Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 17:58:21 -0800
From: Bodo Bauer <bb@suse.com>
To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Subject: [SuSE Linux] SuSE Linux 6.0 - Feature preview


Hi,

as I get still asked about new features of the 6.0 release, here is
a new overview.

This is a prewiew, no guarantie, that all these changes are on the
6.0. It's still more than two month to go until 6.0 will be
released!



Feature Preview 6.0
     
     This is a prewiew, no guarantie, that all these changes are on the
     6.0. It's still more than two month to go until 6.0 will be
     released!
     
     BB
     
General
     
     * new rc-scripts (you can start/stop services manually, even when
       they are disbled in /etc/rc.config)
     * DHCB and BOOTP client setup
     * glibc
     * egcs 1.1
       
Hardware support
     
     * Controller SCSI
          + Adaptec AIC 7890 / 2940U2W
          + [9]AMI Megraid Controller
          + Initio: INI-9X00U/UW
          + ICP Vortex RAID (new controlers incl. fibre channel)
     * ISDN-Adapters (HiSAX 3.0)
          + Teles: 16.3c, PCI, S0Box (alpha)
          + Creatix: S0Box
          + Compaq: ISDN S0 ISA card
          + ELSA: Quickstep 1000PCI / 3000 / 3000PCI
          + Eicon.Diehl: Diva 2.0 ISA/PCI (S0 und U, nicht: 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:
          + all cards supported by [10]XFCom-Servern
          + C&T 69000 (and 32bpp support for 65550 and older)
          + NeoMagic notebook chipsets
          + EPSON SPC8110
          + Riva TNT
          + Accelerated Server for Trident Image975, Image985, Cyber9397,
            Cyber9388
          + ATI Wich?
          + Intel i740 (XBF)
          + vesafb on Linux/x86
          + XInput driver AceCad ADVANCEDigitizer, MicroTouch TouchPen,
            SGI dial box
       
Manual:
     
     Reedited chapters
     
     * First Installation
     * YaST - Yet another Setup-Tool
     * Update of the Systems and Packagemanagement
     * Hardware
     * The SuSE Linux-Boot Scheme
     * The Kernel
     * The X Window System (SaX)
     * Linux Networking
       
Kernel
     
     * 2.0.36-19
     * or: 2.1.127
       
YaST
     
     * Choice of Windowmanager
     * DHCP-Client
       
New/updated Packages
     
     * acct 6.3.2
     * adabas d 10.0.5 Personal Edition (inkl. acucobol)
     * Apache 1.3.3 + PHP 3.0.5 (for ADABAS D und mySQL) + mod_perl
       1.15_01 + mod_ssl 2.0.14 in Europe
     * apel (A Portable Emacs Library)
     * Applixware 4.4.1 Demo (no runtime limit, but crippled)
     * cdrdao (audio-cds im disc-at-once modus schreiben)
     * db_185 (static db library, version 1.85)
     * dhclient
     * dhcp server
     * emacs W3 4.0pre25
     * flim (Emacs-librarie for MIME
     * fpk 0.99.8 (Pascal Compiler)
     * gimp 1.0.2
     * gnus / gnuss
     * guile
     * ipchains (Firewall and IP-Accounting Administration)
     * KDE 1.0 mit qt 1.42)
     * leafnode (News Server)
     * libtool
     * linuxnfs (support for kernel-nfs)
     * mgp (MagicPoint - Presentation program)
     * msfm
     * [11]mysql
     * netmaze (Multiplayer-Network-Game)
     * Netscape 4.5
     * pccds (Purdue Compiler Construction Tool Set)
     * pgaccess (Postgres GUI)
     * pkgtools
     * plmagick (perl-Interface for ImageMagick)
     * pvmpov (POV-Ray with PVM-Support)
     * rinetd
     * rosegard (Rosegarden Editor and Sequencer)
     * rpmfind
     * SaX
     * te_* (SGML Tools)
     * XFree86(tm) 3.3.3
     * xgfe 2.1
     * yaps (Yet Another Pager Software)
     * yodl (Yet Another Document Language)
       
maybe...
     
     * Extreme Linux?
       

-- 
Bodo Bauer                S.u.S.E., Inc              fon +1-510-835 7873 
bb@suse.com               458 Santa Clara Avenue     fax +1-510-835 7875
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