Upgrade to openSUSE 11.4

openSUSE 11.4 is released, if you are interested to upgrade from the RC, betas you had installed before.

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openSUSE 11.4 is OUT!

The wait is over and openSUSE team released the latest version of openSUSE as openSUSE 11.4. Great. :)

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Ubuntu 11.04 with Unity (Screen shots)

Ubuntu 11.04 is around the corner and we will see some changes this time from Canonical. Unity desktop is introduced in this version, the rest of other stuff like applications will get some changes also, like LibreOffice instead of OpenOffice etc… I am not going to deep that why Unity, how it will represent the Gnome user base, but would like to share these screenies from zdnet.

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Upgrade to 11.3 via zypper dup through Terminal - openSUSE -

If you want to install from scratch (new and fresh installation), this guide is for you. In this post, i will guide how to upgrade to 11.3 from previous versions mainly like 11.2 through zypper dup command.

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openSUSE 11.3 is OUT!

openSUSE 11.3 is released a while ago. Release announcement:

The openSUSE Project is pleased to announce the release of the latest incarnation of openSUSE, with support for 32-bit and 64-bit systems.

Some features of 11.3:

* Kernel 2.6.34
* KDE4.4.4
* Gnome 2.30.1

For more check out this post.

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Screen shots of Ubuntu 10.04

Screen Shots

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openSUSE 11.2 installation

Read the installation procedure with snapshots here.

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Fedora 12 is OUT

Read post at anl4u.com

Post link

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openSUSE 11.2 Review

Read the complete review at anl4u.com:
Link to review

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openSUSE 11.2 released!

Hi all,

openSUSE 11.2 is released few hours ago, and its time to download and test it. Read more here at anl4u.com.

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openSUSE 11.2 RC1 released.

Hi all,
openSUSE announced its 1st release candidate for 11.2 version, one more RC and then final version.
Here are some of the updates since M8:

* Linux kernel 2.6.31.3
* GNOME 2.28
* PulseAudio 0.9.19
* Evolution 2.28
* Qt 4.5.3
* SeaMonkey 2.0 RC 1

As i am still on M7, for me its quite stable and as i don't have much time to switch and install. So i am waiting for the final release.

download it from here:
gwdg mirror
and
openSUSE site

Follow up discussion here in openSUSE forum.

Have alot of fun!

ANL

openSUSE11.2 M8 released.

openSUSE team announced the release of milestone 8.
As i had tested M7, and i am quite satisfied with it. Its still running on my lapy. Everything is working out of the box. Just sound need fixing for my lapy, other things works fine. Bluetooth is working.
I am not going to install and test M8, because has no time. But it looks decent than M7, the big/good change i saw is the theming. Boot and splash themes are changed since M7.

Here are some details:
* Linux kernel 2.6.31
* GNOME 2.28 RC
* OpenOffice.org 3.1.1
* openSUSE 11.2 theming is in place
* PulseAudio 0.9.17
* Samba 3.4.1
* postgresql 8.4.1
* KDE 4.3.1 (release 3)


Fast download link:
gwdg mirror

Information link:
openSUSE info link

openSUSE download link:
Download M8 from openSUSE site

Enjoy M8.

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Download openSUSE 11.2 M7

As officially openSUSE 11.2 M7 is still not announced, but it is available on the mirrors from different sites.
I found it in gwdg ftp mirror. Currently downloading it from gwdg, which is quite fast.

Here is the download site:
Download FTP Link

Its still a beta software, there will be bugs. So kindly report them to openSUSE bugzilla or openSUSE forum.
Forum
Howto submit a bug
Novell Bugzilla

EDIT: Download link from openSUSE site.
openSUSE site

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openSUSE 11.2 M6 is released

openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 6 is released yesterday. I am downloading the Live CD iso and later going to give it a try.
"Milestone 6 includes new packages on the KDE live CD (Choqok, KNode, Kompare, KSystemlog, Okteta and more) and Transmission is now on the GNOME live CD. This release includes Python 3.1, PackageKit 0.5.1"
Some of the updated packages are:
* Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc6
* Firefox 3.5.2
* GIMP 2.6.7
* GNOME 2.28 Beta
* Konversation 1.2 Alpha 6
* OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 Beta 2
* VirtualBox 3.0.4
* Wine 1.1.27

Some of the annoying bugs are:
* Evolution not on the GNOME live CDs.
* Second stage of live CD installation runs in text-mode.
* Calling “Install Software” from start menus of both KDE and GNOME fails, work-around: start module over YaST Control Center.
* Downloads/updates with aria/metalink support will fail, work-around: “export ZYPP_ARIA2C=0″.

