This is a project which tries to make it easier for users in testing the newest openSUSE distribution and also to try it out without installing it on a computer. It is publicly available system running on open-source virtualization technology KVM and libvirt.

You can try Gnome, KDE and also XFCE desktop environments. The latest addition was LXDE. There is no problem in installing new applications, because the root account is also available.

You can login into the system using one of these three options:

  • Using web browser
    • Access VNC screen inside the web page using the Java technology.
    • Just click on VNC link at the top of this page or here.
  • Using VNC client
    • VNCserver runs in 1024x768 resolution and you can login from Linux using the following command:
      vncviewer vnc.live.opensuse.org:1
    • Microsoft Windows users can use the well-known TightVNC client.
    • For Mac OS X use Chicken of the VNC utility.
  • Using SSH client
    • The usual procedure:
      ssh virtual@ssh.live.opensuse.org

Default user has username virtual and password virtual. User root uses the same password. I ask you not to change these passwords so all users can try the system.

This project works because users don't intentionally harm the system. I rely on intelligence of people around Linux. In case the system is broken (either intentionally or not) there's no problem in restoring it from the snapshot within a few minutes.

I would like to thank Jan Šembera and Tomáš Crhonek for helping me with port forwarding between virtual and real hardware (iptables).