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Yesterday, the openSUSE Project announced that it will move to a fixed release schedule after November's release of openSUSE 11.2.

openSUSE developer Stephan Kulow said that the developers are considering an eight month release cycle at the moment, as they feel successfully producing an up-to-date and solid release in this time frame is more realistic than a six month cycle. However, the development team invites feedback on the openSUSE-Project mailing list.

In November, openSUSE implemented some significant changes to its licensing model, with the aim of making the distribution easier to remaster, re-work, and redistribute. At that time, openSUSE community manager, Joe Zonker Brockmeier, said that work was also underway to clarify openSUSE's trademark guidelines.

This week, the openSUSE Project released the newly re-examined trademark guidelines. The guidelines, available in PDF format, are designed to complement the new, easier to customize and redistribute openSUSE releases by explaining how to handle branding in different situations.