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SuSE originally was a German company, so it's not surprising that it got a foothold in German-speaking countries, being able to provide support and contracts in German etc. Years ago (late 90s or so), you could even buy boxed SuSE Linux in electronics stores in Germany, next to the Windows CDs.

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I bought a boxed copy of SuSE from a store (Best Buy?) in the US in the early 00’s. I believe it had a green gecko on the front of the box.

They had a different color box for each version. Suse actually would mail you multiple boxes for free at one point!

Boxed copies were sold on other countries too, I still have one in my shelf that I bought in Norway in I guess 1999 or 2000.

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