SUSE Linux 10.2 Alpha 1 is now available:

It has one major problem, but it is highly usable apart from that.

* The installation using the GUI interface does not work, please select "Text Mode" when booting from CD media (#183827)
* download of release notes does fail (server side issue)

The difference to SL 10.1 is mainly in version updates in some areas (esp. the YaST package manager and KDE).

For details on delta ISOs, please read:
http://en.opensuse.org/Download_Instructions#Applying_Delta_ISOs

Please read the complete list of Known Issues at:
http://www.opensuse.org/Bugs:Most_Annoying_Bugs

Have a lot of fun!
Adrian

PS: Here are all the details for downloading:



SUSE Linux is offered via bittorrent and via normal download. Please use a mirror or the download.opensuse.org URL which directs you to a mirror.

The distribution comes with 5 CDs. You need:
* CD1 only for a minimal text installation (English)
* CDs 1-3 for a default KDE or GNOME installation in German or English
* All 5 CDs for other selections

Download URLs for the full ISOs
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x86 architecture (Intel 32-bit) architecture:

http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/iso/SUSE-Linux-10.2-Alpha1-i386-CD1.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/iso/SUSE-Linux-10.2-Alpha1-i386-CD2.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/iso/SUSE-Linux-10.2-Alpha1-i386-CD3.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/iso/SUSE-Linux-10.2-Alpha1-i386-CD4.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/iso/SUSE-Linux-10.2-Alpha1-i386-CD5.iso

For x86-64 (AMD64 / EM64T) 64-bit architecture:

http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/iso/SUSE-Linux-10.2-Alpha1-x86_64-CD1.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/iso/SUSE-Linux-10.2-Alpha1-x86_64-CD2.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/iso/SUSE-Linux-10.2-Alpha1-x86_64-CD3.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/iso/SUSE-Linux-10.2-Alpha1-x86_64-CD4.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/iso/SUSE-Linux-10.2-Alpha1-x86_64-CD5.iso

For PowerPC architecture:

http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/iso/SUSE-Linux-10.2-Alpha1-ppc-CD1.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/iso/SUSE-Linux-10.2-Alpha1-ppc-CD2.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/iso/SUSE-Linux-10.2-Alpha1-ppc-CD3.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/iso/SUSE-Linux-10.2-Alpha1-ppc-CD4.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/iso/SUSE-Linux-10.2-Alpha1-ppc-CD5.iso

For the Add-On Media ISOs:

http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/non-oss/SUSE-Linux-10.2-Alpha1-Addon-BiArch.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/non-oss/SUSE-Linux-10.2-Alpha1-Addon-ppc.iso

Download URLs for the Delta ISOs using the 10.1 final iso images as base
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For x86 architecture (Intel 32-bit) architecture:

http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/delta-iso/SUSE-Linux-10.1-RC5_10.2-Alpha1-i386-CD1.delta.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/delta-iso/SUSE-Linux-10.1-RC5_10.2-Alpha1-i386-CD2.delta.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/delta-iso/SUSE-Linux-10.1-RC5_10.2-Alpha1-i386-CD3.delta.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/delta-iso/SUSE-Linux-10.1-RC5_10.2-Alpha1-i386-CD4.delta.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/delta-iso/SUSE-Linux-10.1-RC5_10.2-Alpha1-i386-CD5.delta.iso

For x86-64 (AMD64 / EM64T) 64-bit architecture:

http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/delta-iso/SUSE-Linux-10.1-RC5_10.2-Alpha1-x86_64-CD1.delta.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/delta-iso/SUSE-Linux-10.1-RC5_10.2-Alpha1-x86_64-CD2.delta.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/delta-iso/SUSE-Linux-10.1-RC5_10.2-Alpha1-x86_64-CD3.delta.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/delta-iso/SUSE-Linux-10.1-RC5_10.2-Alpha1-x86_64-CD4.delta.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/delta-iso/SUSE-Linux-10.1-RC5_10.2-Alpha1-x86_64-CD5.delta.iso

For PowerPC architecture:

http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/delta-iso/SUSE-Linux-10.1-RC5_10.2-Alpha1-ppc-CD1.delta.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/delta-iso/SUSE-Linux-10.1-RC5_10.2-Alpha1-ppc-CD2.delta.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/delta-iso/SUSE-Linux-10.1-RC5_10.2-Alpha1-ppc-CD3.delta.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/delta-iso/SUSE-Linux-10.1-RC5_10.2-Alpha1-ppc-CD4.delta.iso
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.2-Alpha1/delta-iso/SUSE-Linux-10.1-RC5_10.2-Alpha1-ppc-CD5.delta.iso

--
Adrian Schroeter