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openSUSE 11.1 Roadmap Released

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With openSUSE 11.0 out the door, it’s time to start thinking about openSUSE 11.1. The public release of openSUSE 11.1 is scheduled for December 18, 2008, six months after the release of openSUSE 11.0.
The full schedule for the release cycle is as follows:

Thu, Jul 24: openSUSE 11.1 Alpha1
Thu, Aug 21: [...]

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Resolving openSUSE 11.0 Sound Issue With Some Audigy Cards

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In the last few days I managed to install openSUSE 11.0 on more than 6 desktops, helping my friends on setting up the distribution, and on one of them I encountered a strange problem, running KDE 4.0. The problem occurred with the Audigy 2 ZS card, same as the one I have. From forums I [...]

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Useful openSUSE 11.0 One-Click Installs from Command Line

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I found a neat feature in OpenSuSE 11.0 which allows a user to use the one-click install from command line. This is really neat because this means you can now script your installations during network installations of OpenSuSE.
Below are a few examples I found here:
Here are a bunch of softwares you can install via 1-click [...]

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Links: More Reviews on openSUSE 11.0

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“This is a very strong OpenSUSE release with a lot of compelling improvements. OpenSUSE 11 offers the best KDE 4 experience out there and will continue to be our reference distribution for KDE testing. OpenSUSE 11 is also an increasingly solid choice for GNOME users …”

First look: OpenSUSE 11 out, offers best KDE 4 experience
openSUSE [...]

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openSUSE 11.0: Enabling Complete Multimedia Support

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Support for some multimedia formats cannot be included on the openSUSE CDs because they’re proprietary, patented, Restricted Formats. Some of these include MP3, MPEG-4, playing of Encrypted DVDs, etc.
Get the Restricted Format 1-click installer (just click the following links if you are running openSUSE):

For KDE Users
For GNOME users

VLC player - Click Here

This will enable you [...]

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Links: Latest Reviews on openSUSE 11.0

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“OpenSUSE is powerful, and improvements in usability, performance and stability should attract and win back users from other Linux distributions.”
“OpenSUSE has always been an odd sort of Linux distribution. It’s always been reasonably user friendly, very stable, and quite nicely pulled off the not-so-easy task of being good for new users while offering advanced and [...]

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openSUSE 11.0 Final Released

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Another one of those days that I look forward to …. yes, openSUSE 11.0 has been officially released.
“Looking at the list of Top500 supercomputers, we find that 20 of the top 50 run SUSE Linux. This ratio extends to the entire Top500 – around 40% run SUSE.”

If you have never heard of this distro, as [...]

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openSUSE 11.0: Installing ATI and nVidia Video Drivers

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With openSUSE 11.0 the installation of ATI and nVidia video cards drivers is just 1-click away, no manual configuration of xorg.conf is required. Same is true for switching on Xgl, if you are using ATI card and prefer it over AIGLX, to get Compiz running, just launch simple-ccsm and enable compiz, once the driver is [...]

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How many ways can you install an RPM in OpenSUSE Linux?

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When it comes to package management, openSUSE had some trouble in the past, but with 11.0 on the horison, get ready for the ultimate flexibility, speed and ease of management. Now you have the following options, when it comes to installing packages:

Using YAST
Using zypper
Using the rpm command
Using 1-Click Install
Install with YAST from custom installation repository
Install [...]

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Official openSUSE Forum Launched

As after being announced on March 11, 2008, official openSUSE forums has been established and is now online, providing better support for openSUSE community from June 09, 2008.
Forums merges 3 existing openSUSE forums (I am registered on all 3 of them):

suseforums.net - “You will find read only archived threads and posts from this forum, [...]

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openSUSE 11.0 Preview: Meet Latest YaST

Both the Qt (KDE) and GTK (GNOME) versions of YaST have seen several changes, and in particular there are improvements to both package manager front-ends. Integration with PackageKit now means that there is a clearer view of all the package groups, with icons to distinguish them quickly:

The patterns view has also been improved:

The GTK front-end [...]

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openSUSE 11 Preview: Compiz Fusion Settings

For openSUSE 11.0, Stefan Dirsch and the rest of the openSUSE Xorg team has worked hard to ensure that AIGLX is enabled by default for all supported hardware. This means that you can run Compiz or other desktop effects such as those in KDE 4 without having to directly enable Xgl or edit xorg.conf manually. [...]

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openSUSE 11.0: Pre-Order Now

For users new to Linux, the supported version of openSUSE may be the best choice—you’ll get complete end-user documentation, installable media for x86 and x86 64-bit systems, plus 90 days of end-user installation support.

It was quietly put up on the Novell store front page but openSUSE 11.0 is now available for pre-order! The last version [...]

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Links: Latest Buzz on openSUSE 11.0 Release

Some latest posts concerning the openSUSE as well as the soon to be released 11.0 release:

Novell finalises OpenSuse 11
OpenSUSE 11 RC1: The Mercedes-Benz to Ubuntu’s Volkswagen
openSUSE 11: Ubuntu Killer?
openSUSE package management with Zypper

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openSUSE Wants Your Vote (on Bugs)

Attention openSUSE users and contributors! It’s time to exercise your vote and help the openSUSE team identify the bugs that need to be squashed prior to the openSUSE 11.0 release.
“On May 22nd, we’re having a bug voting day to help ensure we identify the most troublesome issues in Bugzilla under openSUSE 11.0.
Please join us on [...]

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Stuff: Nice openSUSE Icons

Hight quality icons …. Download here

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openSUSE 11.0 Beta 3 Release

The openSUSE team is proud to announce the last Beta release of openSUSE 11.0! Over 700 bugs has been fixed since Beta 2.
“This means we’re on the home stretch for openSUSE 11.0 and ask you all to do final heavy testing with it and give feedback or even send us patches. And we’re not only [...]

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Nagios - Host And Service Monitoring Tool

Nagios is a popular host and service monitoring tool used by many administrators to keep an eye on their systems. It watches hosts across the local area network (LAN) and/or across the Internet, services that you can specify, alerting you when things go bad.
Nagios is included in several OS distributions and security packages. As of [...]

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Coming along strong: First Look at openSUSE 11 Beta 2

“There are a lot of things to like in openSUSE 11 and it will make a good choice for many users—it is already shaping up to provide better PulseAudio integration and stronger desktop search capabilities than Ubuntu, for instance. OpenSUSE also has excellent support for KDE 4, which is why we have used it as [...]

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openSUSE 10.x: Enabling Complete Multimedia Playback Support

Support for some multimedia formats cannot be included on the openSUSE CDs because they’re proprietary, patented, Restricted Formats. Some of these include MP3, MPEG-4, playing of Encrypted DVDs, etc. Enabling most of them on openSUSE 10.3 is as easy as 1 2 3:
Get the Restricted Format 1-click installer:

For KDE Users
For GNOME users

This will enable you [...]

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openSUSE 11.0 Beta 2

The openSUSE team is proud to announce the second Beta release of openSUSE 11.0! New changes include countless bug fixes, as well as the import of the new openSUSE 11.0 artwork for login, splash screens and more. The live installation should work, but there are several known quirks, so be sure to check the most [...]

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Linux Shootout: 7 Desktop Distros Compared

InformationWeek.com tests openSUSE, Ubuntu 8.04, PCLinuxOS, Mandriva Linux One, Fedora, SimplyMEPIS, and CentOS 5.1 - “All performed well, and each had at least one truly outstanding feature.”
In the last couple of years, desktop-friendly Linux distributions have taken enormous leaps — they’re easier to install, better maintained, and more powerful than ever before. There’s also that [...]

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