OpenSuse 11.0 Is Approaching
Jun 9th, 2008 by Don Ray
Most of you know that I have moved away from M$ XP and have even moved my Apple Mac Mini into another room and currently use only Linux on my primary and backup PC.
I had been using Linux Mint, which I like very much. It is based off UBUNTU, but has an improved menu. However, when UBUNTU moved to version 8.04, Linux Mint needed time to fit their new functions into the new release.
While I was waiting, I moved my backup PC to KUBUNTU 8.04. I really like the KDE interface better and part of what I liked, is what I was getting with Linux Mint. I stayed with the stable KDE version of UBUNTU and elected to avoid KDE 4.
It went onto my backup PC easily enough, so I decided to move my primary PC to KUNBUTU also. BAD idea. It took me over a day to get it to run with the new Nvidia drivers. I now have it running with the new drivers, but I am unable to change resolutions.
It is usable, but not as good as what I had with the Linux Mint version. The other day, OpenSuse put out the last test version prior to releasing 11.0. When I first started playing with Linux, I thought Suse was the best. Then UBUNTU came along and captured a lot of the market.
I downloaded the OpenSuse 11.0 RC2 and installed the KDE 4 version. I am shocked and amazed. It installed on my backup PC without a problem. The new plasma interface is really slick. I mean REALLY SLICK! The final version will be out in 9 days. I have been using it for a couple of days and it is running more stable than KUBUNTU was. And did I mention that it is SLICK.
It is really good that there are now several top notch distributions. This is providing some competition within the open source market. I think it is also creating a much better product.
