OpenSUSE 11 RC1: The Mercedes-Benz to Ubuntu’s Volkswagen
2008 will be a very good vintage for community end-user Linux distributions. So far, we’ve seen the release of Ubuntu 8.04, which is universally considered to be a major milestone release in usability and device compatibility, and one of the easiest distros to install. While not as widely lauded, we have also recently seen the release of Fedora Core 9, Red Hat’s community development and bleeding edge technology testing platform, which was the first to implement the production release of KDE 4.0 as well as pilot the development version of the Ext4 journaling filesystem.
I must admit, however, to having a particularly strong interest in OpenSUSE, Novell’s entry into the community Linux distro fray.
OpenSUSE is not a small distribution. In fact, it would be safe to day it DOES contain the veritable kitchen sink and everything an end-user could ever possibly want installed by default. I have always referred to SUSE as the “Deluxe” of Linux distributions, and with good reason — a full 4.5GB OpenSUSE DVD is packed like a Tokyo subway car, leaving almost no room to spare, with thousands of packages — this includes complete, fully integrated builds of GNOME 2.22, KDE 4.0.3 and XFCE. An installable “Live CD” installable version, with your choice of GNOME or KDE, targeted towards the impatient and for less resource intensive systems with much fewer packages included are also available.
The first thing you’ll notice about OpenSUSE 11 is the completely renovated installer program.
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