As mentioned openSUSE 11.2 is now available. If you’re on previous versions of openSUSE you can do an inplace upgrade to 11.2 by using zypper.
openSUSE 11.0/openSUSE 11.1
Just change the repos to mention 11.2 instead of 11.0/11.1, as shown in the pic:
Couple of days ago I’d posted about KDE 4.2 being released. As much as I wanted to upgrade KDE 4.2, I couldn’t do so immediately as it was not available in official Repos, the community repos had the RC version. Everyday I would do a equo search kde-meta hoping that I’d see the KDE 4.2 branch, and guess what it was available today 
After a long, long wait for SUSE maniacs like me, its finally here: Presenting the latest version of openSUSE, openSUSE 11.0
The new version features a slick shiny new installer, updated KDE 4.0.4, GNOME 2.22, Kernel version 2.6.25. If you’re still hesitant to jump to KDE4.0, you can use KDE 3.5.9 which comes with the DVD edition. And if you’re on a low-end spec PC, then just install XFCE!
On the applications front, openSUSE 11 features Firefox 3 Beta 5 which gets auto-updated to Firefox 3.0 via online updates. Also featured is Banshee 1.0, which has been re-written to improve performance and includes many new features, like video playback, better “shuffle” playback, support for iPods, MTP devices, and mass storage player devices, and support for podcasts and better Last.fm integration.
Now that the first beta is out for openSUSE 11.0, you can start to dig in and really start banging on the release to catch bugs before the release candidates and final release. If you’re wondering where to start, Holger Sickenberg has put together an excellent resouce to help guide testing.
Holger has compiled a list of new features in openSUSE 11.0 that it would be a good idea to test to ensure that each and every feature works as planned and is as bug-free as possible. Holger has also included directions for testers, so it’s as easy as loading up openSUSE 11.0 and following the steps.
Any test that’s marked “idle” is fair game — so feel free to jump in and start beating up on the new features.
If you do find any bugs, be sure to check the Bug reporting FAQ and report the bug in Bugzilla.
Last week, the openSUSE team announced the first Beta release of openSUSE 11.0! Some of the many enhancements and features in the new release include 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.
Only three weeks after Alpha1, we’re glad to announce the release of openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 2. There are various exciting changes in there that we would like to have feedback on.
For more screenshots head over to the Screenshots/openSUSE 11.0 Alpha2 wiki page
For a more detailed list with links to backported packages, see the Factory/News wiki page.
Please refer to software.openSUSE.org/developer for direct links to all the available media.
Please report all bugs you find on in our bugzilla as explained on http://bugs.opensuse.org;
discussion is most appropriate on the opensuse-factory@opensuse.org (subscribe) mailing list. For other queries and ways to communicate with the openSUSE community — including IRC, Mailing Lists, and Forums — take a look at the Communicate wiki page.
The next release will be openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 3, on March 18.
openSUSE 11 Roadmap overview
Detailed roadmap to follow soon
I look forward to Beta 3 and RC1 release, as they’re a pretty good indicator as to what openSUSE 11.0 public release will be like.
At the moment, openSUSE developers still haven’t finalized whether KDE4.0 will be the default desktop environment, but the inclusion of PulseAudio is great news indeed!
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With the new year beginning we kick start major development into the next version of openSUSE: openSUSE 11.0. A very early alpha version, Alpha 1, is now available for download and testing.
Despite many other products being developed in parallel to Factory,
we have seen a heavy stream of development on it, so it is really worth
a try if you have time for testing. Note, however, that it is not
suitable for production systems.
We have seen 1026 package check-ins since Alpha0 and countless bugs fixed. The main changes against Alpha0 are:
Due to the huge amount of changes, there are also several noticeable bugs:
Please refer to software.openSUSE.org/developer for direct links to all the available media.
Have a lot of fun!
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After countless days of waiting, KDE4.0, the first release of the KDE4 framework was released on Friday, January 11.
Here’s an official announcement from KDE’s site:
The KDE Community is thrilled to announce the immediate availability of KDE 4.0. This significant release marks both the end of the long and intensive development cycle leading up to KDE 4.0 and the beginning of the KDE 4 era.
The KDE 4.0 desktop
The KDE 4 Libraries have seen major improvements in almost all areas. The Phonon multimedia framework provides platform independent multimedia support to all KDE applications, the Solid hardware integration framework makes interacting with (removable) devices easier and provides tools for better power management.
The KDE 4 Desktop has gained some major new capabilities. The Plasma desktop shell offers a new desktop interface, including panel, menu and widgets on the desktop as well as a dashboard function. KWin, the KDE Window manager, now supports advanced graphical effects to ease interaction with your windows.
Lots of KDE Applications have seen improvements as well. Visual updates through vector-based artwork, changes in the underlying libraries, user interface enhancements, new features, even new applications — you name it, KDE 4.0 has it. Okular, the new document viewer and Dolphin, the new file manager are only two applications that leverage KDE 4.0′s new technologies.
The Oxygen Artwork team provides a breath of fresh air on the desktop. Nearly all the user-visible parts of the KDE desktop and applications have been given a facelift. Beauty and consistency are two of the basic concepts behind Oxygen.
Learn more about KDE’s new desktop interface in the KDE 4.0 Visual Guide.
Some applications are introduced in more detail in the KDE 4.0 Visual Guide.
Filemanager, System Settings and Menu in action
KDE’s TechBase knowledge library has more information about the KDE libraries.
The KDE 4.0 Visual Guide provides a quick overview of various new and improved KDE 4.0 technologies. Illustrated with many screenshots, it walks you through the different parts of KDE 4.0 and shows some of the exciting new technologies and improvements for the user. New features of the desktop get you started, applications such as System Settings, Okular the document viewer and Dolphin the file manager are introduced. Educational applications are shown as well as Games.
For those interested in getting packages to test and contribute, several distributions have notified us that they will have KDE 4.0 packages available at or soon after the release. The complete and current list can be found on the KDE 4.0 Info Page, where you can also find links to the source code, information about compiling, security and other issues.
The following distributions have notified us of the availability of packages or Live CDs for KDE 4.0:
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