RoadMap to OpenSuSE 11.1, prepare for the new openSuSE

OpenSUSE 11.1, the future version of openSUSE 11, is coming December 18, 2008, and we will see the first alpha on July 24, 2008. It will feature the latest in open source innovations and cool new features from the openSUSE community, as well as software updates including GNOME 2.24, KDE 4.1.1, and a final version of Firefox 3.0.

Help out!

You can help us out to get openSUSE 11.1 ready! You can test the latest development builds (until the Alpha1 release is out) and file bugs, or find another way to participate in openSUSE!

More information

For info regarding releases, refer to the roadmap. Stay up to date with the latest news regarding openSUSE 11.1 and everything else in the openSUSE project with openSUSE News, and chat with other openSUSE users through IRC chat and the openSUSE mailinglists.

openSUSE 11.1 is the next community release that incorporates new features from both the community and internal development. It will be done for the x86, x86-64 and ppc platforms.

Major areas of interest:

• GNOME 2.24
• KDE: KDE 4.1.1 (optionally also KDE 3.5.10)
• OpenOffice.org 3.0
• Continued improvement in the software update stack
• Linux kernel 2.6.27 (or later)

The most important dates of the currently planned schedule are:

• Thu, Jul 24: openSUSE 11.1 Alpha1
• Thu, Aug 21: openSUSE 11.1 Alpha2
• Thu, Sep 18: openSUSE 11.1 Beta1 - snapshot release
• Thu, Oct 02: openSUSE 11.1 Beta2 - snapshot release
• Thu, Oct 16: openSUSE 11.1 Beta3 - snapshot release
• Thu, Oct 30: openSUSE 11.1 Beta4 - snapshot release
• Thu, Nov 13: openSUSE 11.1 RC1 - snapshot release
• Thu, Nov 27: openSUSE 11.1 RC2 - snapshot release
• Thu, Dec 4: openSUSE 11.1 GM - final release
• Thu, Dec 18: openSUSE 11.1 public release

The detailed schedule will be added later.