SuSE Teams With VA Linux Systems' SourceForge[tm] To Improve Developer And End-User Access To SuSE Linux
Mar 13th, 22:21 UTC
SourceForge Designated as Primary Mirror for SuSE Linux; SuSE Offered
as a SourceForge CompileFarm Platform
NUREMBERG, Germany -- March 13, 2000 -- SuSE Linux today announced that
it has designated VA Linux Systems' (Nasdaq: LNUX) SourceForge, the
world's largest Open Source development center, as a primary mirror for
ftp.suse.com, to help improve the availability of SuSE Linux via download.
SuSE Linux is available for download at
ftp://download.sourceforge.net/pub/suse/ , which carries the full FTP
version of SuSE Linux, as well as ISO images of the evaluation version,
updates and fixes.
"We are very pleased to have SourceForge as our primary mirror site," said
Dirk Hohndel, Chief Technical Officer for SuSE Linux. "This enables
our customers to have faster access to our download area and helps us
spread the word about SuSE's superior quality."
Further, SuSE Linux is now offered as a platform on the SourceForge
CompileFarm, a unique service that gives Open Source developers a
convenient way to build and test applications on multiple versions of
the Linux and BSD operating systems over the Internet. The SourceForge
CompileFarm enables Open Source developers to automatically create
packages that can be installed on SuSE Linux using SuSE's YaST
installation tool, without having to compile the programs manually.
"The designation of SourceForge as the primary mirror of a highly
regarded Linux distribution such as SuSE demonstrates the growing
importance of SourceForge within the Open Source community," said
Dr. Larry M. Augustin, president and CEO of VA Linux Systems.
"Incorporating SuSE on SourceForge's CompileFarm makes it easy for
Open Source developers to build and tune applications for a broader user
base."
About VA Linux Systems
Since 1993, VA Linux Systems has been a recognized leader in advancing
Linux and Open Source solutions. VA Linux provides a single point
of contact for Linux systems, Open Source software, and world-class
professional services and support. VA Linux Systems owns and operates
SourceForge, the world's largest Open Source development center, as well
as Linux.com and Themes.org. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, VA Linux is
located on the Web at http://www.valinux.com.
About SuSE
Headquartered in Germany with a workforce of over 300 people worldwide,
SuSE (www.suse.com) is the leading international Linux company. SuSE is
used by more than 50,000 business customers worldwide due to its stability
and high quality. With offices in the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic,
the United States and Italy, SuSE contributes extensively to Linux
development projects such as the Linux kernel, glibc, Xfree86tm, KDE,
ISDN4Linux, ALSA and USB. The company name is pronounced "SUE-zuh." The
web site is http://www.suse.com.
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SuSE Headquarters:
Christian Egle
ce@suse.de
SuSE GmbH
Schanzaeckerstr. 10
90443 Nuernberg
T: +49-(0)911-7405344
F: +49-(0)911-7417755
SuSE US:
Peigi Cleminshaw
peigi@suse.com
580 Second St. Suite 210
Oakland CA 94607
T: 510-628-3380
F: 510-628-3381
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Note: VA Linux Systems and SourceForge are trademarks of VA Linux
Systems, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
(Submitted by Dan Bressler of VA Linux Systems)
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