OpenSUSE Linux Rants

Hot off the openSUSE news room press:

After four regular weeks and one hack week after Alpha 2, we are very happy to announce openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 3.

  

See more screenshots on the Screenshots/openSUSE_11.0_Alpha3 wiki page

Changes since openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 2

The highlight of course is the reworked ZYpp framework, which gives you a much faster package management experience. This release also contains a new and professional installer theme.

A lot of packages were also updated to newer versions:

• linux kernel 2.6.25-rc5
• GCC 4.3 final
• GNOME 2.22 final
• Compiz 0.7.2
• KDE 4.0.2/3.5.9
• Zypper 0.10.2

This is just the tip of the iceberg. There were 1855 checkins since Alpha2 – you can get a more complete list at Factory/News

Most Annoying Bugs

Due to the huge amount of changes, there are also quite a few bugs that slipped in:

• The kernel OOPSes early in the installation on hardware probe on some hardware (Bug #371997)
  • Workaround: boot with hwprobe=-parallel,-misc.par [including VirtualBox]
• “Use Automatic Configuration” checkbox is highly experimental, this feature is not yet finished.
  • the root password will be “*****” by default, feel free to change it
• network startup is racy (Bug #359793)
• the artwork is not yet complete (e.g. Bug #368624)

Find an up-to-date list under Bugs:Most_Annoying_Bugs_11.0_dev

Media and Download

We created the same media as with Alpha 2. They can all be downloaded at software.openSUSE.org/developer:

• i386 live CDs for GNOME and KDE
• x86_64 and i386 one CD for GNOME and KDE
• DVD for ppc, x86_64 and i386
• language addon CD
• non-oss addon CD

The next development release will be openSUSE 11.0 Beta 1 on April 17th (Roadmap).