Test Release: openSUSE 10.3 RC1

Excerpts from the release announcement.

After quite a few rebuilds and testing, the openSUSE team is happy to announce that RC1 looks brilliant and is now available for download. We consider this release to be feature complete, stable, and suitable for testing from any user. For more information on the release schedule, take a look at the Roadmap.

Technical Changes

• libzypp 3.24
• Virtualbox 1.5
• OpenOffice.org 2.3
• Countless bug fixes in every component: 535 bugs RESOLVED/FIXED
• 485 packages submitted

A more detailed list of changes is available via

http://en.opensuse.org/Factory/News.

Read the full release announcement here.

Download here.

Test Release: openSUSE 10.3 Beta 3

Excerpts from the release announcement.

t's my pleasure to announce the availability of openSUSE 10.3 Beta3. This
is the last beta release before entering RC phase in two weeks. Many
thanks to everyone who has contributed to this release of openSUSE!

Important Changes Since Beta2
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* Kernel 2.6.22.5
* libzypp 3.22.1
* improved package lists of 1-CD GNOME and KDE
* countless bug fixes in every component
* reworked concept of language bundles (bundle-lang-* and -lang packages)

A more detailed list of changes is available via
http://en.opensuse.org/Factory/News

Read the full release announcement here.
Download here.

Alpha Release: openSUSE 10.3 Alpha 7

Excerpts from the release announcement.

Alpha7 is ready, after 5 rebuilds we're happy to say it looks good enough for
the public.

Important Changes Since Alpha6
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* Linux 2.6.22.1
* gcc 4.2.1
* libzypp 3.12.1
* the package set of the CDs are heavily reshuffled and with it the patterns
also affecting the DVD

After Alpha6 was more about testing the first integration of libzypp, Alpha7
is already 10 steps further in regards to libzypp. But we'd like to have your
feedback on the refresh policy of yast/zypper.
See Duncan's explanation about the problem in the opensuse-factory archive:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2007-07/msg00169.html

A more detailed list of changes is available via
http://en.opensuse.org/Factory/News

Read the full release announcement here.
Download here.

Test Release: openSUSE 10.3 Beta 2

Excerpts from the release announcement.

The openSUSE Team is proud to announce the release of openSUSE 10.3 Beta 2. Though this release should not be used on any production machines, everyone can help shape this release by testing out installations and much more. For more information on the release schedule, take a look at the Roadmap.

Technical Changes

• Linux 2.6.22.3
• glibc 2.6.1
• YaST infrastructure improved to allow writing complete YaST modules without using YCP (e.g. exclusively in Perl, Python or Ruby)
• Bootloader-related improvements: openSUSE 10.3 will use “chainloader” if it detects additional installations’ bootloader code in other partitions, otherwise “configfile” sections will be used (see Call for Testing below!)
• Improved package lists of 1-CD GNOME and KDE
• Countless bug fixes, all over the place

A more detailed list of the changes is available on the Factory/News wiki page.

Read the full release announcement here.
Download here.

Test Release: openSUSE 10.3 Beta 1

Excerpts from the release announcement.

The openSUSE team is proud to announce the first Beta release of openSUSE 10.3. There are many exciting enhancements and features in the new release. Among these are a whole new and greatly improved package management stack (libzypp), significantly faster boot time, parts of KDE 4, a 1-CD KDE Install and a 1-CD GNOME install, beautiful green artwork, a new One-Click Install technology that integrates with the openSUSE Build Service and much more.

Read the full release announcement here.
Download here.

Alpha Release: openSUSE 10.3 Alpha 6

Excerpts from the release announcement.

AJ used to write here, that he's glad to announce. I can't say I am - I am relieved I can announce openSUSE 10.3 Alpha6 to you. I didn't have a chance to put too much testing into more than the i586 DVD5 and the KDE CD. But I didn't want to wait any longer either. So I'm left with hoping the best.

Important Changes Since Alpha5
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* Linux 2.6.22
* libzypp 3.11.8
* gcc 4.2
* Continued splitting of packages to reduce size
* Introduction of x86_64 CDs for both KDE and GNOME

This is a first alpha release containing the new refactored libzypp software management library. The goal was to deliver a working version for this alpha, so expect rough edges, unusal slowdown and behavior, for example YaST integration is really alpha quality. All bug reports are very welcome.

Media and Download
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openSUSE 10.3 Alpha6 for i386, x86-64 and ppc comes as different media sets:
* 1 DVD containing the contents of the 5 CDs and the NonOSS AddOn CD
* 1 CD with a default KDE installation (not for ppc yet)
* 1 CD with a default GNOME installation (not for ppc yet)
* 1 AddOn CD with only NonOSS packages on it
* 1 AddOn CD with language packages that are used for extra languages (the DVD contains support for english, french, italian, spanish, german, chinese, japanese, czech, danish, norwegian, khmer, hungarian, polish) (the DVD has support for installation in all languages, just extra packages are only on this extra media)
* DVD/CDs containing the sources corresponding to the media

We have created Delta ISOs from openSUSE 10.3 Alpha5. Please use them for download.

The DVDs and the source media are only available via bittorrent.

Read the full release announcement here.
Download here.

Development Release: openSUSE 10.3 Alpha 5

Andreas Jaeger has announced the fifth alpha release of openSUSE 10.3: "I'm glad to announce openSUSE 10.3 Alpha5. The following are some highlights of Alpha5 compared to Alpha4: Linux kernel 2.6.22-rc4; reduced size and cleaned-up dependencies of some packages; glibc 2.6; Emacs 22.1; OpenOffice.org 2.2.1rc3; lots of package renames and splits to create smaller systems and allow a one-CD installation; two one-CD installation media: a GNOME CD and a KDE CD, both contain a small desktop; if openSUSE is installed from CDs, user is offered to bring up network connection in order to be able to install a remote add-on product together with openSUSE." Here is the full release announcement. As usual, a complete set of CD and DVD images are available for download either via BitTorrent or from these FTP/HTTP mirrors; here are two quick links to the new single-CD installation images (MD5): openSUSE-10.3-Alpha5-GNOME-i386.iso (698MB), openSUSE-10.3-Alpha5-KDE-i386.iso (700MB).
(Source : http://distrowatch.com)