OpenSUSE Linux 11.2 - Retail Box
openSUSE comes packed with thousands of applications.
From games to Web browsers, instant messaging clients, productivity
tools, developer tools, and much more, openSUSE includes everything you
need to get started with Linux
For the 11.0 openSUSE, it''s a double layer DVD.
This box include some proprietary applications needed for example for
mp3 reading that can''t be downloaded because they are not free. This
completely legal setup can only be found by buying the box.
New and Notable Features
A lot has changed since openSUSE 10.3, and a lot of work has gone
into improving openSUSE. In this release you''ll find updated versions
of almost every program, a vastly improved installer, faster and easier
package management, and much more. Here''s some of the improvements
you''ll see in openSUSE 11.0:
- Rewritten installer that makes installation even easier
- Faster and easier package management
- Easier system updates with PackageKit
- Easier 3-D effects with Compiz-Fusion and CCSM
- KDE 4 - The next generation KDE Desktop
- GNOME 2.22 - Latest and greatest GNOME release
- Firefox 3.0 - openSUSE ships with Firefox 3.0 beta 5, will update to 3.0 final
- OpenOffice.org 2.4 - Latest OpenOffice.org, with dozens of
improvments and new features, including better VBA support, 3-D
transitions in Impress, and import support for Microsoft Office 2007
document formats.
- Banshee 1.0 - Major update to Novell-sponsored multimedia application.
- Tasque - Simple and elegant to-do application.
- NetworkManager 0.7 - Cutting edge release of NetworkManager, which includes support for EV-DO/UMTS cards.
- PulseAudio - Better sound management in GNOME.
- Linux kernel 2.6.25 - Most recent major release of the Linux kernel
- Nearly every application has been updated since 10.3
- More than 200 new features specific to openSUSE