To track the annoying Bugs on the wiki along with 11.2 development.

View the screen shots here.

Download it from here.


For more information follow the links below:
Distrowatch.com
Roadmap

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Development Release: openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 3

openSUSE 11.2 M3 is released yesterday and is ready for testing.

"The openSUSE project is pleased to announce the release of openSUSE 11.2 milestone 3. Images are ready for download and testing. This release includes the 2.6.30 Linux kernel, KDE 4.3 beta 2, GNOME 2.27.2, OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 alpha, and more! A lot has changed since the milestone 2 release, and many packages have been updated for 11.2 milestone 3. Some of the major changes in this release include: PulseAudio 0.9.15, Konversation 1.2 alpha 3, VirtualBox 2.2.4, WINE 1.1.23."

Read release announcement.

To download it, follow the following link.
Download link

I am eagerly waiting for KDE4.3 final release(28-07-2009).
Hope can use it in next development release, or i will update the current system to it.

So have a lot of fun!!!

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Fedora 11 is OUT!!!

Here is some HOT news from fedora project.
They announce fedora 11 on 09-06-2009. Some of the key new feature are listed below:
1- 20 Second Startup
2- Anaconda Storage Rewrite
3- Archer
4- Automatic Fonts & Mime Installer
5- ControlGroups
6- Cups PolicyKit Integration
7- DBusPolicy
8- Firefox 3.5
9- gcc 4.4
10- Gnome 2.26
11- KDE4.2
12- NetBeans 6.5
13- Python 2.6
14- rpm 4.7
15- Xserver 1.6
16- 2.6.29-4 Linux kernel
17- ext4 as the default file system
18- OpenOffice 3.1.0
19- Xfce to 4.6
20- nVidia kernel modesetting through the nouveau open source driver.
and many more... read here.

Fedora 11 is available in two desktops, snapshots of the desktops(Gnome, KDE).

KDE Desktop


Gnome Desktop

Downloads Links for 32bit Live CDs:
Kde desktop
Gnome desktop

For other downloads please visit this page.

To view the recent changes visit this link.

I am going to download it tomorrow, and give it a try. I think, i will download KDE desktop for time being. Because i love KDE.
I love to change distro in a week.... just a week b4 i installed Ubuntu 9.04 and now will be fedora.....haha

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One click installer for KDE 4.2.3

I just updated my system to KDE 4.2.3 from KDE 4.1.3 in openSUSE 11.1.
I was using Mandriva 2009.1 before, but as i am big lover of openSUSE so i came back to openSUSE again. But i am using Mandriva too on Box. openSUSE on laptop.

So the easy way to upgrade your KDE from 4.2.2 or 4.1.3 is to use one click installer.
Note: During installation don't miss any lib. Install all files needed.

Here is one click installer for openSUSE 11.1:
One click installer

If you are using other version of openSUSE, so this page will help you more:
Other versions for openSUSE

If you are using other distro like: fedora, kubuntu, Mandriva. You can find links here:
Other links

Cheers...

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openSUSE 11.1 Released

openSUSE 11.1 is released yesterday. I am just downloading now.

Download details link is here:
Link

So download which best suites your system and you.

Have a lot of fun.

ANL

openSUSE RC1 released for final testing

The first and only release candidate for openSUSE 11.1 is out and ready for final testing.
Some changes since 11.1 beta5:
* A new shorter distro license
* Linux kernel 2.6.27.7
* glibc 2.9
* Additional translations
* Amarok 2.0 RC 1
* Zypper 1.0.1

Live CD:
Direct Download Link for KDE
Direct Download Link for Gnome

Fedora 10 is OUT

The Fedora project has announced the release of Fedora 10.
Some major features in latest version:
- A new graphical boot system called Plymouth, designed to speed up the boot process by taking advantage of a new kernel mode setting feature.
- Increased hardware support for a vast array of web cams,
- Better handling of printers via both direct physical connections and networks.
- PackageKit, a software management tool that originally debuted in Fedora 9, has been extended in this release to provide on-demand codec software installation.
- Wireless connection sharing enables ad hoc network sharing.
- Virtualization storage provisioning for local and remote connections now simplified.
- SecTool is a new security audit and intrusion detection system.
- RPM 4.6 is a major update to the powerful, flexible software management libraries.
- Glitch free audio and better performance is achieved through a rewrite of the PulseAudio sound server to use timer-based audio scheduling.
- Better support for infrared remote controls makes them easier to connect and work with many applications.
- The paths /usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin have been added to the PATH for normal users, to simplify command-line administration tasks.

1 Live CD versions:
Direct Download link for Gnome desktop
Direct Download link for KDE desktop

Forum:
Fedora forum link