OpenSUSE 11.3 Milestone 5 available

OpenSUSE has released a new version of development that aims to get to 3.11 stable, this time with the Milestone 5, a pitch that is still in experimental stage but progress in building the final product.

OpenSUSE 11.3 Milestone 5 is a development release in early stage, which is considered suitable for testing, to know what's coming back, but not for production equipment.

There are many changes that have occurred since bug fix, to include new features. Some of them are:

    * GNOME 2.30.
    * X.org 1.8.0.
    * Seamonkey 2.0.4.
    * Rpm 4.8.0.
    * Zypper 1.4.1.
    * Netbean 6.8.
    * Perl 5.12.
    * Parted 2.2.
    * PackageKit 0.6.2.
    * Integration of KMS for Intel and Nvidia graphics cards through the nouveau driver.
    * Improved access to manuals OpenSUSE.
    * The installer is now talking about OpenSUSE 11.3 and not 11.2.
    * No need to reload the iwl3945 driver after the start of NetworkManager.
    * The volumes encrypted swap does not require formatting during installation.

The complete list of everything new in the Milestone 5 can be found in the release notes.

This version is available for download on their issues and common architectures, DVD, GNOME and KDE LiveCD and route network, both 32 and 64 bits:

Download: OpenSUSE 11.3 Milestone 5 (Select architectural, and editing).

According to the latest development schedule, this release was to be delivered on 9 April, however, had a delay of five days. The Milestone 6 is scheduled for April 22, but given the delays you may see the end of the month.

For its part, the final date for OpenSUSE 11.3 remains unchanged, still provided for release on July 15, 2010.

Fedora 14 starts searching for his codename

Fedora 14 is the new version of the bill is just in the planning stages since Fedora 13 is in full swing and soon we will list as stable. Fedora As is common in the beginning of a new branch begins with the choice of a key name that distinguishes it from others, and this day, Fedora 14 begins to receive proposals.
Fedora 12 is called "Constantine" Fedora 13 "Goddard" and Fedora 14 will soon have its own code name starting today the receipt of proposals through the project wiki, extending until 27 April that will be the last days for this purpose.
Proposals may be made by active members of the Fedora community and revised once may vote for one candidate in order to find a winner.
The name must be related to its predecessor, in addition to complying with other standards, so the project will receive the proposals but rejecting some and approving others.
So early we can see that there are names such as Guinness and Scofield with initial approval, but not definitive.
This phase will receive all proposals and makes an initial approval. Then, from 27 to 29 April, posted a more refined list of potential competitors.
From April 29 to May 3 is made legal review and final approval of the competitors. From 4 May to 10 the same month begin once completed ballots to make the announcement of the name of Fedora 14 on May 11, 2010.
For its part has reached the Fedora 13 development known as beta which will be followed by a CR, a phase where version is almost ready to go as stable, in fact, may be considered for use in production equipment and not just as evidence .
Will be until May 11 we will have available to Fedora 13 as stable, the same day to be announced on the Fedora 14 codename.

Ubuntu 4.10 RC Available

Ubuntu 4.10 continues to mature in their development, this day, launching the Release Candidate (RC), a version that is very close to becoming stable, running under the 2.6.32.11 kernel.
Ubuntu 4.10 RC is a further development of the new branch of the distribution, despite that, and can be used on production equipment because it is relatively stable. However, I still put in a testing phase to debug it further, in order to deliver a better end product produced.
Ubuntu 4.10 RC having the characteristics of its previous development versions, giving an almost definite for the final release.
As far as we can find in Ubuntu RC 04/10 are:

    * Linux Kernel 2.6.32.11.
    * GNOME 2.30.
    * SC in Kubuntu KDE 4.4.2.
    * GIMP 2.6.8 is only available from the repositories.
    * New artwork.
    * Renovated the Ubiquity installer slideshow.
    * Google as default search engine in Firefox.
    * Removed HAL to faster boot time and come back after suspension.
    * Open source drivers for NVIDIA now incorporated by default.
    * Better support for NVIDIA dirvers proprietary.
    * Through MeMenu, which is based on Gwibber, will have access to social networks like Twitter, identi.ca and Facebook.
    * New features for Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC).
    * Improved version of Likewise-open, package that provides authentication for Active Directory and server support for Linux.
    * Improved startup with visual changes and speed.
    * Improved the notification area.
    * One Ubuntu better synchronization.