RSSOpenSUSE 11.1 Linux OS leaves beta
By Jacqueline Emigh | Published December 18, 2008, 8:59 PM
The newest edition of the Novell-sponsored OpenSUSE Project's Linux OS, contains a number of new enhancements built both internally and through the open source community.
OpenSUSE 11.1 offers an improved KDE desktop experience, an updated Banshee player, and better synchronization with platforms such as iPod and the Android-based G1 phone, according to information posted on Novell's Web site.
Beyond features included in KDE 4.1, which is built into OpenSUSE 11.1, OpenSUSE has added capabilities that include cube desktop effects, auto-hiding panel and ability to run Folder View plasmoid as desktop. But users who prefer the legacy KDE 3.5 experience have the option to install that instead of 4.1 if they choose.
Also included in OpenSUSE 11.1 are software updates such as GNOME 2.24.1, the OpenOffice.org 3.0 productivity suite, and the Firefox 3.0.4 browser.
The new version of OpenSUSE runs on x86, x86-64, and PPC platforms. The software entered alpha on July 24, beta on September 18, and public availability on December 18.
Orders are now being taken on the Novell site for a boxed retail edition of openSUSE 11.1 which includes a printed Start Up Guide and 90 days of phone and e-mail support from Novell.
I have created a Multimedia Pack portable for OpenSUSE, the included programs and codecs are:
1) VLC
2) Mplayer
3) Smplayer
4) Amarok
5) DVD::RIP
6) K9copy
7) Avidemux
8.) ffmpeg
9) w32codec
10) Gstreamer *
11) K3B - K3BCodec
12) Libdvdcss
13) xine - libxine1*
14) Kdvdcreator
15) Winff
16) mjpegtools
17) Acetoneiso
you can install any of the above without internet, they include all the dependencies, just unzip the both files into a folder named MMP2009 and create a repository from that folder as a simple rpm folder in yast, then make a search in the yast installer with the name of the program and check it to install it, this is very important if you don`t have internet at home, and besides, by default Open Suse doesn`t include several codecs due to license matters.
I created a blog about the MMP2009 where you can download the pack:
http://easgs.wordpress.c...pensuse-111-pre-release
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Is this worth formatting to upgrade from 11.0?
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You can even install both KDE 3 and 4, but I don't recommend it. 11.1's KDE 4.1 backports many of KDE 4.2's features. It's a solid version, much like Fedora 10.
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Surely Firefox 3.0.5 should have been released in this install,as this is to resolve a security issue.
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Suse users wanted KDE and not Gnome. I could kill Novell for what they turned Suse in, how they treated their customers. OpenOffice will be the enhanced Novell fork I guess.
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Dude, you can still use it with KDE just fine, it's going to be ok.
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Looks like for you either would be too much:
"Beyond features included in KDE 4.1, which is built into OpenSUSE 11.1, OpenSUSE has added capabilities that include cube desktop effects, auto-hiding panel and ability to run Folder View plasmoid as desktop. But users who prefer the legacy KDE 3.5 experience have the option to install that instead of 4.1 if they choose."
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The truth is that users neither want KDE or GNOME, that is all geek stuff. Microsoft gets it right. There is little user value in the Desktop Environment.
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I'm not sure what ya mean by "KDE or GNOME, that is all geek stuff. Microsoft gets it right"? Apparently you've never used a Microsoft product nor can you wrap your mind around the concept of choosing your windowing environment (which you can do on Winders too). Just because you don't understand things doesn't make them geek stuff. Put in that light... basic math, reading, and cleaning your bottom so you don't leave those pesky skid marks are not geek stuff either. Programming Gnome or KDE would be considered geek stuff even if you knew the different APIs.
Also, I'm sure I could drop a complete moron (yourself included) into a KDE or GNOME windowed environment and they could navigate their desktop just fine.
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