After 11 months of development, the final version 11.2 of openSUSE distribution has finally come into being. Based on the Linux 2.6.31.5 kernel, this new version offers standard 4.3.3pre the KDE and GNOME 2.28, but the X server 1.6.5, GCC 4.4.1, Firefox 3.5 or OpenOffice 3.1.The ext4 file system is now used by default, while Yast - Install Tool and management of openSUSE - has many improvements.

This distribution is available for x86 and x86_64 for download (versions in DVD or Live CD), but a boxed version should soon be put up for sale at a price of 60 euros. The life cycle of this distribution passes last 18 months against 24 months earlier.