Sneak Peeks

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Starting one month from the launch date for openSUSE 11.2, openSUSE News will publish a series of articles introducing many of the major new features and improvements in openSUSE 11.2.

For right now, until we begin to publish these articles, we'll be collecting ideas for the Sneak Peek articles in the draft pages for each article. In addition, if you have an idea for a whole separate article to be written, add it to this page and it'll be considered (basically, if someone volunteers to write it, we'll definitely be interested in it).

Remember, when writing Sneak Peeks: include lots of screenshots, explain the benefits of the new features to new users, not just what they are, and make us look awesome.

Installation and System Administration Improvements

Planned release date: first one, October 12th Note: this is traditionally included, but are there enough new features to warrant an article? If so, let's do it.

• Potential authors:

KDE Desktop

Planned release date: late Oct/early Nov - will iron out later Some of the improvements, new features and apps in KDE 4.x. (Plus remember to include cool stuff that we do that isn't upstream)

• Author: Apokryphos

GNOME Desktop

Planned release date: within one week (before or after) KDE one, late Oct/early Nov - will iron out later Some of the improvements, new features and apps in GNOME 2.28 (Plus remember to include cool stuff that we do that isn't upstream)

• Potential authors: Seeking authors

Social Networking Special

Planned release date: After desktops, early Nov Potential new article on many of the improvements in connecting the desktop to social networking (e.g. Pidgin to Facebook chat, inclusion of Gwibber, F-Spot export)

• Potential authors: Seeking authors

Plethora of Improvements

Planned release date: One week before release Miscellaneous article with new features that don't fit anywhere else. For example, changes is the first-boot process, the changes in getting proprietary software (Flash, MP3, etc.).

• Potential authors: Seeking authors

T-1 Day Article

Planned release date: 24 hours before release Article with launch party info, download availability times (if available), perhaps a Twitter/Facebook tie-in (like a link to all the news about openSUSE on Twitter), and pre-order info (if applicable).

• Potential authors: Seeking authora

(If anyone has a good idea for another Sneak Peek article, please add it here. The goal is to have the last one published immediately before the release)