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Geeko This page gives a summary of the important changes as they happen on the way to openSUSE 11.3. 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 11.3 Milestone 1

Package Version Backport Description
tulip 3.3.0 Visualization of huge graphs
OpenOffice_org 3.2.0.4
kernel-source 2.6.33
glibc 2.11.1
gzip 1.3.13
udev 151
libqt4 4.6.1

Changes between openSUSE 11.2 and openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 1

Major changes:

  • Linux kernel 2.6.32
  • Mozilla Firefox 3.6.0
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.1
  • KDE 4.4RC1
  • OpenOffice 3.2beta
  • Qt 4.6.0
  • Gnome 2.29
  • Compiz 0.8.4
  • gcc 4.5
  • Bluez 4.60
  • Samba 3.4.5
  • Perl 5.10.1
  • Patches are applied with zero fuzz

Detailed updates and package additions:

Package Version Backport Description
ConsoleKit 0.4.1 System daemon for tracking users, sessions and seats
Mesa 7.7 X11:/XOrg/openSUSE_11.2 Mesa is a 3-D graphics library with an API which is very similar to that of OpenGL
MozillaFirefox 3.6.0 mozilla Mozilla Firefox Web Browser
MozillaSunbird 0.9.99 mozilla:/beta Mozilla's Calendar Application
MozillaThunderbird 3.0.1 mozilla The Stand-Alone Mozilla Mail Component
OpenOffice_org 3.1.99.4 OpenOffice.org:/STABLE/openSUSE_11.2 A Free Office Suite (Framework)
abiword 2.8.1 GNOME:/Apps A Multiplatform Word Processor
accerciser 1.9.3 new GNOME:/Factory Accessibility debugging tool
amarok 2.2.2 KDE:/Backports Media Player for KDE
aqbanking 4.2.3 Library for Online Banking Functions and Financial Data Import and Export
archivemail 0.7.2 new server:/mail Tool for archiving and compressing old email in mailboxes
aria2 1.8.0 Parallelizing Multi-Protocol Utility for Downloading Files
attica 0.1.2 new KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop Open Collaboration Service client library
beaver 0.4.0rc1 new X11:/lxde Beaver is an Early AdVanced EditoR. Beaver is based on GTK+2
binutils 2.20.0 devel:/gcc GNU Binutils
build 2010.01.13 openSUSE:/Tools A Script to Build SUSE Linux RPMs
bzr 2.0.3 devel:/tools:/scm Friendly distributed version control system
clutter 1.1.4 GNOME:/Factory The clutter library
cmake 2.8.0 devel:/tools:/building Cross-platform, open-source make system
compiz 0.8.4 X11:/XGL OpenGL window and compositing manager
compizconfig-settings-manager removed Settings Manager for Compiz (CCSM)
courier-imap 4.6.0 server:/mail An IMAP and POP3 Server for Maildir MTAs
cryptsetup 1.1.0 security Set Up dm-crypt Based Encrypted Block Devices
deltafs 1.0 new filesystems Delta filesystem
digikam 1.0.0 KDE:/Backports A KDE Photo Manager
dvbsnoop 1.4.50 new multimedia:/apps DVB / MPEG stream analyzer program
ed 1.4 Standard UNIX Line Editor
evince 2.29.5 GNOME:/Factory GNOME Document Viewer
evolution 2.29.5 GNOME:/Factory The Integrated GNOME Mail, Calendar, and Address Book Suite
exim 4.71 server:/mail The Exim Mail Transfer Agent, a Replacement for sendmail
fuse 2.8.1 filesystems User space File System
galculator 1.3.4 new X11:/lxde A GTK 2 based calculator
gbrainy 1.30 GNOME:/Apps A brain teaser game and trainer
gcc45 4.5.0_20100115 new devel:/gcc The GNU C Compiler and Support Files
gdb 7.0 devel:/gcc A GNU source-level debugger for C, C++, Java and other languages
glib2 2.23.1 GNOME:/Factory A Library with Convenient Functions Written in C
glibc 2.11 Standard Shared Libraries (from the GNU C Library)
goobox 2.1.1 GNOME:/Apps CD Player and Ripper for GNOME
gpicview 0.2.1 new X11:/lxde LXDE Photo Viewer
gpsd 2.90 Application:/Geo Service daemon for mediating access to a GPS
gscpm removed GNOME Support for SCPM
guitarix 0.05.8.1 new multimedia:/apps A simple Linux amplifier for jack
gvfs 1.5.1 GNOME:/Factory VFS functionality for GLib
hylafax 6.0.3 network:/telephony Very Powerful Fax Server
imapfilter 2.2 server:/mail a mail filtering utility
iptables 1.4.6 IP Packet Filter Administration
kchmviewer 5.1 KDE:/Backports KDE chm Viewer (MS Windows Compressed HTML Documents)
kdebase4 4.3.90 KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop The Base KDE Apps
