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OpenSuse 11 released
News Version 11 of the OpenSuse Linux distribution was made available on Thursday. The OpenSuse project is sponsored by Novell and AMD, and released its first stable distro in 2005. According to the project's leads, OpenSuse 11.0 includes a "redesigned...
[June 19, 2008, 17:02]
openSUSE Installation, DVD vs. LiveCD
Blog Comment I recently tried openSUSE 11.1 from the DVD and was impressed with its overall stability. More good news, openSUSE announced this week they would use 8-9 month update cycles, giving them the flexibility to include the latest KDE or kernel updates...
[January 7, 2009, 16:04]
openSUSE 11.0 Available for Download
Blog The new release of OpenSUSE, 11.0, has just been made available for download. Based on Moley's comments, I am downloading it and will try loading it on my two laptops. As I am a relative Linux newbie, I'm very interested to see if my good...
[June 19, 2008, 17:09]
SuSE Linux Enterprise 11 vs. openSuSE 11.1
Blog This is Jamie Watson seeing that a free "sneak peek" pre-release version is available, and being curious about two things: does it include the drivers and configuration for the HP 2133 Mini-Note (since the Mini-Note is available from HP with SLED...
[February 27, 2009, 8:51]
openSUSE 11.0 First Impressions
Blog I have downloaded and installed the new openSUSE 11.0 release, and my first impressions are generally positive. Overall, my first impression is that openSUSE 11.0 is much better than the previous version I tried (10.2).
[June 20, 2008, 12:45]
OpenSuse 11.1 aims at user-friendly desktop
News Novell has launched version 11.1 of OpenSuse, its desktop-oriented, community-supported version of Linux. OpenSuse competes with desktop Linux distributions such as Red Hat's Fedora and Canonical's Ubuntu, with Ubuntu currently the most popular.
[December 16, 2008, 15:25]
openSuSE 11.0 - A Closer Look
Blog Since posting the First impressions blog about the new openSuSE 11.0 release, I have spent quite a bit more time exploring it - in the process of which I have installed it three more times. I had the laptop connected to a Logitech Alto Cordless...
[June 24, 2008, 13:20]
OpenSuse 10.3 nears end of life
News The OpenSuse project will stop supporting version 10.3 of the Linux distribution as of 31 October, a key member of the team has said. The announcement comes in the same week that OpenSuse released the fifth milestone build of OpenSuse 11.2 and...
[August 13, 2009, 15:46]
openSUSE Installation, DVD vs. LiveCD
Blog I added several more Linux distributions (it now multi-boots Windows XP Professional, Ubuntu, Mandriva, PCLinuxOS, openSUSE and Fedora). I installed openSUSE 11.1 from the DVD distribution, rather than the LiveCD as I had done before.
[January 5, 2009, 14:16]
openSuSE stumbles, Ubuntu shines
Blog I tried loading openSuSE 11.0 on my Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook S2110 over the weekend. But openSuSE was a different story, it didn't seem to want to actually change the resolution, no matter what I did.
[July 15, 2008, 9:21]
openSuSE 11.1 Released
Blog The openSuSE Project made their 11.1 release available yesterday. This release includes an updated Linux kernel (of course), Gnome 2.24 and KDE 4.1.3 (KDE 3.5.10 is also included), OpenOffice.org 3.0, Firefox 3.0.4, and a lot more - 230 new...
[December 19, 2008, 8:43]
Unboxing openSUSE 11.0
Blog We got our hands on the hottest, most talked-about technological must-have.it is, of course, the boxed version of openSUSE 11.0! My openSUSE came in a shiny white plastic bag. I hope you enjoyed the unboxing of openSUSE 11.0.
[July 15, 2008, 16:19]
Novell finalises OpenSuse 11
News Novell has released the last public version of OpenSuse 11.0 for testing, before the software's final release later this month. OpenSuse 11.0 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) appeared on Thursday, the same day Novell revealed strong growth in its Linux...
[June 2, 2008, 16:53]
openSUSE 11.0 First Impressions
Blog Comment Hello Clyde, Thanks for taking the time to read and comment. I will go and have a look at the sites you recommended, thanks very much for the advice.jw
[June 20, 2008, 21:53]
openSUSE 11.0 First Impressions
Blog Comment I tried 7 different distributions of Linux, including all of the Buntu's, and none of the would detect my sound card or WiFi, until I found Mandriva. People wanting to try Linux should download the Live CD and try it first.
[June 21, 2008, 20:18]
openSuSE 11.1 Released
Blog Comment Update: Found it! the Winter Penguin splash screen) It turns out that the GRUB gfxmenu is actually a cpio archive, which contains a number of interesting things, such as graphic files that can be displayed, and a config file that controls what is...
[December 19, 2008, 15:12]
openSUSE Installation, DVD vs. LiveCD
Blog Comment Thanks for reading and commenting. I agree with your opinion about the scheduling. If I have one significant disappointment with Ubuntu, it is that they didn't include OpenOffice 3.0 (and still haven't updated to it yet).
[January 6, 2009, 18:11]
Unboxing openSUSE 11.0
Blog Comment I downloaded my copy, but I must say you probably enjoyed your way better. Even after running the CD I found little to get excited about, and they are still using that ugly green.
[July 16, 2008, 5:39]
openSUSE 11.0 First Impressions
Blog Comment I agree with your comments about Ubuntu being a simple and easy installation. They've greatly simplified things by NOT asking for partition sizes, usernames and some other technical specifications - during the installation.
[June 20, 2008, 21:15]
