openSUSE 11.2 released

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    The new openSUSE has brought many pleasant changes to both KDE and Gnome users and those who prefer a more austere environment.

    Details of what awaits you in the new version can be found under the Cat.


    Conservative users. GNome will be pleased with a new theme in green colors, a new Gnome and an updated frontend for NetworkManager, in which you can now prohibit updating the system on mobile connections.

    KDE users will be glad to see the new KDE 4.3. The new openSUSE KDEshnikov will appreciate the integration of Firefox in KDE, which includes the theme, file dialog and notifications, as well as the integration of OpenOffice.org with KDE4.

    LiveCD also underwent changes: on the disk with the gnome and with where now Gimp and many other programs are included by default, as well as additional localizations, among which there is Russian. Also, according to numerous wishes, the pptp package and the corresponding plug-in for NetworkManager are now included on the LiveCD.

    In addition, starting from this release, all LiveCDs are hybrid, which means that you can not only cut them onto a CD, but also burn them to a flash drive with the command

    dd if=openSUSE-LiveCD.iso of=/dev/sdf bs=4M
    where / dev / sdf is your flash drive.

    Administrators will be pleased with the changes in zypper, which now has different strategies for updating the system, the default strategy is to download all the packages and then install them.

    Also, for administrators, it is worth recalling that sshd now does not start by default after installation, you must enable it to start on your own in YaST> System> System Services (Runlevel)
    In Samba, tdbsam is now used by default as passdb instead of smbpasswd, which was used in previous releases. Detailed instructions for converting the database and switching to a new format can be found in Release Notes.

    The MySQL socket has been moved to / var / run / mysql.

    Dialogs for keyboard and mouse configuration removed from SaX2, use the capabilities of your DE to configure them or edit the hal settings

    The package management system has also undergone optimization, rpm has been updated to version 4.7 and now all localization packages and kernel-source have noarch architecture, which saved space on DVD and in repositories.

    Those users who will install 11.2 from the DVD will certainly notice that they have installed a kernel-desktop kernel, instead of the usual -default. This core is specifically optimized for enhanced responsiveness for desktop use. In this kernel, optimization by size is turned off, FULL_PREEMTION is turned on, and the parameter HZ = 1000 is set. For users who installed openSUSE with LiveCD -desktop, the kernel is available in the repositories.

    One of the highlights of the distribution - YaST has also undergone changes. Firstly, YaST found its mascot - Yasti aardvark, secondly, the Qt version of YaST is now completely written in Qt4 and fits perfectly into the KDE4 environment, and thirdly, the distribution kit comes with experimental support for the web interface for YaST

    The YaST module for disk layout is significantly improved, Now during installation, you can configure disk encryption, as well as select experimental file systems such as btrfs.

    Choose the most convenient method and download.
    Before updating and installing, do not forget to read Release Notes
    And don't forget - Have a lot of fun!
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