Package updates in openSUSE 12.3 KDE

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:46:30 +0000

During the discussions for the release of openSUSE 12.3, the topic of update notifications and applets was brought up again. Originally openSUSE shipped with a custom update applet, but since it was basically unmaintained, the decision was made to switch to Apper for openSUSE 12.2

The original Apper used in that version had a number of issues, which the upstream developer (Daniel Nicoletti) fixed in a newer version, which also had a lot of other improvments. However we originally couldn’t switch because it depended on a newer, API-incompatible version of PackageKit, meaning that the PK bindings for libzypp (the heart of openSUSE’s package management) needed to be adjusted and ported.

Test the upcoming openSUSE 12.3 and KDE Workspace, Applications and Platform 4.10 RC2

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:38:45 +0000

Following up on my previous post, a different type of image has been made by the openSUSE KDE community members. In particular, alin has created images sporting the same software from KDE (4.10 RC2) but using the upcoming openSUSE 12.3 as base.

Download links:

32 bit version
64 bit version
Release directory (in case the above links go 404; the files are named KDE4-.4.10.RC2-Live)

These images are provided not only to test 4.10 in openSUSE, but also to test part of the distribution itself, without touching existing systems. Should you encounter a bug, please report it as follows:

Testing on dennogumi.org

Package updates in openSUSE 12.3 KDE

Test the upcoming openSUSE 12.3 and KDE Workspace, Applications and Platform 4.10 RC2