Well you can buy directly from SuSE, which is what I usually do. The current version is 8.1, but 8.2 is already being advertised on the website, so it would probably be best to just wait and buy it when its released sometime toward the middle of April. Personal Edition will run you about $40, plus shipping. Professional Edition is considerably more, coming in at $79.95 I think. gore is right, buying SuSE is a good idea cause of all the extras that come with it ( I know the manuels saved me when I had trouble configuring X and didnt know many commands yet! )