kernel-desktop 2.6.32 Kernel:/HEAD Kernel optimized for the desktop
kiwi 3.94 Virtualization:/Appliances OpenSuSE - KIWI Image System
koffice2 2.1.1 KDE:/Backports Libraries and Base Files for the KDE Office Suite
kscpm removed KDE Support for SCPM
ktorrent 3.3.2 KDE:/Backports KDE BitTorrent Client
leafpad 0.8.17 new editors Lightweight Text Editor and Notepad Clone
liblastfm 0.3.0 new KDE:/Backports A Qt C++ Library for the Last.fm Webservices
libqt4 4.6.0 KDE:/Qt C++ Program Library, Core Components
libssh 0.3.92 KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop SSH Library
libstorage 2.19.6 YaST:/Head Library for storage management
libsynaptics removed A Small C++ Library To Use The Synaptics Driver
libtirpc 0.2.1 Transport Independent RPC Library
libzypp 6.27.1 zypp:/Head Package, Patch, Pattern, and Product Management
mcelog 1.0pre1 Log Machine Check Events
mkvtoolnix 3.0.0 multimedia:/apps Tools to Create, Alter, and Inspect Matroska Files
module-init-tools 3.11.1 Utilities to Load Modules into the Kernel
monotone 0.46 new devel:/tools:/scm Distributed version control system
moonshine 0.3 new multimedia:/apps Desktop Shell for the Moonshine Media Player Plugin
nagios 3.2.0 server:/monitoring The Nagios Network Monitor
ncurses 5.7 The New curses Libraries
net-snmp 5.5 SNMP Daemon
nfs-utils 1.2.1 NFS utilities
obconf 2.0.3 new X11:/lxde Openbox Configuration Tool
offlineimap 6.2.0 server:/mail OfflineIMAP - Powerful IMAP/Maildir synchronization and reader support
openbox 3.4.10 new X11:/lxde ICCCM and EWMH Compliant Window Manager with Very Few Dependencies
pam 1.1.1 A Security Tool that Provides Authentication for Applications
pam_mount 1.33 A PAM Module that can Mount Volumes for a User Session
patch 2.6.1 devel:/tools GNU patch
pcmanfm 0.5.2 new X11:/lxde An extremly fast and lightweight file manager
peksystray 0.4.0 new PekSysTray is a system tray "notification area" dockapp
perl-Bit-Vector 7.1 devel:/languages:/perl Efficient bit vector, set of integers and "big int" math library
perl-Date-Manip 6.05 devel:/languages:/perl Date Manipulation Routines
python-atspi 0.1.5 new GNOME:/Factory Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface - Python bindings
python-xpcom192 0.0.20091110 new mozilla Python XPCOM bindings for Gecko 1.9.2
qiv 2.2.2 Probably the fastest and simplest image viewer on the planet
qt-creator 1.3.0 KDE:/Qt Lightweight IDE
rds-tools removed RDS Support Tools
samba 3.4.5 network:/samba:/STABLE A SMB/CIFS File, Print, and Authentication Server
scpm removed System Configuration Profile Management
smoke-generator 4.3.90 new Smoke stand-alone generator for bindings for KDE 4.x libraries
sound-juicer 2.28.1 new GNOME:/Factory Clean and Lean GNOME CD Ripper
storeBackup 3.2 storeBackup is a Disk-to-Disk Backup Tool for Linux
sumf removed SCPM Universal Management Front-End
sysconfig 0.73.3 The sysconfig scheme
systemtap 1.0 devel:/tools Instrumentation System
texlive 2009 Publishing The Base System of TeXLive
tomboy 1.1.0 GNOME:/Factory GNOME Note Taking Application
transmission 1.82 GNOME:/Apps Lightweight, yet powerful BitTorrent client
udev 150 A rule-based device node and kernel event manager
unbound removed Validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver
unison 2.32.52 network A file synchronization tool
vdr-plugin-femon 1.6.7 new vdr VDR femon plugin
virtualbox-ose 3.0.90.1 Virtualization:/VirtualBox VirtualBox OSE is an Emulator
whois 5.0.0 network:/utilities Whois Client Program
xen 4.0.0_20809_01 Virtualization Xen Virtualization: Hypervisor (aka VMM aka Microkernel)
xmms2 0.6 new X11:/lxde A modular audio framework and plugin architecture
xteddy 2.2 X11:/Utilities A cuddly teddy bear for your X Window desktop
yasm 0.8.0 devel:/tools:/compiler A complete rewrite of the NASM assembler
yast2 2.19.5 YaST:/HEAD YaST2 - Main Package
yast2-profile-manager removed YaST2 - Profile Configuration
ypbind 1.31 network NIS client daemon
zypper 1.2.15 zypp:/Head Command line software manager using libzypp

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