SUSE 10.1 Released

SolusSD writes "SUSE 10.1 was released today in both its fully open source version and its retail version. You can read up on changes with the version notes, and as always torrents are available."

Re:damn

[HoosierPeschke]

Doesn't matter, most of us at work can't start until we go home anyway, it'll be prime tonight.

Oh yeah...

i386 [opensuse.org]
x86_64 [opensuse.org]
Everything Else [opensuse.org]

Upgrading an existing system

[Anonymous Coward]

Is there a way to update an existing OpenSUSE 10.0 system via the internet without download the entire set of cds and burning them to physical media?

SUSE Xgl versus Dapper's implementation?

[fak3r]

I've been using Dapper Drake at home -- any comments as to how far along SUSE is with their Xgl implementation versus what we're seeing day to day in Ubuntu? (those 'bouncy' windows are just so cool to move! I can't stop!) ;) ... seriously though, they're cool!

I would expect SUSE would have a better Beagle install though, and that'd be fun to have.

xgl is big

[brother bloat]

Xgl/Compiz may be key to the widespread adoption of this release. Because Ubuntu's soon-to-be-out next realease (i.e. Dapper Drake) does not include Xgl by default (although it is available via synaptic), I wonder if people will start gravitating toward Suse in search of nifty eye-candy (especially seeing as SuSe is currently hot on the heals of Ubuntu according to http://www.distrowatch.com/ [distrowatch.com]'s counter (to the extent that it can be trusted)...

Current operating systems (OSX, Windows, Linux) seem to be focusing on (debatably useful) eye-candy. OSX has included some pretty sweet stuff for a while, and one of the main focus points for Windows Vista seems to be the new Aero UI. Xgl is the open source community's answer to all this (of course, Xgl ended up beating Aero to the punch).

Re:It's too bad

[Raphael]

I don't think that Novell is to blame for that. On the contrary, I think that Novell has put SuSE back on the right track.

I have been using SuSE since version 4. Yes, this is a long time ago. I have tried every single version since then. This makes a nice pile of boxes.

SuSE was by far my favorite distro until about version 8.1. Then it started getting bad (broken package dependencies, too much reliance on the graphical version of YaST2 while keyboard support was half-broken in the command-line version, settings and directory hierarchies incompatible with other distros, etc.). From my point of view, versions 8.x, 9.x and 10.0 sucked compared to other distributions available at that time. Now they are becoming good again with version 10.1.

I had really lost my faith in SuSE after several bad experiences with versions 8.x and 9.x. Version 10.0 was getting better but still a bit rough around the edges. Version 10.1 is much better. I hope that version 11 will be even better and will be able to compete with other distributions such as Ubuntu in terms of polish, features and user experience. (and before you ask: no, Ubuntu is not my favorite distro although I recommend it to most people)