Announcing openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 2
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
Changes since openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 1
KDE 4.0.1 replaced KDE 3.5.8 as default KDE
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openSUSE 11 Roadmap
openSUSE 11 Roadmap overview
Dec 6 openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 0
Jan 17 openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 1
Feb 07 openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 2
March 18 openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 3
April 17 openSUSE 11.0 Beta 1
May 2 openSUSE 11.0 Beta 2
May 13 openSUSE 11.0 Beta 3
May 29 openSUSE 11.0 Release Candidate 1
June 12 openSUSE 11.0 Goldmaster [...]
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openSUSE 11 Alpha 1
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.
The Beautiful New Look of the Installer
Despite many other products being developed in parallel to Factory,
we have seen a heavy stream of development on [...]
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openSUSE 1-click Installer Search Engine
The recent 10.3 version of openSUSE has a great 1-click installer. But getting those 1-click installer packages can be very hard. Fear not, Dr. Neville from our Mangalore Linux Users Group found something very useful: A search engine for openSUSE 1-click Installer search packages! This will be very useful. All Credits to Dr. Neville
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Getting your openSUSE 10.3 Multimedia Ready
Due to the licensing restrictions, like most distros, openSUSE don’t have the codecs bundled along with the installation DVD. But thanks to their 1-click installer, it isn’t hard to get the Green Chameleon to start playing all those mp3’s/videos of yours.
It involves just 2 steps!
First, get the Restricted Format 1-click installer. Here’s the links:
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Compiz Fusion on openSUSE 10.3 and Intel onboard graphics
Contrary to what most people think, it is possible to get all those effects on their Intel based onboard graphics. Now I’ve helped a few friends to get Compiz Fusion running on their Intel cards, and I was requested by them to post this tutorial, so here it goes.
First up, download the required Compiz Fusion [...]
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Compiz Fusion on openSUSE 10.3 and nVidia cards
In my previous post, I’d explained on how to install Compiz Fusion on Ubuntu Fiesty. This post will outline the simple steps for installing Compiz Fusion on openSUSE 10.3. This article is written from an nVidia user’s point of view.
First, you’ll have to download nVidia’s drivers. You can get it, via the 1-click install(for Legacy [...]
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Installing And Configuring SMART in openSUSE10.3
For the uninitiated, smart is the openSUSE equivalent of apt-get found in Debian based distributions such as Ubuntu.One of the biggest problems people who are used to apt-get face in openSUSE is that apt-get and Synaptic aren’t available in openSUSE and then they have no idea as to how to install software on their openSUSE [...]
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Changing bootsplash screen in openSUSE 10.3
It’s been a while since I’ve used openSUSE, as I was without a computer or a laptop for over 4 months. But now that I’ve got my laptop back, It’s good to be with openSUSE!
Alright so let’s have a look at how to change bootsplash screen. Note that this is written with openSUSE as the [...]
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My Laptop Chronicles: Installing openSUSE 10.3 on my Dell Inspiron 1520
When I got my Dell Inspiron, the first thing that I wanted to do was install openSUSE 10.3 on it. After all openSUSE has been serving me well all these years! Because of time restrictions and office workload being too much, I couln’t do it. So when the weekend arrived, I decided to install it!
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