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openSUSE 11.1 Is Here

Includes OpenOffice.org 3, Firefox 3 and Linux kernel 2.6.27.7

By Marius Nestor, Linux Editor

18th of December 2008, 14:28 GMT

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The openSUSE team is proud to present the final release of openSUSE 11.1, made available a few minutes ago. The new version is injected with more than 230 new features and improvements, KDE 4.1.3, GNOME 2.24.1, OpenOffice.org 3.0, a brand new license, Liberation fonts, openJDK and many more. Judging from the included applications and technologies, we can say that openSUSE 11.1 is indeed a bleeding-edge Linux distribution. Without further introduction let's take a look at the major changes since openSUSE 11.0:

· A brand new license that allows redistribution;
· YaST improvements;
· The proprietary Agfa fonts were replaced by the Liberation fonts;
· Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4 award-winning web browser;
· OpenOffice.org 3.0, open source office suite;
· K Ddesktop Environment 4.1.3 and 3.5.10;
· GNOME 2.24.1 desktop environment;
· Xfce 4.4.3 desktop environment;
· Sun Java was replaced with openJDK;
· Amazing 3D desktop effects using Compiz Fusion;
· Adobe Flash Player 10;
· Bluetooth and 3G support;
· External monitor support;
· Docking stations support;
· Fingerprint recognition support.

Under the hood:

· Linux kernel 2.6.27.7
· X.Org 7.4
· PulseAudio 0.9.12
· Glibc 2.9
· GCC 4.3.2
· Mono 2.0.1
· Python 2.6
· Perl 5.10
· Xen 3.3.1

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The following is a list with the most important applications updated in openSUSE 11.1: Virtual Box 2.0.6, Ekiga 3.0.1, Linphone 2.1.1, Twinkle 1.3.2, NetworkManager 0.7, Ktorrent 3.1.5, Monsoon 0.15, SeaMonkey 1.1.13, Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.18, Pidgin 2.5.1, Empathy 2.24.1, The GIMP 2.6.2, Inkscape 0.46, F-Spot 0.5.0.3, Gwenview 1.4.2, Digikam 0.9.4, Banshee 1.4.1, Amarok 2.0, Kaffeine 0.8.7, Audacity 1.3.5, K3b 1.0.5, Gnash 0.8.4, Samba 3.2.4, AppArmor 2.3, CUPS 1.3.9, Apache 2.2.10, OpenLDAP 2.4.12, Nagios 3.0.5, ClamAV 0.94.1, SpamAssasin 3.2.5, PostgreSQL 8.3.5, MySQL 5.0.67, Derby 10.3.1.4, Eclipse 3.4, Ruby 1.8.7, Ruby on Rails 2.1 and many, many more!

The openSUSE project is a worldwide community program sponsored by Novell, which promotes the use of Linux everywhere. openSUSE Linux provides anyone with free and easy access to the world's most usable Linux distribution, SUSE Linux. The openSUSE 11.1 Linux distribution is now available for download from Softpedia.

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User opinions:


Comment #1 by: paddy2008 on 19 Dec 2008, 18:53 GMT reply to this comment

hi

i am having 32 bit linux in my sys. can i install 64-bit flash player?


Comment #2 by: carlos bastos on 22 Dec 2008, 11:08 GMT reply to this comment

In my opinion the best linux is Mandriva 2008 with VM and boot system


Comment #3 by: Big D on 24 Dec 2008, 01:46 GMT reply to this comment

I have an encryption questions, can you do a full hard drive encryption. I know that you can not encrypt the kerral?

I would like to thank your for all your HELP,

Big D


Comment #4 by: Compton on 07 Jan 2009, 09:38 GMT reply to this comment

Hi,
Forgive me if I go on a rant but I tried opensuse a while back , I think at version 10 and thought it was ...ok but buggy and not as polished as Ubuntu which has been on my laptop for over a year, I feared my Old IBM T40 wouldn't be able to run this new version of Opensuse but after seeing it working well on Opensuse.org compatibility list I decided to give it a go.
WOW I was surprised and impressed with how well it works and how polished it is. Ease of use from setting up video drivers and the like. Artwork of course is much better in my opinion than Ubuntu. Works fast and solid.
I have one problem, I have no clue how to use the Add-on (non OSS) disc also available on the same download page and can't find any help to use it.
beside that I really feel it's a great Distro for anyone new to Linux OR wants a stable and pretty os for everyday uses. 9/10 IMO.

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