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NLD comes with a decent selection of software--but not nearly as much as Suse 9.2 Professional. You can pick additional packages during the installation, so what you end up with depends on what you choose at install time. Heres a list of what we had available on our desktop:
Theres just enough software available for the most common computing tasks, but not so much that the average user would feel overwhelmed by choices. We feel that NLD is closer to Suse Personal in that sense than it is to Suse 9.2 Professional. If youre a software junkie and you cant get enough choices, NLD might not be what youre looking for. Youd do better with Suse Professional for the largest selection of software possible.
Managing NLD
NLD comes with Ximians Red Carpet, which made it easy to update our system. Yast 2 is also available in the Administrator settings (with Novell branding on it of course). Using Yast, you can add/remove software, see your Hardware, System, Network Devices, Network Services, Security, and Users, as well as Miscellaneous settings. Between Red Carpet and Yast, managing NLD is pretty much a breeze.Continued...
- Firefox
- Evolution
- GAIM
- OpenOffice.org
- Citrix ICA Client
- Red Carpet
- Epiphany
- Mozilla
- Konqueror
- Gimp
- RealPlayer 10
NLD comes with Ximians Red Carpet, which made it easy to update our system. Yast 2 is also available in the Administrator settings (with Novell branding on it of course). Using Yast, you can add/remove software, see your Hardware, System, Network Devices, Network Services, Security, and Users, as well as Miscellaneous settings. Between Red Carpet and Yast, managing NLD is pretty much a breeze.
