openSUSE 11.2 Released

An anonymous reader tips news that openSUSE 11.2 has reached its official release. You can get it from their download page, or just grab the torrents (32-bit, 64-bit). "openSUSE 11.2 will come with the latest version 2.6.31 of the Linux kernel, the beating heart of every openSUSE system. The default file system of openSUSE will be switched to the new Ext4 as well. Of course, openSUSE will continue to support Ext3 and other filesystems — but on install, new partitions will automatically be designated Ext4. ... Desktops and servers can use the same kernel, but it's better to tune the kernel for the job at hand. That's why openSUSE now includes a desktop kernel specially tuned for desktop users. ... In addition to the work of the openSUSE Project in the desktop, openSUSE 11.2 includes the latest versions of the two desktop environments, KDE 4.3 and GNOME 2.28. KDE users will enjoy the new Firefox KDE integration, OpenOffice.org KDE4 integration, consistent KDE artwork and all standard applications being ported to KDE4 including KNetworkManager, Amarok, Digikam, k3b, Konversation and more."

The beating heart...

[CannonballHead]

openSUSE 11.2 will come with the latest version 2.6.31 of the Linux kernel, the beating heart of every openSUSE system.

As opposed to all those other distros, which don't use the Linux kernel as their "beating heart." :)

Re:But...

[Anonymous Coward]

No (it's a Linux distro)

Re:Why switch to openSuse?

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't! It is made by Novell so this is actually a M$ Linux and thus evil!!11one

"or just grab the torrents "

[rickb928]

There you go again, egging us on to use such tools with no legitimate use for actual *legal* purposes.

Somewhere, the CEOs of Comcast, Time-Warner, the RIAA, and AT&T have collectively felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if most of their objections to actual legitimate Internet use were suddenly silenced...

Re:The beating heart...

[Bralkein]

Depends if they set CONFIG_NO_HZ=y :P

Re:The beating heart...

[Mr. DOS]

Yeah; the others have the tick(er)less kernel.

      --- Mr. DOS

Re:The beating heart...

[Bralkein]

Here on Slashdot today, not only did two people make a joke about an obscure techincal configuration option of the Linux kernel, we both made the same joke, and we made it one minute apart. This place is terrifying.

Re:Why switch to openSuse?

[gbarules2999]

You forgot to rant about Mono.

Re:Who...cares?

[E IS mC(Square)]

>> So not being able to run native apps to buy from iTunes, sync my iPod and iPhone

You are saying as if it is a bad thing.