouse click * Integrated HTML editor and drawing application * Adobe Reader * TextMaker and PlanMaker * Quanta and Nvu Web-page development (HTML + wysiwyg) * Rekall - free graphical database application * Kontact and Novell Evolution - personal information managers * SEP Sesam backup software * Spell-checking
Graphics
* Inkscape, the new vector drawing program * Photoshop alternative GIMP 2 * Tux Paint (drawing application for kids and newcomers) * Scribus desktop publishing with a wide range of features
Development
* KDevelop * Eclipse * Mono
Internet Networking
* Browsers: Konqueror, Epiphany, Mozilla, Firefox, Opera and more * Automatic firewall activation * Kinternet to toggle network connections with a mouse click * Mail/Personal Information management: Novell Evolution, Kontact * Additional e-mail managers: KMail, Pine, Mutt, Thunderbird and more * E-mail importing from Outlook Express * Microsoft Exchange Integration * Configurable spam wizard * Instant messengers: Kopete and Gaim: provide support for a variety of chat standards including those of AOL, MSN, Yahoo!, ICQ and IRC * VNC * Atomic clock time on your computer through preconfigured time servers * Apache, the world's most popular Web server * FTP, DNS, DHCP, Samba, NFS, SLP and NIS servers
Core Components
* Kernel 2.6.8 * GCC 3.3.4 * glibc 2.3.3 * X.Org 6.8.1