The second beta version of openSUSE 11.0 was launched last night and it comes packed with some important bug fixes, new artwork for splash screens, login managers and more. Also, the live installer was repaired and it should work fine now!

If we take a look under the hood of this beta release, we can find:

￭ Linux kernel 2.6.25
￭ GCC 4.3.0
￭ PulseAudio 0.9.10
￭ AppArmor 2.3
￭ PackageKit 0.2.0
￭ Xen 3.2.1
￭ glibc 2.8 CVS
￭ libzypp 3.12.1
...and many more!

Below are some screenshots of openSUSE 11.0 Beta 2:

Images courtesy of the openSUSE Project

The openSUSE developers have found some bugs, which are not fixed yet. Here is a short list with the most annoying ones and their workarounds:

￭ Automatic Configuration after boot into installed system behaves weird. No workaround yet;
￭ Installation leaves traces of Live system. No workaround yet;
￭ GNOME Main Menu is slow to respond. Workaround: Click on volume control in the panel, Configure local sound server then check "Enable network access to local sound devices";
￭ GNOME is extremely slow (logging in takes >1 minute etc). Workaround: Add your hostname to /etc/hosts.

Remember that this is a beta release and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended to be used for testing purposes only. Please report bugs to the openSUSE Bug Tracker

openSUSE 11.0 release schedule:

6 December 2007: openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 0
17 January 2008: openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 1
7 February 2008: openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 2
19 March 2008: openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 3
18 April 2008: openSUSE 11.0 Beta 1
2 May 2008: openSUSE 11.0 Beta 2
13 May 2008: openSUSE 11.0 Beta 3
29 May 2008: openSUSE 11.0 Release Candidate 1
12 June 2008: openSUSE 11.0 Goldmaster release (internal)
19 June 2008: openSUSE 11.0 Public release

Download and test openSUSE 11.0 Beta 2 right now from Softpedia and don't forget to drop a line or two about it!

Also, the stable openSUSE 10.3 release can be downloaded from Softpedia.