A new release distribution openSUSE.
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OpenSUSE developers have submitted a video , which demonstrated the process of downloading and distribution of work in a graphical environment, using the kernel Linux, assembled using Clang compiler instead of GCC. The assembly carried out taking advantage of developments of the project LLVMLinux , developed with the participation of the Linux Foundation organization to solve problems with the assembly in the nucleus and promote Clang patches created in the upstream-projects (the Linux kernel and LLVM / Clang).
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The openSUSE project has released the second milestone of openSUSE 12.2, code-named “Mantis”. The final version will be released in July.
Among the new features in openSUSE 12.2 are that the boot loader GRUB 2 boot screen and Plymouth will be incorporated into YaST2. The developers plan to openSUSE 12.2 with a kernel 3.3, the compiler GCC 4.7, the multitouch-capable X-Org server to release 1.12 and Mesa 8.0.
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Good news! As followers of our openSUSE + Google account already know , wants to be part of GSOC openSUSE 2012th That means it is now time for the students to take the openSUSE GSoC ideas , find a mentor and start creating proposals to be submitted to Google. We’ve got until April 6th for this, at Which point openSUSE and Google will start to look at the proposals.
Proposals
So what does a good proposal look like? There is plenty of advice to be found:
openSUSE brought lots of fun to FOSDEM in Brussels, Belgium. We’re all exhausted now from selling beer, t-shirts, hats and giving demonstrations of openSUSE with GNOME Shell, KDE, Plasma Active, openSUSE-on-ARM (running XFCE) and countless other things. Yet we did want to tell you about FOSDEM before we go catch up on sleep!
Beer and Goodies
Like last year, the crew from the SUSE office in Nuremberg loaded up a bus with people, beer and anything / one else needed for FOSDEM. The bus was left during Friday night at the ULB where FOSDEM would happen. Despite the risk of somebody breaking in and stealing our awesome goodies, it was deemed more important to join the other FOSDEM go-ers in their attack on the tasty-beverage supply of Brussels! Besides, a night outside in the>-10C degrees from last weekend Ensured the beer would be cold and ready to drink.
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As Benjaman Brunner announced yesterday , openSUSE 11.3 has reached End of Life. As a quick refresher, openSUSE releases new versions every eight months, and each version has a life cycle of 18 months. As 3.11 was released in July of 2010, the time has come to embrace our newer versions, including the successful release of 12.1 in November of 2011th
As Brunner’s announcement indicates, we worked hard to maintain 3.11 while developing its two subsequent releases (11.4 and 12.1.) And of course, we’re already gearing up for 12.2, slated for release in July. And the first milestone release is already just around the corner. You’ll be able to try out a milestone on February 9th.
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Introducing people to the world of free and open source software (FOSS) has always been a priority for the openSUSE project. We’re not only doing so for users with our new distribution ( did you get 1.12 yet? ) or for new contributors with our project we so frequently participate in programs like Google’s Summer of code or in code. Those programs have introduced a lot of new contributors to openSUSE and both the FOSS community. So with pride we announce that, after a successful participation in Google Summer of Code this year, so openSUSE will participate in the Google code in .
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So today a new version of the popular distro openSUSE 12.1. This is the next release of 11.4 and the second this year. openSUSE 12.1 contains tens of thousands of changes and improvements, it combined the best traditions of building Linux-distributions, combined with the new system tools and powerful cloud technologies.
openSUSE 12.1 :
Shortly before the planned publication of the final version of the openSUSE developers ask to test the release candidate 2 for OpenSuse 12.1.
According to roadmap the release date is on 16 November onwards.
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Came the next release distribution Gears on Gallium, whose main objective is to provide live-system with the latest video drivers for video cards open AMD, nVidia and Intel.
Of the main changes in this release are:
