“The newest release of Novell’s openSUSE Linux debuts with
LibreOffice, KDE 4.6, a zippy package management system and a new
rolling release system that could eliminate the need for future big
releases. Sean Michael Kerner“Broadly speaking, there are typically two main types of Linux
distributions: those with big milestone updates for new packages
and those with rolling release cycles.“Novell’s openSUSE 11.4 is going to bridge the gap between the
two types of Linux distributions with a new system that will enable
users to stick with stable milestone updates or to have a rolling
release. The rolling release model is one that has been in use by
Gentoo and Arch Linux among others. With a rolling release the
latest and greatest application updates are delivered to users as
they become available.”