Is there a date I can expect a newer kernel than 26.2.5, (at least 26.2.6) to hit the repos/yast?
Likewise with KDE 4.1. I wonder why it didn’t appear in Updater yet.
Thank you.
nat
Dont expect the kernel to be updated. Once Opensuse 11.0 was released that was the kernel version that was going to be used for its lifetime. Any security patches in the upstream kernel though are backported to the one available in the repositories.
If you want a later kernel you will have to compile it yourself.
The same goes for KDE 4.1. It will not appear in the standard repositories however you can update to it by clicking the bellow link.
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.0/KDE4-DEFAULT.ymp
You may also want to add.
Index of /repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Extra-Apps/openSUSE_11.0
Index of /repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Community/openSUSE_11.0_KDE4_Factory_Desktop
This will update to a complete KDE4.1 desktop enviroment.
On Mon, 2008-09-15 at 17:26 +0000, nat101 wrote:
> Is there a date I can expect a newer kernel than 26.2.5, (at least
> 26.2.6) to hit the repos/yast?
Not is any kind of standard way… not until openSUSE 11.1
There’s always the kotd (kernel of the day) though… if you
just want to try the very latest.
>
> Likewise with KDE 4.1. I wonder why it didn’t appear in Updater yet.
KDE 4.1 is NOT an update path for 4.0. 
However, like the above,
you could add KDE 4 UNSTABLE area repo:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/UNSTABLE:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.0
as a repo… doing this may mean you’ll have a broken machine so to
speak.
Normally, for radical upgrades that have had some testing, you’re going
to have to wait for the next version (e.g. openSUSE 11.1).
>
>
> Thank you.
> nat
>
>
Moved to General section
Andy
Dont update to the KDE 4 Unstable repo unless you know what your doing. It reflects KDE 4 upstream (KDE 4.2 devel). For KDE 4.1 use the Factory repositories I posted above.
I am new (since 11.0) to openSuse and this comes as a surprise. (eg, Fedora 8 has 26.2.6 available via yum.) I have a new Phenom quad processor and need the power management fixes in the new kernel. Are non-security related bug fixes (e.g. acpi) also backported?
I was also waiting for the newer kernel before jumping to kde 4.1.
I guess my question now is, when is the eta for OpenSuse 11.1?
Thank you much for the info and the links.
nat
I guess my question now is, when is the eta for OpenSuse 11.1?
Dec 18th
So long as you have kde3 installed you should be fine upgrading to 4.1 Factory
Index of /repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.0
Index of /repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Extra-Apps/openSUSE_11.0
Index of /repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Community/openSUSE_11.0_KDE4_Factory_Desktop
Thank you.
nat
If you need the newest kernel (and don’t feel capable of building it yourself),
another approach is just to find a different Linux distro that is just starting a
beta cycle, and they will be using the newest kernel.
For example, the Mepis distro (Debian-based) just started a beta cycle about 2 weeks ago
and they are using kernel 2.6.26.2. More info here:
First Beta of MEPIS 8.0 Available For Testing | MEPIS
They have one of the nicest LiveCDs I’ve used.
It’s quite nice…I’m running it on my laptop as we speak. It’s got KDE 4.1
available for it, which I’m also running. [Tho, it plans to ship officially with
KDE 3.5, since KDE 4.1 is still in ‘development stage’.]
Or go to distrowatch:
DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.
and keep an eye out for other distros starting up their next release.
As we say…Linux is all about choices.
On 2008-09-15 13:26:01 -0400, nat101 <nat101@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> said:
>
> Is there a date I can expect a newer kernel than 26.2.5, (at least
> 26.2.6) to hit the repos/yast?
>
> Likewise with KDE 4.1. I wonder why it didn’t appear in Updater yet.
>
> Thank you.
> nat
This forum is intended for news, not questions. Next time please post
in a more appropriate forum.
–
Keith Kastorff
As I said, Fedora 8 (current version is Fedora 9), which is about a year old, has the [almost] latest kernels available via yum. But on this machine I have Suse 11 and intend to stick with it.
nat
I thought that the availability of a newer kernel is a news item. My question was non technical, news related. But I guess Chit-Chat fits in quite well.
nat