SUSE LINUX Professional

SUSE LINUX Download

If possible, please download SUSE LINUX from a mirror in your vicinity.

Please note that download versions of SUSE LINUX are not eligible for free installation support. However, you can make use of our advanced support offer.

SUSE LINUX – Eval version

This is a installable selection of SUSE LINUX Professional 9.2 which comes with:

  • a comprehensive selection of applications to facilitate a wide variety of computing tasks (office suite, email, Internet, picture processing, multimedia and more)
  • 32bit and 64bit version
  • over 1,000 software packages

This free offering will enable Linux users to trial the latest open source desktop, server and application functionality that has become the hallmark of the SUSE LINUX consumer distribution.

Download the DVD ISO image here.

SUSE LINUX Live-Eval

SUSE makes the live-eval version of SUSE LINUX available for download as an ISO image. This version runs entirely from the bootable DVD and is not installed on the hard disk.

If you want to get to know SUSE LINUX or test if your hardware is fully supported, the live-eval version is the right choice for you.

Download the live DVD ISO image here.

SUSE LINUX ftp version

SUSE LINUX can be installed free of charge directly from the FTP server. It contains:

  • 32bit and 64bit version
  • over 3,500 software packages incl. server and developer tools
  • the full software packages that are also included in boxed retail version

Before you start, please read the installation guideline!

Japanese installation instructions are also available.

The path to the installation directory is:

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/current/ for 32bit
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/current/ for 64bit

If you want to install SUSE LINUX on several hosts in a network, download the entire installation directory together with all subdirectories. After you export these data to the local network with NFS, you can install SUSE LINUX on any client in the network.

Important note:
Download the files only if you can export the data to your local network with NFS! If you do not have this possibility or want to install SUSE LINUX on one host only, perform the FTP installation as described above. It is not possible to generate installation CDs from a complete download.