Comments on: Status Update for openSUSE 11.1 Beta 4

By: Paul M

Paul M — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:19:39 +0000

11.0 has been a very solid release for me, both 32 and 64 bit, so I am hoping that 11.1 will build on that strength. Thank you all for your hard work!

By: Ken hough

Ken hough — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:07:59 +0000

I downloaded KDE 64 bit openSUSE v11.1 beta 4 last night (05/11/08) and gave it a try today. I was impressed by v11.0 and run it on my laptop PC, but I was not at all impressed by this edition! At this very late stage, IMHO too many things don’t work as they should.

Yast seems to be in a mess. The repositories don’t seem to work. OpenOffice was flagged as having been installed, but clearly had not been installed. Yast reported that my network configuration wasn’t supported, but Firefox was clearly able to connect to the Internet. openSUSE v11.0 had no problems at all with my hardware.

I really don’t like the KDE desktop setup and there doesn’t seem to be any option to change the SUSE menu system to the KDE menu system. The ‘Leave’ button on the menu bar doesn’t work. I want the option to use the stable and well developed KDE v3.5.

I’ve been a SUSE user since the days of SuSE v5.2 and was intending to wait for SUSE v11.1, but on the basis of the mess that I’ve just experienced, I’ve installed Debian!

Ken hough

By: Rodrigo

Rodrigo — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:38:29 +0000

No problem about this, because I love openSUSE ;). The best distro!!

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:30:11 +0000

So far os11.1 works pretty good for a beta. Running it on a HP DV9720US laptop with only a few minor issues related to acpi timers. But Nvidia drivers seem to be working as they should. I did have to install them manually though… oh well.

KDE 4.1 is quite usable.

I think opensuse 11.1 has the potential to be a great release.

By: Alexander

Alexander — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:06:38 +0000

I wait to see opensuse 11,1 best of all the versions, with significant improvements, mainly in the question of the hardware and appearance, good desire work to the all team and I always make optimum possible system.

By: Jack Leunissen

Jack Leunissen — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:16:30 +0000

I have been with SuSE all since version 5, and have been running it on all of my PCs at home, as well as on the servers and cluster in my department. But after having tried openSUSE 11.0 on several machines, I all reverted them back to 10.3. I want to be as up-to-date with ‘my’ SUSE as possible with all the bells and whistles on, but not any the expense. So if it takes any longer to make release 11.1 the best one ever, then please take your time!

By: Andrei

Andrei — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:47:51 +0000

Linux in itself has less lines of code then windows and it is highly efficient when it comes to resources. Why do you think there are no viruses that affect linux? Windows doesn’t have a clue when it comes to efficiency or resource management. The problem here is the hardware manufacturers who don’t write good linx/mac drivers if any at all so ppl do reverse engineering to try and write a driver for some obscure brand. At least for mac there are more drivers out there. This is not a novell related issue. Want to do something about our planet? Stop ppl making so many useless children and t-bag bill and his monopoly :) and don’t buy hardware which is not properly supported by linux. The laptop from which i am typing is 40% more efficient on linux. In fact i am counting now on linux for longer battery life as i am on the toilet letting the soldiers out on permission. I hope you won’t mind my genuinely honest heart-felt reply.

By: OO user whit 1440x900 resolution

OO user whit 1440x900 resolution — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:19:43 +0000

Othervise nice beta release but Openoffice could not be startet due to Fatal Error – I just don’t know what causes it but Fatal it is…

By: Robert Belcher

Robert Belcher — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:49:50 +0000

I just gave the new kubuntu a try for my new Lenovo S10 Atom powered netbook. I’m gonna wait for your 11.1 version. I’ve been using suse for so long that it has been ingrained in me. I just cant do without my YAST! I’m hoping OpenSuse is keeping an eye towards these netbooks and being compatible with them because I believe they are gonna be HUGEly popular. Keep up the fantastic work guys! take your time to get it right.

By: felipe alvarez

felipe alvarez — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:34:46 +0000

You know…I like the 4 betas idea. I prefer a release that has a lot fewer bugs/crashes/segfaults. OTOH, I do like seeing new features in things like amarok, digi-kam, OOo, and many others. BUt that is why I use opensuse build service.

Great work, openeuse and Novell!