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Linux kernel and is distributed with system and application software from other open source projects. SUSE Linux is of German origin, basically an acronym of Software und System Entwicklung software and systems development, and was mainly developed in Europe. The first version appeared in early 1. SUSE one of the oldest existing commercial distributions. It is known for its Ya. ST configuration tool. Novell bought the SUSE then Su. SE brands and trademarks in 2. Novell, one of the founding members of the Open Invention Network, decided to make the community an important part of their development process by opening widely the distribution development to outside contributors in 2. SUSE distribution and the open. SUSE Project. Novell employed more than 5. SUSE in 2. 00. 4. On 2. April 2. 01. Novell and SUSE were acquired by The Attachmate Group,4 which made SUSE an independent business unit. Later, in October 2. Attachmate Group, including SUSE, was acquired by the British firm Micro Focus International. SUSE continues to operate as an independent business unit. HistoryeditThe developereditGesellschaft fr Software und System Entwicklung mb. H Lit. Company for Software and System Development was founded on 2 September 1. Nuremberg, Germany, by Roland Dyroff, Thomas Fehr, Burchard Steinbild, and Hubert Mantel. Three of the founders were still mathematics students at a university Fehr had already graduated and was working as a software engineer. The original idea was that the company would develop software and function as an advisory UNIX group. According to Mantel, the group decided to distribute Linux, offering support. Their name at founding was S. S. E and it was chosen as a German acronym for Software und System Entwicklung, meaning Software and systems development. The full name has never been used, however, and the company was known as S. S. E, which was shortened to Su. SE in October 1. SUSEcitation needed. SUSE GEEKO official plush toy. The official logo and current mascot of the distribution is a veiled chameleon officially named, GEEKO portmanteau of Gecko and geek, following a competition. As with the companys name, the GEEKO logo brand has evolved over time to reflect the name changes. OriginseditThe company started as a service provider, which among other things regularly released software packages that included Softlanding Linux System SLS, now defunct and Slackware. Also, they printed UNIXLinux manuals and they offered technical assistance. These third party products SUSE initially used had those characteristics and were managed by SUSE in different fashions In mid 1. Peter Mac. Donald created the comprehensive Linux distribution known as SLS, which offered elements such as X and TCPIP. This was distributed to people who wanted to get Linux via floppy disks. In 1. Patrick Volkerding cleaned up the SLS Linux distribution, releasing a newer version as Slackware. In 1. 99. 4, in support with Patrick Volkerding, Slackware scripts were translated into German, which was marked as the first release of S. S. E. Linux 1. 0 distribution. It was available first on floppies, and then on CDs. For building its very own distribution of Linux, S. S. E used the jurix distribution now defunct as starting point. This was created by Florian La Roche, who joined the S. S. E team. He began to develop Ya. ST, the installer and configuration tool that would become the central point of the distribution. In 1. S. u. S. E Linux was published as S. Kbc Petro Sim on this page. S. E Linux 4. 2. The version number has caused much discussion it should have been just version 1. Big Question about Life, the Universe and Everything of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxyscience fictionnovels by the English writer Douglas Adams. Ya. STs first version number, 0. ExpansioneditOver time, Su. SE Linux incorporated many aspects of Red Hat Linux, such as its RPM Package Manager and its file structure. S. u. S. E. became the largest Linux distributor in Germany. In 1. 99. 7, Su. SE, LLC was established under the direction of President and Managing Partner James Gray in Oakland, California, which enabled the company to develop Linux markets in the Americas and Asia. While Red Hat was ubiquitous in the United States, Su. SE Linux continued to grow in Germany as well as in Nordic countries such as Finland and Sweden. In October 1. 99. Su. SE without dots. Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel, used it fairly often. Su. SE entered the UK in 1. In 2. 00. 1, the company was forced to reduce its staff significantly in order to survive. SUSENovell company building in Nrnberg. On 4 November 2. 00. Novell announced it would acquire Su. SE Linux AG for 2. The acquisition was finalized in January 2. In a move to reach its business audience more effectively, Su. SE introduced the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server in 2. Novells purchase, changed the company name to SUSE Linux. SUSE is now a name, not an acronym. According to J. Philips, Novells corporate technology strategist for the Asia Pacific region, Novell would not in the medium term alter the way in which SUSE was developed. At Novells annual Brain. Share conference in 2. SUSE Linux and it was announced that the proprietary SUSE administration program Ya. ST2 would be released under the GPL license. The open. SUSE ProjecteditOn 4 August 2. Novell announced that the SUSE Professional series would become more open, with the launch of the open. SUSE Project community. The software always had been open source, but open. SUSE opened the development process, allowing developers and users to test and develop it. Previously, all development work had been accomplished in house by SUSE. Version 1. 0. 0 was the first version that offered public beta testing. SUSE Linux 1. 0. 0 included both open source and proprietary applications and retail boxed set editions. As part of the change, Ya. ST Online Update server access became free for all SUSE Linux users, and also for the first time, the GNOME desktop was upgraded to equal status with the traditional KDE. Microsoft agreementeditOn 3 November 2. July 2. 01. 1, Novell signed an agreement with Microsoft covering improvement of SUSEs ability to interoperate with Microsoft Windows, cross promotionmarketing of both products and patent cross licensing. The agreement is considered controversial by some in the Free Software community. The Attachmate Group takeovereditOn 2. November 2. 01. 0, Novell announced that it had agreed to acquisition by The Attachmate Group for 2. The Attachmate Group plans to operate Novell as two units with SUSE becoming a stand alone business,1. SUSE business and the open. SUSE project as a result of this transaction. The U. S. Department of Justice announced that in order to proceed with the first phase of their acquisition of certain patents and patent applications from Novell Inc., CPTN Holdings LLC and its owners would have to alter their original agreements to address the departments antitrust concerns. The department said that, as originally proposed, the deal would jeopardize the ability of open source software, such as Linux, to continue to innovate and compete in the development and distribution of server, desktop, and mobile operating systems as well as middleware and virtualization products.