SUSE Linux 10.1 Alpha4 is ready, since our mirrors are still syncing (we had some blocker bugs to fix and were rather late), I've only uploaded the torrent files to ftp.opensuse.org. Everything else will go online at 11am UTC on friday. New significant changes in 10.1 Alpha4 since 10.1 Alpha3: * Further integration of NetworkManager (note: NetworkManager is on by default on NLD/SUSE Linux and off on SLES) * Updates to all parts of the system, especially new bash version (3.1), new Linux kernel (2.6.15 rc5), KDE 3.5 final, GNOME 2.12.2, X.Org 6.9 rc3. Further details are - and ongoing changes will be - documented at http://www.opensuse.org/Factory-News . Known CRITICAL issues: * The first time a user logs in on the console, an error is reported. A second login works. * The graphical login does not work. Workaround: Login on the console and change /etc/X11/xdm/Xession as follows: --- /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession 2005-11-21 22:22:10.000000000 +0100 +++ /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession 2005-12-15 12:09:03.000000000 +0100 @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ */rzsh) shell=/bin/zsh ;; *) shell=/bin/bash ;; esac - exec -la ${shell} ${shell} -c ${1+"exec $@"} + exec -l -a ${shell##*/} ${shell} -c ${1+"exec $@"} } * The distribution identifies itself as "10.0.42 Alpha4" - and has in quite a lot places the 10.0 branding. This is a known feature;-) * Internet test will not work since downloading to patches is not setup. Note: Alpha4 will be followed by Beta in four weeks, Alpha4 is not supported and we advice to not use it on production systems. Please report bugs in http://bugzilla.novell.com . A list of known issues will appear on: http://www.opensuse.org/index.php/Bugs:most_annoying_bugs We've created on ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/10.1/inst-source-extra (and on the mirrors of it) a repository with some non-OSS software. Download URLs for the torrents of the DELTA-ISOs: http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-alpha4/SUSE-10... http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-alpha4/SUSE-10... http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-alpha4/SUSE-10... Download URLs for the torrents of the full ISOs: http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-alpha4/SUSE-10... http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-alpha4/SUSE-10... http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1-OSS-alpha4/SUSE-10... The other files will be published tomorrow. Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126