SUSE is also working on a new software development kit for the desktop offering with additional compiler support.
On the enterprise front, SUSE is working on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0, with improved security and scalability, said Marcus Kraft, product manager for SUSE Enterprise Server.
And SUSE is planning to unveil a new offering in March with support for Outlook 2003, additional Oracle and DB2 support, extended instant messaging capabilities and new Linux PDA support for SUSE Openexchange, said Klaus Kaufmann, product manager for SUSE Openexchange.
Finally, SUSE is planning to beef up its virtualization capabilities with User Mode Linux, said Jurgen Geck, SUSE Linux CTO. The new virtualization capabilities will allow systems to run multiple Linux environments on the same system, Geck said. The virutalization will provide additional mainframelike scalability and flexibility to manage Linux server workloads, he said.
"It will be more manageable, fault-tolerant and highly available," Geck said.