14 DAY TRIAL // OpenSUSE, a free and Linux-based operating system for PCs, laptops or servers that you can use to surf the web, manage your e-mails and photos, do office work, and play videos or music, is now at version 13.1 Milestone 1.
According to the developers, this release is not fully functional, not to mention stable. The full version is expected to arrive in November 2013.
The good news is that GNOME has been updated to version 3.8.1, digikam to version 3.1.0, and systemd to version 202. The Linux kernel was also updated to version 3.9.0.
“On the KDE environment the planned list includes making PHONON support GSTREAMER 1.0 and replacing Kopete, largely unmaintained now, to KDE Telepathy.
“Gnome is also looking to change a few things in 13.1 starting by adding Gnome 3.10, cleaning out some outdated libraries and changing its default theme to a greener one,” reads the official announcement.
A complete list of changes and new features can be found in the official announcement.
Download OpenSuSE 13.1 Milestone 1 KDE Live CD from Softpedia. Download openSUSE 13.1 Milestone 1 GNOME Live CD from Softpedia. Download openSUSE 13.1 Milestone 1 Installable DVD from Softpedia.
Remember that this is a development 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 official openSUSE Bug Tracker.