It has been an important week for the OpenSUSE Project and there was, expectedly enough, a short media blitz. More OpenSUSE reviews are likely to surface next week as many people install the GM over the weekend.
This week the openSUSE Project announced the launch of forums.opensuse.org, a merger of the three largest openSUSE forums. Continuing the openSUSE Forums euphoria we present you the Project Manager - Rupert Horstkötter.
We’ve currently 3.7GB (!) of software on the Education DVD (2,4GB for each arch) - a huge progress compared to 10.2 with ~1,2GB for each architecture. But: some applications cover nearly the same area - so we need your help by dividing the “good” from the “not so good” for the next release.
You’re at the breaking point of what to do with your current openSUSE 10.x (hopefully at least 10.2) installation. You hear that openSUSE 11.0 is just about to come out, but why should you go from a .2/.3 release to a .0 release?
The openSUSE(R) Project, a worldwide project sponsored by Novell(R), today announced that openSUSE 11.0 is immediately available for download at openSUSE.org. openSUSE 11.0 is the latest release of the community Linux* distribution, and a major update over the previous release with more than 200 new features specific to openSUSE and hundreds of application updates.
Andreas Jaeger, chairman of the Opensuse Project Board reckons, “Opensuse 11.0 is a true reflection of the community that discussed, tested, developed, translated and promoted it.” All brown beer, beards and sandals, then.
OpenSUSE 11 a redemptive OS with a Mactastic shine
You can now add OpenSUSE, the community-driven sequel to Novell's SUSE Linux distribution, to the list of significant releases. Version 11.0 of OpenSUSE is set to ship this week, ushering in a number of new features and solving most of the problems that saw OpenSUSE 10 get off to a bumpy start.
The OpenSuse development team will today release version 11.0 of its open source operating system, an OS that could well be seen as the biggest threat to Ubuntu Linux domination. Faster installations, better package management and top-notch multimedia support are just some of the things that make OpenSuse a significant release.
We tested both the GNOME and KDE flavors of OpenSUSE 11 by installing from the Live CD images. These work reasonably well and provide an installation experience comparable to that of Ubuntu and Fedora. The few minor issues that we encountered when we tested the beta 2 live installers back in May have all been resolved. There is also a full installer that is offered as a 4.3 GB DVD image. It provides a highly polished visual interface and an enormous package selection. For most users, who only require one desktop environment, the live installers are probably more practical than the full installer.
I was surprised that this fresh-from-the-server distribution still contained Firefox 3.0 beta 5, and OpenOffice 2.4.0 rather than 2.4.1. I assume that if I had gotten the online update working correctly, these might have been updated, but read on...
I was offered the chance to have an initial look at Novell's latest Linux offering openSUSE 11. It's a distribution I've tried in previous versions but often had trouble settling on. It seems very popular on enterprise desktops along with Red Hat. I got a copy of the KDE4 LiveCD and gave it a spin.
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A lot of work has gone into making this integrate with a typical enterprise Windows domain, which is no doubt helped by the controversial deal struck between Novell and Microsoft last year. This distro is not quite as straightforward for novice users to get to grips with as the likes of Linux Mint or Mandriva but in an office environment it's a real contender and this is of course Novell's intended market.
Ubuntu 8.04 and Fedora 9 have made some great strides in making desktop Linux more user-friendly and technologically advanced. With OpenSUSE 11, Novell can match them feature for feature and carve out a space for itself as well.
I know it's a day early, but I was able to get my hands on a copy of the release version of openSUSE 11 and I must say it's a really good distribution!
So you’ve downloaded and installed openSUSE 11.0. Are you now wondering what you may have to do post installation, here’s a quick run down...
With the release of openSUSE 11.0 right around the corner, you will see plenty of reviews, how-to’s and other various things about openSUSE, but how does it stack up against other distributions mainly Ubuntu/(K)Ubuntu?
With openSUSE 11.0 just a few days away, it’s time to look at one of the stars of the show: KDE. In openSUSE 11.0, you get two KDEs for the price of one. Here we’ll take a look at what’s coming in KDE, and talk to one of openSUSE’s KDE contributors, Stephan Binner.
Comments
lalala
2008-06-21 22:10:49
2. Better package management--Package management has gotten a massive boost in speed in OpenSUSE 11, the whole "dependency hell" thing is an old argument made up by people who don't know what they're talking about.
3. Top-notch multimedia support--since when does someone have to download a whole .iso to enable multimedia support in OpenSUSE, you are a former OpenSUSE user, Schestowitz, you know the "download an .iso" thing is a lie. Most people just add the Packman repo and install support for various media, including DVD support.
Why do you keep posting lies, can't you find enough true negative stories about OpenSUSE? You know that those arguments are about the 10.x series yet you lumped them in with 11.0. This is why there are so many people who think you're a joke. In situations like this, you usually backpedal and make up some lame excuse as to why, yet again, you posted more BS.
EazyVG
2008-06-22 05:56:52
Multimedia - another 1-click process only. Want multimedia out of box, get commercial SUSE, or any other OS for that matter. As we know, it is a matter of licensing issues.
Package management is not pos at all, as it has really been improved, and from my view only apt-get+Synaptic s better one out there.
I am enjoying it and will more with the 4.1 release of KDE.
borgermaster
2008-06-22 06:23:06
Bob
2008-06-24 22:32:51
I reinstalled the system three times and the same problems arise with the system locking up.
After the nonsense with Microsoft, I think that I will be switching all of my systems to something else. It is too bad, too, in that I think that Suse was the best linux distro out there.
RIP opensuse!
Ian
2008-06-29 00:21:50
1 system seems to be performing flawlessly. 1 system seems to be reliable with some minor annoyances. 1 system seems to be okay with a couple of major annoyances. 1 system seems to think it's Windows with all the lock ups I have been experiencing.
Overall... in many areas it's a massive improvement. In others... I dunno.
some dude
2008-10-10 12:46:35
I will admit that package management speed is way way faster.
some dude
2008-10-10 12:49:16
Roy Schestowitz
2008-10-10 12:52:47
easgs
2008-10-20 22:14:10
1) kchmviewer 2) mplayer, mplayer plugin 3) audacious 4) k3b, k3b-codecs 5) sox 6) devede 7) audacity 8) avidemux 9) ffmpeg 10) transcode 11) ntfs-config 12) vlc 13) libdvdcss 14) w32codecs 15) xine 16) xmms 17) dvdShrink 18) k9copy 19) Gtkpod 20) Acetoneiso 21) Furiousiso 22) DVD::RIP 23) Amarok 24) Kaffeine 25) kmplayer 26) Kdvdcreator 27) K3guitune 28) Kino 29) ManDVD 30) Kguitar 31) Mjpegtools 32) Soundconverter 33) Kdenlive 34) Asunder 35) Brasero 36) Smplayer 37) LMMS 38) winff 39) KmediaFactory 40) DVD2Xvid
you can install any of the above without internet, they include all the dependencies, just unzip the both files into a folder named MMP2008 and create a repository from that folder as a simple rpm folder in yast, then make a search in the yast installer with the name of the program and check it to install it, this is very important if you don`t have internet at home, and besides, by default Open Suse doesn`t include several codecs due to license matters.
I created a blog about the MMP 2008 where you can download the pack:
http://easgs.wordpress.com/category/multimedia-pack-2008-for-open-suse-11/