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I was talking to a friend and he commented that OpenSuSE (btw, I will not keep typing it this way) has not been a very big deal. To some extent I see his point. There has been very little written about it and not a lot of discussion. I don't read the entire Internet of course, so I could easily be missing something.

I do think Opensuse is very important. It marks the transition from a major distros kicking the habit of releasing a boxed desktop product to the general public. I know Suse 10 will be out for the masses formally, but more importantly, it will be released with input from its community. This is very exciting.

Most importantly, is finally acknowledges the importance of the community around this great distro. It is possible that this was expected, which really is a nice thought. It is good to think that folks expect this sort of treatment from free software companies. I think companies like Novell provide a huge resource to the community and vice versa. Projects like Opensuse acknowledge this relationship and offer a medium for changes. I know in the case of Novell, this has been an important aspect of their business choices. There is definitely a positive push towards more iterative design processes and things like Opensuse reflect this as well. So, lets all toast to the new Opensuse project and wish them well!