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Softpedia: "the openSUSE 12.2 Milestone 3 operating system has been released to bring the latest technologies from the Linux world, such as GNOME 3.4, KDE Software Compilation 4.8.2, or LibreOffice 3.5.2."
Andreas Jaeger has announced the availability of the third milestone release of openSUSE 12.2: "Despite delays due to the move to a i686 desktop kernel for 32-bit systems, milestone 3 is finally available. Factory has now received the latest versions of GNOME 3.4, KDE SC 4.8.2 (with numerous....
Linux.com: It's been about a year since I did a status report of what's going on in the openSUSE:Tumbleweed repo
HowtoForge: "This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on an OpenSUSE 12.1 server."
Softpedia: "openSUSE 12.2 Milestone 2 was announced earlier today is powered by Linux kernel 3.3 RC6 and includes many updated packages."
Jos Poortvliet has announced the availability of the second milestone release of openSUSE 12.2. Some of the major changes in this release include introduction of GRUB 2 and Plymouth and GCC 4.7. From the release announcement: "Those following the openSUSE development closely probably know that the 2nd milestone....
HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an OpenSUSE 12.1 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support."
HowtoForge: "This tutorial will show you how to install the Cinnamon desktop, Mint's new desktop environment to be used in Linux Mint 13, on Fedora 16 as well as on OpenSUSE 12.1."
IT World: "Yesterday on Google Plus, Torvalds posted a brief scourge aimed at the developers of the openSUSE distro, which apparently Torvalds runs on one of his personal laptops."
jfruh writes "The balance between security and ease of use is always a tricky one to strike, and Linux distros tend to err on the side of caution. But no less a luminary than Linus Torvalds thinks openSUSE has gone too far. When his kid needed to call from school for the root password just so he could add a printer to a laptop, that's when Linus decided things had gone off the rails." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Softpedia: "openSUSE 12.2 Milestone 1 features the recently released KDE Software Compilation 4.8, Firefox 10 web browser and new artwork."
Kim Leyendecker has announced the availability of the first milestone release on the way towards openSUSE 12.2: "With the release of milestone 1, the development of openSUSE 12.2 has started. Milestone 1 contains many minor updates, like a new Firefox version but also major things like new artwork....
Softpedia: "Today, January 18th, the openSUSE and Fedora websites are on strike against SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (PROTECT IP Act)."
MakeUseOf: All of these Linux distributions use .rpm files as installable packages rather than the .deb files which belong to the Debian family.
HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how you can install Nginx on an OpenSUSE 12.1 server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support."
ComputerWorld:We look at the top four Linux distributions to find out which is right for which users.
Jigish Gohil has announced the release of openSUSE 12.1 "Edu Li-f-e", an edition of openSUSE designed specially for educational institutions: "openSUSE Education team is proud to present another version of openSUSE - Edu Li-f-e (Linux for Education) based on openSUSE 12.1. Li-f-e comes loaded with everything that students,....
HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how to prepare an OpenSUSE 12.1 64bit (x86_64) server with nginx for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3."
LinuxPlanet: The release version numbering system isn't the only Linux 'number' that is growing in leaps and bounds.
HowtoForge: "This is a detailed description about how to set up an OpenSUSE 12.1 64bit (x86_64) server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters."
HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how you can serve CGI scripts (Perl scripts) with nginx on OpenSUSE 11.4. While nginx itself does not serve CGI, there are several ways to work around this."
Editors' Note: The latest openSUSE distro is now out, here's our coverage roundup
ServerWatch: There is a alot to Go and like about the new openSUSE release.
MasterPatricko writes "The openSUSE project is proud to present the release of openSUSE 12.1! This release represents more than eight months of work by our international community and brings you the best Free Software has to offer. Improvements include the latest GNOME 3.2 desktop as well as the newest from KDE, XFCE and LXDE; your ownCloud made easy with mirall; Snapper-shots of your file system on btrfs; and much, much more. Other notable changes include moving from sysvinit to systemd, improving the boot process, and being built on GCC 4.6.2 including link-time optimization. More packages than ever are available from the openSUSE instance of the Open Build Service, and soon you'll be able to create customized respins on SUSE Studio." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
openSUSE 12.1, a brand-new version of one of the oldest and most prominent Linux distributions on the market, has been released: "Time to present to you openSUSE 12.1. This release represents more than eight months of work by our international community and brings you the best free software....
The second and final release candidate for openSUSE 12.1 is out and ready for last-minute testing: "Following the openSUSE 12.1 roadmap, RC2 has been released upon this innocent world. This is your final chance to test openSUSE 12.1 before we move to the final version! The upcoming release....
Although available since last week, the first of the two planned openSUSE release candidates 12.1 was finally announced earlier today: "The first release candidate of openSUSE 12.1 is now floating over the web. The next release of openSUSE is expected to bring a large number of improvements and....
Linux User & Developer :openSUSE community manager, Jos Poortvliet, shares his thoughts on the recent creation of Tizen and offers a new home for the MeeGo project...
Andy Smith writes "Fedora 16 beta and OpenSuse 12.1 beta have been released. For most users the major change in each distro is Gnome 3.2. Fedora also adopts the new Linux 3 kernel and the GRUB2 bootloader." Read more of this story at Slashdot.