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openSUSE 10.2 RC1 released to the public on Nov 23 2006 and final is expected to be released to the public on December 7 2006. This release is based on the 2.6.18.2 Linux kernel and gives users a choice of the GNOME 2.16.1 and KDE 3.5.5 desktops.

It contains a large number of enhancements and updates done by the open source community and Novell’s development teams. According to Andreas Jaeger, OpenSUSE 10.2 RC1 comes in different medias. These include deltas to users with Beta 2, a single DVD ISO, a selection of CD ISOs and ftp trees.

It also includes the usual open-source applications that comes with SUSE distributions such as OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 office suite, SeaMonkey 1.0.99 Web application suite, MySQL 5.0.26 DBMS, Firefox 2.0 web browser, GIMP 2.2.13 graphics editor, Evolution 2.8.2 groupware and much more.

Read the complete announcement for further detail. As usual, the CD/DVD images for three architectures are available for download via BitTorrent or directly from these FTP/HTTP mirrors.

Quick links to the i386 and x86_64 DVD torrents:

• openSUSE-10.2-RC1-DVD-i386.iso (3.44GB)
• openSUSE-10.2-RC1-DVD-x86_64.iso (3.45GB).