Just three years ago today, the openSUSE Project announced its first release.

Andreas Jaeger sent the word out to the opensuse-announce list on October 6, 2005, announcing the release of SUSE Linux 10.0:

I’m glad to announce the final version (aka the Goldmaster) of SUSE Linux 10.0. Developing 10.0 as part of the openSUSE project with an open bugzilla was a new and great experience. Thanks a lot to everybody that contributed in testing, reporting and fixing bugs, discussions etc.

The 10.0 release featured the latest and greatest free and open source software: the 2.6.13 Linux kernel, Firefox 1.0.6, GNOME 2.12, OpenOffice.org 1.9, and more.

The project, which was announced at LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco in August of 2005, has achieved a lot in just three years:

• The formation of the first openSUSE Board
• Five stable releases in three years (10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 11.0)
• Introduction and complete re-write of Zypper/libzypp for better package management
• More than 200 members approved since the start of the project
• Release of the openSUSE Build Service 1.0, which allows complete and transparent participation in building openSUSE Linux
• First openSUSE Board elections begun
• Launch of News.opensuse.org
• Creation of the lizards.opensuse.org portal
• Launch of unified English-language openSUSE Forums

And much more I’m probably forgetting at the moment. The openSUSE Project has grown a lot since the first release in 2005, and the future is looking bright!

We celebrated the 3rd anniversary of the first release today in Tokyo at the Novell office and had a wonderful time. Thanks much to Ayako and Satoru and everyone who helped pull the event together.

The cake was fantastic! It was as good as it looks, and as you can see, it’s a beautiful cake.

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