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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LibreOffice -An Alternative to OpenOffice-

Most of you may already read about the forking of OpenOffice.org into the Document Foundation and LibreOffice. As it’s still fresh and new in the market, so i guess not many many users are using it. A week ago i give it a try and was impressed. Not much new things over OpenOffice, but still things are quite new ATM.

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Google operating system "Chrome OS"

Read article at anl4u.com

Link to article

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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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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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KDE 4.3.1 released

KDE 4.3.1 is released on 1st of September. Upgrade from KDE 4.3.0 is highly recommended because of patches and bug fixes.

September 1st, 2009. A month has passed since the release of KDE 4.3.0, so today the KDE Community announces the immediate availability of KDE 4.3.1, a bugfix, translation and maintenance update for the latest generation of the most advanced and powerful free desktop. KDE 4.3.1 is a monthly update to KDE 4.3. It ships with a desktop workspace and many cross-platform applications such as administration programs, network tools, educational applications, utilities, multimedia software, games, artwork, development tools and more. KDE's award-winning tools and applications are available in more than 50 languages.

openSUSE users can add factory repo to upgrade to KDE4.3.1, other distro users can view this link for more details.

openSUSE 11.1 users can follow this link to upgrade.
For more information read this thread in openSUSE forum.

Enjoy new version of KDE4.

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Google OS -- New era going to Begin.

Hi all...
Google announced to jump into OS war. I already mentioned this is openSUSE forum, but no body was agree that time, i hope this time they will. But this time, its something different to try.
I just read the post from Google blog. The things are going to be centralized this time, and Google are adopting it well while looking at its market shares.
I hope, it will be a big blow for M$.

Read more here.

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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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One click installer for KDE 4.2.4

Hi all.
To use 1-click installer for openSUSE 11.1, click the below link:
openSUSE 11.1

For openSUSE 11.0:
openSUSE 11.0

For openSUSE 10.3:
openSUSE 10.3

For other distros please visit this page.

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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 Repositories

Hi guys...
Here are the list of repo for openSUSE, version included are 10.3, 11.0, 11.1 for KDE.

http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Repositories

Enjoy!!!

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1 click install of KDE4.3

Hi guys and gals,
Some days ago i faced serious problems with kde4.2 beta, i upgrade my system from 4.1.3 to 4.2 beta and everything goes wrong. Nothing was working, every time desktop crashes.
I start using gnome then.

But today i tried again the 1 click install, and wow everything back to normal. Its working very nice and smoothly. Kde4.3 is really a move and give a chance thing. i am impressed by the new added features.
Can try the 1 click install from here:
1 click install kde4.3

Note: Its for openSUSE 11.1 and 11.0.
I had tried it on openSUSE 11.0.

So best of luck, and enjoy the new polish desktop.

ANL