OpenSUSE 11.0 : Novel Juggernaut Triumphs !

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The openSUSE project is a community program sponsored by Novell. Promoting the use of Linux everywhere, this program provides free, easy access to openSUSE, a complete Linux distribution.

The openSUSE Project is proud to announce the release of openSUSE 11.0 — everything you need to get started with Linux on the desktop and on the server. Promoting the use of Linux everywhere, the openSUSE Project provides free, easy access to the world’s most usable Linux distribution, openSUSE.

The 11.0 release of openSUSE includes more than 200 new features specific to openSUSE, a redesigned installer that makes openSUSE even easier to install, faster package management thanks to major updates in the ZYpp stack, and KDE 4, GNOME 2.22, Compiz Fusion, and much more.

GNOME 2.22 : openSUSE’s GNOME is very close to upstream GNOME, because Novell and openSUSE want to do as much work as possible in the upstream release. However, we do modify GNOME’s artwork to provide a unified look and feel for the distro.

KDE 4.0 : openSUSE 11.0 is the first openSUSE release to include a stable release of KDE 4.0. This release includes sweeping changes in the KDE desktop, and represents the next generation of KDE. This release includes a new desktop shell, called Plasma, a new look and feel (called Oxygen), and many interface and usability improvements.

Xfce 4.4 : openSUSE 11.0 features the latest Xfce 4.4.2, with a string of new changes including composite effects.

Compiz Fusion : The openSUSE desktop is not only a green glorious sight to behold, it’s also available in 3-D! Compiz Fusion is now the default in openSUSE 11.0.

Banshee 1.0 : openSUSE 11.0 includes Banshee 1.0. The Banshee media player has been re-written to improve performance and includes many new features, including video playback, better “shuffle” playback, support for iPods, MTP devices, and mass storage player devices, and support for podcasts and better Last.fm integration.

Other Features :

• Firefox 3.0
• Gimp 2.4.5
• OpenOffice.org 2.4
• Wine 1.0
• NetworkManager 0.7
• Linux 2.6.25.4, AppArmor 2.3, Xen 3.2.1 RC1
• Alsa 1.0.16
• glibc 2.8 branch
• binutils 2.18.50 SVN
• cmake 2.6
• gcc 4.3 branch
• gdb 6.8
• Perl 5.10
• ConsoleKit 0.2.10
• CUPS 1.3.7
• D-Bus 1.2.1
• NetworkManager 0.7 SVN
• PackageKit 0.2.1
• PolicyKit 0.7
• PulseAudio 0.9.10
• Samba 3.2pre2
• X.org 7.3

Download : Index of /distribution/11.0/iso/torrent | Software.openSUSE.org
Home Page : openSUSE.org | Product Highlights/11.0 - openSUSE | Testing:Features 11.0 - openSUSE

[sganesh]

Open suse truely Rocks!!,But ill be more happy if digit team includes opensuse11 in July edition!!!,or can anyone tell where to buy or get opensuse11 in cheap rate,i am living in chennai(tamil Nadu)

[NucleusKore]

Originally Posted by sganesh

Open suse truely Rocks!!,But ill be more happy if digit team includes opensuse11 in July edition!!!,or can anyone tell where to buy or get opensuse11 in cheap rate,i am living in chennai(tamil Nadu)

I will charge Rs 20 + shipping as actuals so it won't work out. It would be better if you contact a LUG near you, see here
http://wikiwikiweb.de/LugsList

[Pat]

Originally Posted by sganesh

Open suse truely Rocks!!,But ill be more happy if digit team includes opensuse11 in July edition!!!,or can anyone tell where to buy or get opensuse11 in cheap rate,i am living in chennai(tamil Nadu)

Probably with August issue, I reckon..Its difficult to bundle it on DVD for the july issue (Its 20th today already)

[gxsaurav]

How is it compared to Ubuntu ?

[Rahim]

I am willing to install this with XP(I dont use it, its just there) & Ubuntu Hardy.
Will its installer recognise the other 2 or would i have to edit menu.lst file?

[MetalheadGautham]

Originally Posted by rahimveron

I am willing to install this with XP(I dont use it, its just there) & Ubuntu Hardy.
Will its installer recognise the other 2 or would i have to edit menu.lst file?

grub recoganises prev installed OSes without issues.

[FilledVoid]

I might actually try out OpenSuse. After all there must be some reason why NucleusKore is sticking with it . the packages seemed to be updated good enough. And I see that KDE 4.1 is also available for OpenSuse as well. So I might want to give ti a whirl soon.

Out of curiosity .
How do new folks adapt towards OpenSuse. Is it quite easy to use?

[Rahim]

Can anyone point me to "How To Setup BSNL Dataone" in OpenSuse 11.0.

[sreevirus]

Originally Posted by FilledVoid

Out of curiosity .
How do new folks adapt towards OpenSuse. Is it quite easy to use?

I don't know about other newbies, but the reason I'm still using Linux when I want to is coz of openSuSE. Well, I've been with it since SuSE 9, and the experience has been a pleasure for me, unlike the experiences I've had with distros like Redhat 9 (at that time), or Fedora (later on). For a newbie, I never had to deal with multimedia stuff a lot with SuSE. I would say Ubuntu could be more newbie-friendly, but maybe I'll always be more biased towards openSuSE (its more pleasing to even look at, in my personal opinion).


