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OpenSUSE 11.3 hits second milestone, now features KDE 4.4 Desktop

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:12:43 +0000

OpenSuse project has released the latest milestone – Milestone 2 of its OpenSuse 11.3 which features Linux 2.6.33 and also the new KDE 4.4 Desktop. This new KDE desktop introduces a new netbook interface, native window tabbing and the KAuth authentication Framework, among other improvements and new applications.

KDE 4.4’s Plasma Desktop

Besides that, there are also updates to NetworkManager, ModemManager and other network related plug-ins which do not add features, but support more hardware and include bug fixes. Other updated packages include DigiKam, evolution, Mono, GnuTLS and libgphoto2. Developers will also find Bootchart 2.0.0.9, a tool for analysing slow system booting, included.

As per DesktopLinux:

The Novell-sponsored OpenSUSE project released Milestone 2 of its OpenSUSE 11.3, featuring Linux 2.6.33, GNOME 2.3 beta, and a new network security stack. OpenSUSE 11.3 Milestone 2 also debuts the new KDE 4.4 desktop, which adds a netbook interface, plus new tabbing and social networking features.

The OpenSUSE project, which acts as the community upstream source for Novell’s SUSE Linux, released Milestone 1 of version 11.3 in late January. OpenSUSE 11.3, which is scheduled for final release in July, offers upgraded versions of open source software including Linux 2.6.33, OpenOffice 3.2 Beta4, VirtualBox 3.1 beta 1, and Mono 2.6.

The release also includes the major new 4.4 release of the KDE desktop (see farther below), as well as the 2.30 beta 1 of the GNOME desktop. Live CDs with either environment are now said to be available. Plans for the upcoming Milestone 3, meanwhile, include the switch to GCC 4.5.0 as the default compiler, says the OpenSUSE project.

To learn more about testing openSUSE, visit the Testing pages on the openSUSE wiki.

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OpenSuse 11.2 is ready for release

admin — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:13:49 +0000

The much anticipated OpenSUSE 11.2 is scheduled for the final release in November. The last milestone for OpenSUSE was the OpenSUSE 11.2 Milestone 8 (M8) which features numerous bug fixes, Linux kernel 2.6.31, improved partioning, social networking clients, and new versions of packages including GNOME 2.28, says the project.

OpenSUSE which was launched in 2005 by Novell as a community version of SUSE Linux, had its last major release in June 2008 with version 11.0, which was issued in final form in June 2008. Version 11.0 featured 200 new features, a redesigned installer, KDE 4.0, GNOME 2.2.2, and the Compiz Fusion 3D window manager.

OpenSUSE 11.2 offers partitioning and filesystems enhancements, as well as the coronation of ext4 as the default file system, and early support for the Btrfs filesystem. Other OpenSUSE improvements include interface enhancements to the YaST partioner interface, improved package management and mirror handling, and Zypper command line enhancements. Besides that, OpenSUSE 11.2 also offers improved social networking clients, with GNOME’s Gwibber supporting Facebook, Twitter and Identi.ca., and KDE’s Choqok client supporting Twitter and Identi.ca.

OpenSUSE 11.2 Milestone 8 is available to download for 32 and 64 bit x86 systems as a DVD or LiveCD image, here, with the final release expected in November 2009.

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Novell Launches SuSE 11

admin — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:35:00 +0000

Novell on Wednesday (24th March 2009) launched SUSE Linux Enterprise 11, with the capability for policy-driven system management and enhancements to its high-availability clustering.

SLES 11 also will soon be certified to run in the Amazon EC2 cloud, Novell officials said.

Some of the highlights of the latest version of SLES 11 are;

Runs .NET applications on Linux

This is achieved by the Mono extension and since SuSE is the leading Linux distribution for non-x86 machines, it means that .NET applications can run on the IBM system Z machines!

Includes Moonlight

The Linux version of Microsoft’s Silverlight.

Support for OOXML

Simply put, compatible with Microsoft Office’s native file. This was already available in SLED 10 but it is announced that they will ship it with OpenOffice.org Novell Edition.

There aren’t much significant updates from SLES 10 and most of the highlights of the announcement has to do with integrating with Microsoft seamlessly.

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