New Features in SuSE 6.0

General Features

new init-scripts (services can be activated and deactivated even when they are diabled in rc.config, new flags: restart, reload, check and statuts)
bootp-client and dhcp-client integrated in init scripts
full glibc2 (glibc 2.0.7) support
egcs 1.1.1

New hardware support SCSI adapters

Adaptec AIC 7890 / 2940U2W
AMI Megraid Controller
Initio: probably all INI-9X00U/UW
ICP Vortex RAID (newer controller incl. fibre channel)

ISDN cards (HiSAX 3.1)

AVM Fritz!PCI and Fritz!PnP
Teles: 16.3c, PCI, S0Box (experimental)
Creatix: S0Box
Compaq: ISDN S0 ISA card
ELSA: Quickstep 1000PCI / 3000 / 3000PCI
Eicon.Diehl: Diva 2.0 ISA/PCI (S0 and U, not: PRO) / Diva Piccola
ASUSCOM: NETWORK INC. ISDNLink 128K PC adapter (order code I-IN100-ST-D)
Dynalink IS64PH (OEM version of ASUSCOM NETWORK INC. ISDNLink 128K adapter)
HFC-2BS0 based cards (TeleInt SA1)
Sedlbauer Speed Card (Speed Win, Teledat 100, PCMCIA)
USR Sportster internal TA (compatible Stollmann tina-pp V3)
ith Kommunikationstechnik GmbH MIC 16 ISA card
Traverse Technologie NETjet PCI S0
Dr. Neuhaus Niccy PnP/PCI

XFree86[tm] 3.3.3

C&T 69000 (also 32bpp support for 65550 and older)
Cyrix Media GX
EPSON SPC8110
Intel i740 (XBF)
Matrox G200/G100
NeoMagic notebook chipsets
Rendition Verite V1000 / V2100 / V2200
Riva TNT
SiS 6326 AGP
Weitek P9100
accelerated server for Trident Image975, Image985, Cyber9397, Cyber9388
vesafb on Linux/x86
XInput Treiber AceCad ADVANCEDigitizer, MicroTouch TouchPen, SGI dial box

Manual revised chapters

First installation
YaST - Yet another Setup-Tool
System update and package management
Hardware and Linux systems
The SuSE Linux boot scheme
The kernel
The X Window System (SaX)
Linux and networking

Kernel

2.0.36
alternative: 2.1.130

YaST

Choice of window manager
DHCP-Client configurable through YaST

New packages

acct 6.3.2 (Process accounting on user level) This package contains utilities needed for process accounting on user level: accton, sa, lastcomm.
afio 2.4.5 (cpio compatible archive and backup utility) Afio is a cpio compatible archive and backup utility with compression
apel (Portable Emacs Library) A package to ship around the incompatibilities of the different emacs implementations
cdrdao 1.06 (write audio-cds in disc-at-once mode) Cdrdao make it possible to fill up the pre gaps of audio CDs
dev3dfx This packages installs the 3Dfx devicedriver to access 3Dfx Voodoo graphic card without root privileges
dhcplient The DHCP client enables the configuration of lots of network parameters, like IP address, nameserver, netmask, broadcast address, gateway, routing etc. using the DHCP protocoll
docbkdsl 1.24 (DSSSL Stylesheets for the DocBook DTD)
emacs W3 4.0pre25 (WWW browser for emacs)
flim (emacs library for MIME)
glibn 1.1.3 (Gtk library)
gnuss Gnus, modified to handle MIME messages
gtkdev 1.0.6 (package for GTK development)
ipchains 1.3.5 (Firewall and IP accounting administration) replaces ipfwadm for 2.1 kernels
leafnode 1.6.2 (Offline News Server)
libgtop (GNOME-Library)
libtool (tool to create shared libraries)
libxml 0.30 (XM library)
lilypond 1.0.17 GNU LilyPond
The Music Typesetter
linuxnfs (support for kernel-nfs)
mesa3dfx 3.0
mgp 1.03a(MagicPoint - application for presentations)
mysql 3.21.33b(SQL database)
netmaze 0.81 (Multiplayer-Netzwerk-Spiel)
openldap 1.0.2
orbit (CORBA ORB)
pccts 1.33 (Purdue Compiler Construction Tool Set)
pep 1.8g (programming environment based on Petri nets)
perl_tk 800.007 (TK extension for Perl)
pgaccess (Postgres GUI)
pilot 2.0 (text oriented file manager)
plmagick (perl-Interface for ImageMagick)
plugger 2.2 (Plugin for Netscape. (audio, images, video...))
pvmpov 3.02 (POV-Ray with PVM support)
rinetd 0.52 (forwarding of TCP traffic)
rosegard (MIDI-Sequencer and editor)
rpmfind (automated rpm updates)
sp_libs (libraries for sp and jade)
StarOffice 5.0
x11amp 0.7 (MP3 player for X with support for Winamp-Skins)
xgfe 2.1 (graphical frontend for gnuplot)
xspeakf 0.7.1 (Tcl/Tk (wish) GUI for Speak Freely)
yaps 0.96 (Yet Another Pager Software)
yodl 1.31.5 (Yet Another Document Language)

