SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 RC4

Novell has quietly released a public "sneak preview" of its upcoming SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and Server, version 11, labelled as "RC4". From the product's description page: "SUSELinux Enterprise 11 delivers interoperability and mission-criticalsupport for your complete computing environment - desktop to datacenter, physical and virtual. Get your sneak preview today and see howit can help you reduce cost, complexity and risk." Thedistribution is built on top of openSUSE 11.1, with Linux kernel2.6.27.15, X.Org 7.4, and a choice of desktop environments betweenGNOME 2.24 and KDE 4.1.3. New features include PAM configuration,SELinux enablement, improved update stack with Zypper, LVM2 (replacesEVMS2), ext3 as the default file system and various other improvements.For further information please read the detailed release notes for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.To download the i586 (3.8GB) or x86_64 (2.6GB) DVD images, it isnecessary to register on Novell's web site, log in to the downloadarea, and agree to a disclaimer; see Exclusive access to SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 for further details.