| OpenSUSE 10.2 RC1 arrives |
Nov. 24, 2006
 “That was fast!” said one acquaintance on learning that the first openSUSE 10.2 release candidate put in its appearance on Thanksgiving afternoon not three weeks after beta 2 arrived. The release is currently available for downloading via both ftp and BitTorrent.
"OpenSUSE 10.2 RC1 comes in different medias," according to Jaeger in the release announcement. These include deltas to users with Beta 2, a single DVD ISO, a selection of CD ISOs, and ftp trees.
This release, aka Basilisk Lizard, is based on the 2.6.18.2 Linux kernel and gives users a choice of the GNOME 2.16.1 and KDE 3.5.5 desktops. It also includes the usual large selection of open-source applications that comes with SUSE distributions. Among the highlights in this version are:- OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 office suite
- SeaMonkey 1.0.99 Web application suite
- MySQL 5.0.26 DBMS
- Firefox 2.0 web browser
- GIMP 2.2.13 graphics editor
- Evolution 2.8.2 groupware
Release candidate 1 appears to be almost ready to go. There were very few changes between it and the second beta. The only major change is that openSUSE has added the newly released D-Bus 1.0. This makes openSUSE one of the first to deploy this new, innovative desktop IPC (interprocess communication) system.
The next release, expected in about two weeks, will be "our final version, [and] we're now concentrating on fixing shipment blockers,” said Jaeger.
For those who can't wait you can download the release candidate, you can download it by BitTorrent, or by ftp from a local mirror. This release is available in editions for x86, x86-64, and PowerPC.
-- Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
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