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This page gives a summary of the important changes as they happen on the way to openSUSE 11.2. Unless stated otherwise, all changes (ChangeLog) are done for all our architectures and therefore are available for x86, x86-64 and PowerPC architectures. Status of the repository and the ISOs is tracked on the Factory/Status subpage.


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Changes since openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 3

  • none important yet

Changes between openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 2 and Milestone 3

  • Linux 2.6.30
  • automake 1.11
  • glibc 2.10.1
  • Bluez 4.41
  • PulseAudio 0.9.15

Important updates and package additions compared to milestone 2:

Package Version Backport Description
Amarok 2.1.1 download full featured audio player for KDE
Evolution 2.27.2 download personal information manager
Firefox 3.5 RC 2 download web browser
git 1.6.3.1 version control system
GNOME 2.27.2 download desktop environment
K3b 1.66 Alpha 2 download feature-rich and easy to handle CD burning application
KDE 4.3 Beta 2 download desktop environment
KDevelop 4.0 Beta 3 download integrated development environment
Konversation 1.2 Alpha 3 download IRC client
KTorrent 3.2.2 download Bittorrent content delivery tool for KDE
OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 Alpha download office suite, using OASIS file format, with KDE/GNOME integration
VirtualBox 2.2.4 download x86 virtualizer
Wine 1.1.23 download compatibility layer for running MS Windows programs

Changes between openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 1 and Milestone 2

Important updates and package additions compared to milestone 1:

Package Version Backport Description
Abiword 2.6.8 word processor
Evolution 2.27.1 download personal information manager
Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 download web browser
GnuCash 2.2.9 personal and business finances accounting
Gnumeric 1.9.8 spreadsheet
K3b 1.65 Alpha download feature-rich and easy to handle CD burning application
Kaffeine 1.0pre1 download media player and DVB tuner
KDE 4.3 Beta 1 download desktop environment
KOffice 2.0 download desktop environment
Konversation 1.2 Alpha download IRC client
OpenOffice.org 3.1 download office suite, using OASIS file format, with KDE/GNOME integration
Pidgin 2.5.6 download Multi-protocol instant messaging client
Qt 4.5.1 download C++ application framework for writing applications
Qt Creator 1.1 download Integrated development environment for use with Qt
VirtualBox 2.2.2 download x86 virtualizer
Wine 1.1.22 download compatibility layer for running MS Windows programs
Xfce 4.6.1 download desktop environment


Changes between openSUSE 11.1 and 11.2 Milestone 1

  • Linux 2.6.29
  • Alsa 1.0.19
  • Bluez 4.35
  • PackageKit 0.4.5
  • Samba 3.2.8
  • Live-CDs are compressed with lzma
  • Live-CDs contain complete local printing stack
  • Live-CDs contain de, es, fr, it, pl, ru translations
  • zypp: more robust handling of mirrors
  • YaST Qt package manager: configurable view layout
  • Screenshots of openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 1

Important updates and package additions compared to 11.1:

Package Version Backport Description
Abiword 2.6.6 word processor
Amarok 2.0.2 download full featured audio player for KDE
Bash 4.0 default shell
Banshee 1.4.3 download media player
Beagle 0.3.9 download desktop search daemon
cmake 2.6.3 download Cross-platform, open-source make system
Digikam 0.10 download photo management
Firefox 3.0.8 download web browser
Gimp 2.6.6 The GNU Image Manipulation Program
git 1.6.2.4 version control system
GNOME 2.26 download desktop environment
GPG2 2.0.11 Crypto program
GnuCash 2.2.8 personal and business finances accounting
Gnumeric 1.9.5 spreadsheet
KDE 4.2.2 download desktop environment
KDevelop 4.0 Beta 1 download integrated development environment
KOffice 2.0 RC 1 download desktop environment
KTorrent 3.2.1 download Bittorrent content delivery tool for KDE
Mono 2.4 download Mono application runtime and development stack
Moonlight 1.0.1 Open source implementation of Microsoft Silverlight
OpenOffice.org 3.1 Beta 4 download office suite, using OASIS file format, with KDE/GNOME integration
Pidgin 2.5.5 download Multi-protocol instant messaging client
Qt 4.5 download C++ application framework for writing applications
Qt Creator 1.0 download Integrated development environment for use with Qt
SeaMonkey 1.1.16 download all-in-one internet application suite
Subversion 1.6.1 version control system
Thunderbird2.0.0.21 download email client
VirtualBox 2.2 download x86 virtualizer
Wine 1.1.19 download compatibility layer for running MS Windows programs
Xfce 4.6 download desktop environment
xine-lib 1.1.17 multimedia player libraries
xorg-x11-server 1.6.1 download XOrg server


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