OpenSUSE 11.1 Beta 3 Released

The third beta version of openSUSE 11.1 was announced last night by the hard working people behind the openSUSE project. "The openSUSE Project is proud to announce the availability of beta 3 of the 11.1 release. It's a few days late, but much better for the delay. Beta 3 is now available for immediate download and testing. As mentioned on news.opensuse.org, this release was delayed significantly by the power outage in Nuremberg over the weekend of October 11th." - said Christoph Thiel in the official release announcement.

Here are the changes since openSUSE 11.1 Beta 2:

· Live CDs for x86 and x86_64 (with GNOME and KDE4)
· Linux 2.6.27.1
· GNOME 2.24
· OpenOffice.org 3.0
· Mono 2.0 Final
· CUPS 1.3.9
· Amarok 2.0 beta 2
· Mono 2.0 RC3
· Banshee 1.3.2
· Live CDs for GNOME and KDE (coming October 6th)

Among the new technologies and applications that will be part of the final version of openSUSE 11.1, due for release on December 18th, you'll find Linux kernel 2.6.27, KDE 4.1, GNOME 2.24, OpenOffice.org 3.0, software update stack improvements, and many more...