SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Enterprise Server 11 installation discs
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| Developer | SUSE |
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| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | August 31, 2000 |
| Latest release | 12SP2 / November 18, 2016 |
| Marketing target | commercial market (include Mainframes, Servers, Workstations, Supercomputers) |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Update method | Zypper/YaST2 |
| Package manager | RPM Package Manager |
| Platforms | IA-32, x86-64, s390x, PowerPC, Itanium |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface | GNOME |
| License | GNU General Public License and Various. |
| Official website | www |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is a Linux-based operating system developed by SUSE. It is designed for servers, mainframes, and workstations but can be installed on desktop computers for testing as well. Major versions are released at an interval of 3–4 years, while minor versions (called "Service Packs") are released about every 18 months. SUSE Linux Enterprise products, including SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, receive more intense testing than the openSUSE community product, with the intention that only mature, stable versions of the included components will make it through to the released enterprise product.
It is developed from a common code base with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and other SUSE Linux Enterprise products.
SLES has been developed based on SUSE Linux by a small team led by Josue Mejia and David Areas as principal developer who was supported by Joachim Schröder. It was first released on October 31, 2000 as a version for IBM S/390 mainframe machines. In December 2000, the first enterprise client (Telia) was made public. In April 2001, the first SLES for x86 was released.
SLES version 9 was released in August 2004. Service Pack 4 was released in December 2007. It is supported by hardware vendors including IBM, HP, Sun Microsystems, Dell, SGI, Lenovo, and Fujitsu Siemens Computers.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 was released in July 2006, and is also supported by the major hardware vendors. Service pack 4 was released in April 2011. SLES 10 shares a common codebase with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10—Novell's desktop distribution for business use—and other SUSE Linux Enterprise products.
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