openSUSE 11.0 Now Available

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• The openSUSE Project, a worldwide project sponsored by Novell®, announces that openSUSE® 11.0 is immediately available for download at openSUSE.org.
• openSUSE 11.0 is the latest version of the community Linux* distribution.
• openSUSE 11.0 includes everything you need to get started with Linux on the desktop and server.
• The openSUSE distribution provides the foundation for Novell's award-winning SUSE® Linux Enterprise products.
• openSUSE 11.0 includes hundreds of improvements, updated packages and new features, including more than 200 new features specific to openSUSE. To enhance user experience, openSUSE 11.0 includes a choice of desktop environments with GNOME 2.22 and KDE4, 3-D desktop effects with Compiz Fusion 0.7.4, and improved sound management in GNOME with PulseAudio.
• openSUSE 11.0 improves ease of desktop installation with a simple new installer.
• Users can also easily and quickly install applications on openSUSE 11.0 with faster package management.
• Users can choose from thousands of programs with openSUSE 11.0, including Microsoft* Office compatible for improved productivity, as well as games, applications, developer tools, and much more. This latest release also includes improved VBA import, support for additional Microsoft formats, 3-D charts and improved transitions in OpenOffice.org 2.4 Impress*.
• openSUSE 11.0 is the first Linux distribution to include the 1.0 Banshee release, enabling users to easily manage and enjoy their digital music and video.
• openSUSE 11.0 is available as a full DVD image that includes both GNOME* and KDE*, giving users the ability to perform custom software selection at installation, or choose from GNOME and KDE live CDs. The GNOME and KDE live CDs enbale users to run openSUSE without modifying their computer from the CD, and to perform an install of the GNOME or KDE desktops, respectively.
• Users who wish to have installation support, physical media and a startup guide can choose to purchase the openSUSE 11.0 retail box from Novell. Those who purchase the retail box receive 90 days of installation support, openSUSE 11.0 on DVD, and a printed manual that will help them get started using Linux.
• openSUSE is an excellent window into development of Novell's enterprise Linux products. openSUSE serves as the foundation for the SUSE Linux Enterprise line of operating systems, and SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 will be shaped by technologies appearing in openSUSE 11.0.
• Be part of the openSUSE Project! The openSUSE Project brings together community contributors and more than one million users from around the world to promote Linux and make Linux easy to get and use, for anyone.

Quotes

• "openSUSE 11.0 is a really exciting and groundbreaking release, perfect for Linux enthusiasts and developers, as well as users who are new to Linux,” said Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier, openSUSE community manager. “The openSUSE Project contributors, inside and outside of Novell, have worked very hard on 11.0, and should be very proud of this release. It sets the bar for what a Linux distribution should be."
• "The openSUSE Project is an important part of Novell's Linux strategy and is one of the ways we demonstrate our commitment to the open source community,” said Roger Levy, senior vice president and general manager for Open Platform Solutions at Novell. “We appreciate the dedication and contributions of the openSUSE community of developers. openSUSE serves as the foundation for our enterprise products and gives Novell an important opportunity to work closely with the community."
• "I am really proud to see the release of openSUSE 11.0, particularly when I think of how the openSUSE community has helped to shape this release,” said Andreas Jaeger, chairman of the openSUSE Project Board. “openSUSE 11.0 is a true reflection of the community that discussed, tested, developed, translated and promoted it."

About openSUSE

openSUSE is a community distribution sponsored by Novell to promote the use of Linux everywhere. openSUSE delivers everything Linux developers and enthusiasts need to get started with Linux. Hosted at www.opensuse.org, the project features easy access to builds and releases. It also offers extensive community development programs for open access to the development process used to create SUSE Linux Enterprise.

About Novell

Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) delivers the best engineered, most interoperable Linux platform and a portfolio of integrated IT management software that helps customers around the world reduce cost, complexity and risk. With our infrastructure software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell harmoniously integrates mixed IT environments, allowing people and technology to work as one. For more information, visit www.novell.com.

Novell, openSUSE and SUSE are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries. *Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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