openSUSE项目是Novell公司资助的社区计划。为在方方面面促进Linux的普及应用，该计划提供了对openSUSE这份完整Linux发行的免费、简便的获取访问。openSUSE项目有三个主要目标：让openSUSE成为任何人都能最容易获得且最广泛使用的Linux发行，利用开源软件 的联合来使openSUSE成为世界上可用性最强的Linux发行及新手和资深Linux用户们的桌面环境，显著地简化并开放其开发及打包过程以使 openSUSE成为Linux开发人员及软件提供商所选择的平台。
Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier has announced the availability of the first release candidate for openSUSE 11.0: "The openSUSE Project is proud to announce the openSUSE 11.0 Release Candidate 1 (RC1). The good news is that we're closing in on the final release of 11.0, but it's not time to relax just yet. We’re getting really close, so we need all hands on deck to help test this release candidate. Since beta 3 we've fixed 578 bugs and resolved 1,118 bugs! Read on to see how you can help get 11.0 into top shape." See the rest of the release announcement for information on how to help with testing and to learn about known bugs. Download (MD5) one of the installable live CDs from here: openSUSE-11.0-RC1-KDE4-LiveCD-i386.iso (646MB, torrent), openSUSE-11.0-RC1-GNOME-LiveCD-i386.iso (662MB, torrent), openSUSE-11.0-RC1-KDE4-LiveCD-x86_64.iso (685MB, torrent), openSUSE-11.0-RC1-GNOME-LiveCD-x86_64.iso (680MB, torrent).

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