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Linux Distribution: SUSE
Url: http://www.suse.com
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| openSUSE 11.0 Beta 1 has been released |
| The openSUSE team is proud to announce the first Beta release of openSUSE 11.0! There are many exciting enhancements and features in the new release. Among these is the incredibly fast package management (libzypp), KDE 3.5.9 and 4.0.3, GNOME 2.22.1, a beautiful new installer, live CDs and much more. |
What?s New
The openSUSE 11.0 beta 1 includes quite a few changes and new features that users will find interesting, including:
KDE 4 and KDE 3.5: The openSUSE 11.0 beta 1 includes KDE 4.0.3, which includes a number of new features, fixes, and optimizations. See the KDE4 page for more info on the KDE4 branch. To help test, see the wiki for info on reporting bugs in KDE. Not quite ready to move to KDE4? No worries, the beta includes an installation option for KDE 3.5 in addition to KDE4.
GNOME 2.22: Beta 1 includes GNOME 2.22.1 with plenty of new features and packages. Interested in helping with testing for GNOME in openSUSE 11.0? See the wiki for all the info you need.
YaST ported to Qt4: openSUSE?s administration and installation tool, YaST, has been ported to Qt4, providing beautiful styling for the installer, and an improved look for areas such as package management.
Under the Hood
New Package Management Solver and Meta-data: the package management stack of openSUSE, libzypp, has seen constant improvements since the last release. We introduced a new SAT solver (slides, video) and repository metadata that means that openSUSE?s package management works at a lightning-fast speed.
Installation in 24 minutes: Due to changes within the installation media itself and the advances in openSUSE?s package management, an openSUSE installation is now well over 60% faster, completing in roughly just 24 minutes! (Your mileage may vary, offer not valid for 486s?)
Other:
- Linux kernel 2.6.25-rc9
- updated gcc 4.3 branch
- libzypp 3.12.1
- PackageKit 0.2.0
- AppArmor 2.3
- Xen 3.2.1 RC1
- glibc 2.8 CVS
- PulseAudio 0.9.10
Obsessive package watchers can find a list of packages in Factory that?s updated daily. (Just see the column labeled ?Factory.?)
Important Changes Since Alpha 3
Several important changes have happened since Alpha 3 was released, most notably:
- Updated NetworkManager 0.7 SVN
- RPM payload switch to LZMA (results in smaller RPM packages and faster installation of them)
- DVD uses images for installation (speed-up)
For Download
Click here to download: http://en.opensuse.org/Download
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