# Moving Forward, Looking Back: SUSE Linux in 1997

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**Created:** [March 23, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/moving-forward-looking-back-suse-linux-in-1997/23772 "2013-03-23T01:32:58Z")\
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Moving Forward, Looking Back: SUSE Linux in 1997  
22-Mar-2013 21:10

It was called S.u.s.e 5.0, and even with CDs and actual shareware, it was the cutting edge distro of 1997. [+read more](https://www.suse.com/blogs/moving-forward-looking-back-suse-linux-in-1997/)

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