The openSUSE Project is happy to announce that openSUSE 11.1 RC 1 is
now available. If all goes well, this will be the last testing release
before the final 11.1 public release on December 18th.
This release includes a number of bugfixes and changes since 11.1 beta
5, as well as a new license.
Call for Testing
================
We all want openSUSE 11.1 to be the best release yet, and we need your
help to get there. This release is ready for widespread testing, and
we're encouraging everyone to download and work with the testing
releases to find any critical bugs before release.
Please run the release through your usual routine, and let us know
about any bugs or other issues that you find. Remember that this is a
release candidate, and is not suitable for use on production systems,
however.
Though many openSUSE users can and do use the Factory distribution
and/or testing releases for day-to-day work we want to stress that
it's entirely possible that you will encounter serious bugs. See
openSUSE.org/Testing[1] for more information on Testing. To follow the
testing and development process, we suggest that you subscribe to the
openSUSE-Factory mailing list, and join the #openSUSE-Factory channel
on Freenode to discuss openSUSE development.
What's changed since beta 5?
============================
Major changes in this release include:
* A new[2], shorter distro license[3]
* Linux kernel 2.6.27.7
* glibc 2.9
* Additional translations[4]
* Amarok 2.0 RC 1
* Zypper 1.0.1
See the Factory News[5] page for changes in the Factory distribution
between release announcements. DistroWatch[6] also carries an expanded
list of packages being shipped in the Factory distribution.
Media and Download
==================
11.1 RC 1 can be found at software.opensuse.org/developer[7]. See
en.opensuse.org/Mirror_Selection for a full list of mirrors. Note that
you don't need to choose a mirror yourself, but you can use the mirror
list if you want or need to select a mirror manually.
Most Annoying Bugs
==================
While many bugs have been eliminated since the last beta, we still
have a few remaining (and new) bugs that testers should be aware of:
Bug 448270[8]: the license has no translations yet
Bug 449711[9]: no OpenOffice for ppc
Bug 449422[10]: Amarok2 on KDE4 does not stop
Bug 449513[11]: Novell vpn doesn't work at novell-ipsec-tools 0.7.1.
Future Release Announcements
============================
Note to openSUSE contributors: If you have any changes or features to
call out for future release announcements, please send an email to
Zonker[12] with any information that should be in that announcement.
(Preferably at least two days before the scheduled release.)
[1]: http://openSUSE.org/Testing
[2]: http://preview.tinyurl.com/6nermv
[3]: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_EULA
[4]: http://i18n.opensuse.org/stats/trunk/toplist.php
[5]: http://en.opensuse.org/Factory/News
[6]: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=suse
[7]: http://software.opensuse.org/developer
[8]: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448270
[9]: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449711
[10]: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449422
[11]: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449513
[12]: mailto:zonker@opensuse.org
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The next openSUSE KDE Team meeting is today, November 26th at 17:00 UTC.
The current list of scheduled topics is:
* old action items
* general status report
* calls for 11.1RC1 testing
* Q&A
Further items are welcome; please add them http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Meetings
Please use
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to get the time of the meeting in your time zone.
The meeting will happen in #opensuse-kde IRC channel on irc.freenode.net
You are welcome to join and participate!
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We are pleased to announce:
Issue 47 of openSUSE Weekly News is now out! [0]
In this week’s issue:
* openSUSE 11.1 Beta 5.1 for PowerPC Released
* Fresh Factory Live-CDs
* People of openSUSE: Vincent Untz
* ARM Support for openSUSE Buildservice and openSUSE
* First SUSE Studio Production
The openSUSE Weekly News is also available in:
German [1],
Russian [2],
Japanese [3],
Spanish [4],
Portuguese [5] and
Indonesian [6].
[0] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/47
[1] http://de.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE-Wochenschau/47
[2] http://ru.opensuse.org/Еженедельные_новости_openSUSE/47
[3] http://ja.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/47
[4] http://es.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/47
[5] http://pt.opensuse.org/Notícias_da_semana_no_openSUSE/47
[6] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/47/indonesian
The openSUSE Weekly Newsletter Team always welcomes the participators.
We need especially:
- Editors for parts of the main weekly newsletter
- Translators
- People from different sections of the openSUSE project to post news
from the subprojects
If you want to join the team, please visit the "OpenSUSE Weekly
News/Team" page on the Wiki or contact to dl9pf/at/opensuse.org.
Have a lot of fun!
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Hi
The openSUSE Marketing team is having a meeting on Tuesday in the
#opensuse-project channel on Freenode at 17:00 UTC, other times here:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=11&day=25&year=2…
Please add topics to the agenda at:
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For general info about our IRC meetings read:
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The next openSUSE-GNOME Team Meeting will be held at 17:00 UTC in the
#openSUSE-GNOME IRC channel.
Time: 17:00 UTC
Date: November 20, 2008
Where: Freenode Network IRC Channel #opensuse-gnome
What to bring: Yourself and gifts for everyone in the channel.
Later today, a new agenda for tomrrow's meeting will be posted. Please
check the /topic in the IRC channel for the link and add to it as you
see fit.
Thanks!
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Hi
The next openSUSE project meeting will take place at the official
#opensuse-project IRC channel on freenode
(irc://irc.freenode.net/openSUSE-project) tomorrow:
2008/11/19 14:00 CET (13:00 GMT)
For an overview what time this is in different timezones, use:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=19&month=11&year=2…
This meeting is meant to discuss the latest developments in and around
openSUSE. Please add your topics to the meeting wiki page at:
http://en.opensuse.org/Meetings/Project_Meeting_2008-11-19
as soon as possible. Also, if you cannot attend the meeting, but have
questions you want to see discussed, please add them to the meeting wiki
page as well.
For general info about our IRC meetings read:
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The Beta5 DVD and NET ISO images for PowerPC have just been replaced by
Beta5.1 ISO images. The only change is the way the ISOs are created -
now they are bootable media.
The new images are on their way to the mirrors now.
There is also a Delta-ISO from Beta5 DVD to Beta5.1 available in case
you have already downloaded Beta5.
The media are available at the same place Beta5 is available:
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1-Beta5
Additionally new initrd and linuxrc for PowerPC have been uploaded in
the PPC-HotFix directory
(http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1-Beta5/PPC-HotFix).
These files are for Pegasos and Efika PowerPC systems if you want to do
a network installation. Use these files and boot with the insecure=1
kernel parameter.
If you have further questions, please ask on the openSUSE PPC
mailinglist,
Andreas
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