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After two hard and long years of development, the CCux Linux team proudly announced last night a new version of their Linux-based operating system. Powered by the final version of Linux kernel 2.6.26, CCux Linux 0.9.9 is the first stable distribution injected with the freshly released KDE 4.1.0 desktop environment. Unfortunately, this version is available only as a DVD ISO image of about 4 GB in size. "We want to thank all Developers, Testers and all loyal users who have helped and supported us on the long way to a new releasable version. Thank you guys!" - said Christian Metzen in the release announcement.

Highlights of CCux Linux 0.9.9:
• KDE 4.1.0
• Kernel 2.6.26
• OpenOffice 2.4
• VDR integration

Moreover, the GNOME, Xfce and Fluxbox window managers are now selectable as Desktop environments via the installer, which was completely reworked, along with the installation system.

CCux Linux is one of the fastest operating systems in this solar system, as the developers like to describe it. It is an up-to-date, RPM-based Linux distribution for all ages, nationalities and races. The following applications and technologies are part of the CCux Linux:
• AbiWord
• Ardour
• Audacious
• Audacity
• Avidemux
• Banshee
• Bluefish
• Blender
• Cinepaint
• Cinelerra
• ClamAV and ClamTK
• Claws Mail
• Compiz Fusion
• DeVeDe
• DirectFB
• Digikam
• DosBox
• DVDStyler
• Eagle
• Eclipse
• eMovix
• Enlightenment DR17
• Mozilla Firefox
• GCC
• Geany
• Gajim
• GIMP
• GParted and QtParted
• ImageMagick
• Inkscape
• Sun JRE • K3b
• K9copy
• Kaffeine
• Kino
• KOffice
• LiVES
• LMMS
• MadWiFi
• Mono Runtime
• MPlayer
• MySQL
• Ndiswrapper
• Netbeans
• NTFS-3G
• OpenOffice.org
• Pidgin
• Privoxy
• PulseAudio
• Putty
• recordMyDesktop
• Rawstudio
• Samba
• SpamAssassin
• Stellarium
• StreamRipper
• VCDImager
• VirtualBox
• Wine
• Xine
• XMMS
• YaKuake

...and many games, such as BosWars, AssaultCube, SuperTux, Nessus, Tremulous, Scorched3D, Chromium, LMarbles, FreeCiv, Frozen Bubble, CriticalMass or FooBillard! Download CCux Linux right now from here.
By: Marius Nestor, Linux Editor (http://news.softpedia.com)

OpenSUSE 11.0 Is Here - One of the most awaited Linux distros has arrived One of the major and most popular Linux distributions has reached another edition, openSUSE 11.0. OpenSUSE is well known for its ease of use and this version comes with more than 200 new features, a brand new installer and faster package management due to the updates in the ZYpp stack.

As 'option' seems to be the word that openSUSE revolves around, you have the possibility to choose between KDE 4, KDE 3.5 and GNOME 2.22, all of them powered by Compiz Fusion with its beautiful eye-candy. The GNOME edition used in openSUSE 11 is slightly modified, to provide a unified look and feel. The panel layout that you were used to from GNOME was changed and you will get the 'slab' panel manager from Novell. This change is probably not welcome by all the users, as the new menu is somewhat counter-productive and you have to know all the internal names of applications if you want to use the search feature from 'slab', as it has no auto-complete. As you probably want to install openSUSE 11.0 on your computer, you can use this installation guide to find out how to do it.

If you want to try out the KDE 4 edition of openSUSE 11.0, you will really enjoy it. The guys from KDE have been doing a good job lately and the improvements in usability and functionality can be seen by using the somewhat modified version that's used in openSUSE. Kcontrol was replaced with Systemsettings, a feature that will allow you to perform system configuration tasks much easier. If you really love a desktop with eye-candy you should know that KWin, KDE's window manager, now supports 3D desktop effects.

After Ubuntu's decision to use Firefox 3.0 beta 5 as default browser, openSUSE 11.0 makes this step too. You won't get stuck with the beta release, it gets updated after you install the distro and go online. Another application that's somewhat behind is OpenOffice.org 2.4.0. After updating it, you get the latest version, 2.4.1. OpenOffice's splashscreen is really gorgeous and clean looking.

Since openSUSE 10.3, NetworkManager was improved and now supports multiple network interfaces, UTMS and EV-DO cards, reaching the 0.7 version. The Linux kernel used by openSUSE 11.0 is 2.6.25, glibc is now version 2.8 and GCC was updated to 4.3.

Download openSUSE 11.0 right now from Softpedia.
By: Daniel Voicu, Linux Editor

Installing openSUSE 11.0 - From GNOME or KDE Live CD! The final version of openSUSE Linux 11.0 was released a couple of hours ago, after approximately 7 months of hard work. It brings lots of new features for end users, developers and system administrators. Among the new features, we can find a redesigned and professional installer, a live installer, new and glamorous artwork, PackageKit software manager, Microsoft Office file compatibility with the latest OpenOffice.org office productivity suite, and enhanced multimedia support. What more could an ex-Windows and future Linux user want? Therefore, if you have decided to install openSUSE 11.0 on your computer, right below is a full tutorial, complete with screenshots.

First of all, you will need to download the openSUSE 11.0 CD or DVD right now from here. We recommend you download either of the GNOME or KDE Live CD editions, as they are smaller in size (about 700 MB compared to the 4.3 GB DVD edition), and you can also test it before you install it. Burn the CD with your favorite CD/DVD burning application and insert/leave it in the CD/DVD unit of the computer on which you want to install openSUSE. For this installation, we've used the 32bit GNOME Live CD, but the KDE4 Live CD installation is absolutely the same!

You will be greeted by a very nice welcome screen...


Hit Enter on the first option, "openSUSE 11.0"...



Wait for the Live CD to load...



The desktop will appear in about 1-2 minutes...


Double click the "Live install" icon from the desktop and the openSUSE 11.0 Live Installer will appear. Agree to the license agreement...


Choose your time zone and set up the system clock...


Select the "LVM Based" option on the partitioning screen, as it will create a separate /home partition for future upgrades...


Create the default system user. Here, you'll find an option to enable automatic login with this user every time the computer starts and to use the password for system administrator, if you so wish.


Now, the system will be analyzed and you can change the settings if they don't suit your needs...


Click the 'Install' button and wait for installer to copy all the necessary files to your hard drive...


When the installation is over, click 'OK' on the notification window...


Reboot the computer...


After reboot, eject the CD and wait for the system to do an automatic configuration...


That's it! Congratulations! You'll be automatically logged in and we really hope that you will find openSUSE 11.0 a great, useful and wonderful Linux distribution!