What is new in OPENSUSE Linux 12.2?

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Superfast speed This distribution comes with the Linux 3.4 kernel. According to a blog by Jos Poortvliet, openSUSE community manager for SUSE Linux: “It includes a faster storage layer to prevent blocking during large transfers.” He even added that KDE 4.8.4 makes the desktop more responsive. Meanwhile, glibc 2.15 boosts the performance of many functions, particularly on 64-bit systems, and Systemd 44 enables faster booting, reports PC World. Advanced infrastructure It comes with a more advanced infrastructure with a GRUB2 bootloader as default. Poortvliet wrote in his blog post, “We’ve begun the process of revising and simplifying the 81,; fiOHVYVWHP KLHUDUFKY WR improve compatibility across distributions, and during start-up and shutdown, 3OYPRXWK 0.8.6.1 SURYLGHV flLFNHU-IUHH WUDQVLWLRQV DQG DWWUDFWLYH DQLPDWLRQV.” A sophisticated desktop GNOME 3.4 adds smoother scrolling, a reworked System Settings app, and an improved Contacts manager, Poortvliet noted. He also added that Xfce 4.10 offers DQ LPSURYHG DSSOLFDWLRQ fiQGHU, WKLOH WKH 'ROSKLQ fiOH PDQDJHU LV “ERWK SUHWWLHU and faster.” A range of apps Included among openSUSE 12.2's software line-up are not just X.org 1.12, with its support for multi-touch input devices and multi-seat deployments, but DOVR 0RZLOOD )LUHIRX, G,03 2.8, /LEUH2IfiFH 3.5, .ULWD 2.4 IRU SDLQWLQJ DQG illustration, and Tomahawk Player for music, a PC World report reports. Cooler apps 2SHQ686( 12.2 FRPHV WLWK D KRVW RI VFLHQWLfiF WRROV SURYLGLQJ PDWK applications, the Stellarium astronomical simulator and more. Poortvliet explained that, “programmers will enjoy version 1.0.2 of Google’s Go language as well as the latest C++ language standards implemented in GCC 4.7.1 and Qt Creator 2.5.”