[PGHammer]

However, until you've actually sat in front of your newly-installed openSuSE and *used* it for a few days, you have no idea what's ****** and what isn't.

Also, a couple of surprises with 11.0 GM (compared to 11.0 RC1):

1. There is now an ATI repository for 11.0 (along with 8.5-based closed-source drivers). The Sax2 bug is still present (to fix, in an xterminal session, run as root:

sax2 -m -r 0=fglrx

to get your snap, AIGLX, and DRI running at full-speed), however. However, once you apply the fix outlined earlier, the snap is Decidedly Noticeable: for example, I have the X1650PRO AGP (not exactly a graphics heavyweight) and, even with my P4 Northwood-C, I have the desktop effects redlined (Hollywood Got Nothing). And this is with GNOME, not KDE, as the default.

Scary, scary, scary.