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What are the technical enhancements to SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop in SP1?

April 26, 2017desktop Enhancements Enterprise linux SP1 SuSE Technical

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What are the technical enhancements to SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop in SP1?

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SP1 delivers several important enhancements to SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop: • Updated desktop user experience. Improvements include redesigns to the Novell main menu, control center, and logout and screen-saver dialogs, as well as updates to the desktop effects engine. The desktop enhancements also include new utilities, such as an international clock applet and a disk space usage utility. • Faster start-up. SP1 includes changes that allow for much faster boot-up speeds. • Enhanced security features. SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop now includes desktop lockdown tools and encrypted home directories. • Expanded OpenOffice.org support. SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop now includes the latest version of the Novell edition of OpenOffice.org (version 2.1), including the new OpenXML/ODF translator to convert Microsoft Word 2007 documents to OpenOffice.org, additional Visual Basic macro support, and improved Impress presentation functionality, including the ability to play embedded video as part