11 will be installed tonight.

[praka123]

beware ,it will be heavy for puny systems

Opensuse is similar to windows.like it or not.that is the thing which attracts window$ power @busers to stick with it

If for eyecandy+kde ,why not Sidux ?

[aditya.shevade]

^^ STFU prakash... you said you will use openSUSE if the package management were better. Believe me, new zypper is way way better than what it was in 10.3. So use it now.

[mehulved]

Originally Posted by praka123

beware ,it will be heavy for puny systems

Opensuse is similar to windows.like it or not.that is the thing which attracts window$ power @busers to stick with it

If for eyecandy+kde ,why not Sidux ?

You like living in the past only?

[Faun]

lol....at above two posts...hahaha
owned

[Rahim]

How to setup BSNL Dataone in this OS?

[Faun]

Originally Posted by rahimveron

How to setup BSNL Dataone in this OS?

why don't u try bridge mode ?

[NucleusKore]

Originally Posted by FilledVoid

I might actually try out OpenSuse. After all there must be some reason why NucleusKore is sticking with it . the packages seemed to be updated good enough.

It's good. Period. It's slow if you have anything less than 1 GB RAM.

[FilledVoid]

It's good. Period. It's slow if you have anything less than 1 GB RAM.

Well my Home System is not quite old. Its a AMD 4400 with 2 GB of Ram and a 8600 GT display card. Are there like tons of downloads to get this upto date and functional. Is there a 64 bit version also?

[Rahim]

I am using it with 512 MB RAM with KDE 4 and its not sluggish at all, as some of you suggest, though i have not enabled Desktop Effects.

[Pat]

Just installed and used it for about 15 mins..Two crashes needing hard reboot already..As expected, Network Manager implementation sucks big time (moreso for pppoe connections)!

1:> Installation was smooth albeit a bit too long and time consuming
2:> Internet connection did not work when I logged into GNOME
3:> Logged in to KDE 3.5, fired up KInternet..CRASH and Hard reboot
4:> Logged in to KDE 4, fired up KInternet..Connected to Internet finally after messing with a few settings..Clicked on the "Add Widgets" on desktop..CRASH and Hard reboot

I am kinda pissed off completely..Maybe its just my hardware or whatever but I have to say this thing is nowhere near to Ubuntu IMHO.Period.

[chandru.in]

Would love to try it. But sorry I'm not interested in helping to improve a supposedly open distro which will in turn be used as base for the notorious Microsoft encumbered Linux Distribution.

[Rahim]

Originally Posted by Pat

Just installed and used it for about 15 mins..Two crashes needing hard reboot already..As expected, Network Manager implementation sucks big time (moreso for pppoe connections)!

Yah i too managed to get connected and beleive me i just went on selecting all options and i was shooting in the dark!!!
Ubuntu & pppoeconf is way too easy but i will continue to use openSuse for a while.

[aditya.shevade]

Use it for some days and you will start hating other tools. It happens to all. Even I was going to put it away after kalpik gave me a dose of some HUGE problems with SUSE 10.1. I went back to it from 10.2 and using it since... ETA -> 4 hours for download of DVD to finish...

[Rahim]

The Network Manager is filled with too many options imo.
My Net connection has been dropping every 5 minutes.

[NucleusKore]

Originally Posted by FilledVoid

Well my Home System is not quite old. Its a AMD 4400 with 2 GB of Ram and a 8600 GT display card. Are there like tons of downloads to get this upto date and functional. Is there a 64 bit version also?

If you want to get Ubuntu or SuSE up-to-date you will have to download in "tons", whatever that means. Around 200-300 MB maybe. That's why I (try to) release these as a single package in the beginning of every month. This will enable you to deploy among multiple systems or share with friends without having to download again and again. Am currently doing this for Ubuntu here and will be posting shortly for OpenSuSE 11.0 (I just installed it today).

Since the release of Ubuntu Hardy Heron I have already downloaded more than 400 MB of updates (so this is like in a month). This is required if you really want to keep every component of your system up-to-date. Else just download what I release every month.

As for applications/packages, there is no dearth of them in SuSE or Ubuntu. I am not biased towards these two distros but my experience with others hasn't been too good.

[Rahim]

Hey guys, I have to be "root" user to dial my Dataone connection through "ifup dsl0".
How can i allow non-root users to do the same?
My connection in OpenSuse is getting dropped/not responding but if i reboot to Hardy then everything is fine. Help me.

[hellknight]

Hey! which one should i download. the 64-bit or 32-bit, i have AMD X2 4400+. Is there any probs with 64-bit?

[NucleusKore]

Don´t download 64 bit if you are just running a workstation. I too have an X2 processor and am running 32 bit - less problems

[swordfish]

is it possible to upgrade from 10.3 to 11 without formating and loosing my settiongs?

[aditya.shevade]

It is... but you better do a fresh install.

If you insist on update. Add all the 11.0 repositories to yast. Remove the 10.3 repositories. Then issue command 'zypper dup' as root.

Aditya