Updated packages

adabas d 10.0.5 Personal Edition (incl. acucobol) [SQL-Server, demo version]
alien 6.18 [perl-Script to convert package formats]
antivir 5.15.0.1 [virus scanner for Linux]
apache 1.3.3 + PHP 3.0.5 (for ADABAS D and mySQL) + mod_perl 1.15_01 + mod_ssl 2.0.14 [HTTP server]
Applixware 4.4.1 demo (limited in functionality)
aps 1.4.4 [printer filter]
autofs 1.3.3 [kernel based automounter]
bash 2.02.1 [the Bourne Again Shell]
binutils 2.9.1.0.15 [GNU binutils]
bttv 0.5.19 [Video4Linux BT848 frame grabber driver]
bttvgrab 0.14.5 [Video4Linux BTTV grab tool]
bwbasic 2.20pl1 [Basic interpreter]
bzip 0.9.0b [utility for file compression]
cdrecord 1.6.1 [CD writing tool]
cfengine 1.4.12 [abstract programming language for system administrators]
cint 5.13.74 [C und C++ Interpreter]
dhcp server 2.0b1p16 [DHCP-Server]
dosemu 0.98.3 [DOS emulation]
elm 2.4.47 [mail reader]
ezwgl 1.39 [GUI-Library]
file 3.26
flagship 4.48 [Clipper-Compiler (DEMO) FlagShip for Linux]
flagstry 4.48 [FlagShip test version]
fpk 0.99.8 [Pascal Compiler]
freeciv 1.7.1 [Civilization Clone}
gdb 4.17.0.4 [GNU-Debugger]
gimp 1.0.2 [Image processing]
glchess v0.10d [3D GUI for GNUChess]
gnadmin 0.30 [GNOME system administration]
gnats 104beta [Management system to create problem reports]
gncore 0.30 [GNOME core system]
gngames 0.30 [GNOME games]
gngraph 0.25 [GNOME Graphic utilities ]
gnmedia 0.30 [GNOME multimedia applications]
gnutils 0.30 [GNOME utilities]
gtk 1.1.2 [gtk library]
guile 1.3 [GNUs Scheme extensions]
htdig 3.1.0b2 [generation of search indexes for WEB pages]
icewm 0.9.17 [Windowmanager with taskbar]
imagemag 4.1.4 [ImageMagick, image processing]
imlib 1.8.1 [Library to display 3D images]
ircii 4.4 [Internet Relay Chat client]
isapnp 1.17 [ISA Plug 'n Play Tools]
ixware 2.9 [Enterprise Solution Server, Demo]
jade_dsl 1.2.1 [DSSSL-Engine to process SGML documents]
jadetex 2.3 [LaTeX-Makros to print JADE output]
jdk 1.1.7v1a [Java Development Kit incl. native Threads]
jresep/javarunt 1.1.7v1a [Java Runtime Environment]
KDE 1.0 mit qt 1.41 [K Desktop Environment]]
lincity 110 [SimCity Clone]
marsnwe 0.99pl12 [Novell 3.x-Server emulation]
mbedit 8.05 [Multi-Platform-Editor]
mc 4.1.35 [Midnight Commander]
mesa 3.0 [3-D Grafik Bibliothek]
mgetty 1.1.18
ncpfs 2.2.0 [Tools for accessing Novell file systems]
net_tool 1.46 [basic netzwork tools]
Netscape 4.5
octave 2.0.13
pcmcia 3.0.6 [PCMCIA support for Linux]
perl 5.00502 [Perl Interpreter]
pine 4.05 [mail user agent]
pkgtools [Tools to install tgz packages]
plan 1.7.2
postgres 6.4-Beta4 [PostgreSQL
database]
prcs 1.2.10 [Project Revision Control System]
psgml 1.1.6 [Emacs Add-On to edit SGML documents]
rpm 2.5.5 [Caldera Package Manager]
rsync 2.2.0 [replacement for rcp/mirror]
rxvt 2.4.7 [the other X-Terminal]
sane 1.0 [Scanner drivers and tools]
SaX 2.7 [SuSE advanced X-configuration]
scotty 2.1.10 [Tcl Extensions for Network Management Applications]
sgmltool 1.0.8 [SGML-Tools
a package for text formating]
snmp 3.5 [Simple Network Management Protocol]
speakf 6.1e [voice over IP]
squid 2 [Squid WWW Proxy-Server]
suck 3.9.4 [Offline News lesen]
SuSEFax PRE1.0alpha1 [Faxclient for HylaFAX in Java]
surf 0.91 [Algebra Programm]
taper 6.9 [Backup-Programm]
tcl / tk / tix 8.0.4
tetex pre0-9 [TeX, LaTeX, BibTeX, makeindex, MetaFont, MetaPost, dvips, xdvi]
tiff 3.4
tkdesk 1.1
transfig 3.2.1
tya 1.1v4 [Java Runtime Compiler]
XFree86(tm) 3.3.3
vbox 3 [ISDN voice mail]
vice 0.15.0 [Commodore 8-bit Emulator (C64/C128/VIC20/PET)]
vim 5.3 [Vi IMproved]
vnc 3.3.2r2 [a virtuellal X-Server]
vtcl 1.2.0 [Visual Tcl]
w3mir 1.0.5 [utility to mirroe WEB sites]
webalize 1.20-07
wget 1.5.3
wine 981108 [Windows Emulator (ALPHA!)]
wuftp beta18 [FTP-Daemon for FTP server]
wwwoffle 2.3e [WWW Offline Explorer]
xawtv 2.29 [Video4Linux TV application for bttv cards]
xcdroast 0.96d final [CD writer support]
xfig 3.2.2
xlogmas 1.5.3
xmrm 2.0 [Morphing]
xskat 2.3.1 [Skat]
yast 0.97.5 [Yet another Setup Tool]