14 DAY TRIAL // While everyone was celebrating the release of Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), Joe Brockmeier proudly announced last night (October 29th) the immediate availability of the second and final release candidate of the upcoming OpenSuSE 11.2 Linux-based operating system. This last development version fixes some of the nasty bugs found in previous versions, updates various packages, and it is now powered by Linux kernel 2.6.31.5. Also, switching the package vendor between repositories has been improved.
"This is it folks! We’re almost there for openSUSE 11.2. Time to grab the final 11.2 release candidate and shake out any remaining bugs to get the lizard ready for release. This release includes an updated kernel, Samba, Firefox, and more. This release should be almost ready for the gold master stamp, but there’s still time to shake out remaining bugs. This release should not be deployed on production systems, but should be ready for early adopters and contributors who want to help with testing and development of 11.2." - Joe Brockmeier, the openSUSE community manager, said in the official release announcement.
· Linux kernel 2.6.31.5; · Xorg Server 1.6.5; · Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4; · Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0; · Samba 3.4.2; · Bluez 4.56; · Banshee 1.5.1; · K3b 1.68 Alpha 3; · Subversion 1.6.6.
The final release of openSUSE 11.2 should be officially available on the 12th of November, and the Gold Master should be ready in one week, on November the 6th.
Download openSUSE 11.2 RC2 right now 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 openSUSE Bug Tracker.