SUSE & openSUSE

openSUSE 11.0 is a major change from openSUSE 10.3. Lot of improvements and changes have goine in from the initial Alpha release until now. Some of the highlighting features in openSUSE 11.0 includes

Linux Kernel 2.6.25 is default kernel

KDE 4.0.3 takes the centre stage from KDE 3.x as the default KDE Desktop Environment

For Gnome Desktop environment, GNOME 2.22.1 is the default

Changes to Installation workflow and themed installation is used. DVD installation uses images to speed up installation

RPM payload switch to lzma (results in smaller rpm packages)
 
libzypp uses a new much faster solver

German language support on CD media

Sax2 and YaST Qt frontend are ported to Qt4

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OpenSuse 11.0 release is around the corner!!!

The much awaited OpenSuse 11.0 is just days away from release. We can now declare the countdown has begun. OpenSuse 11.0 is a major relase and has lot of enhancements.

A quick look into the roadmap to the final public release for OpenSuse 11.0

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