Thursday 6 September 2012

openSUSE Version 12.2 Released; comes with Linux Kernel 3.4 and firefox 14

openSUSE announced the latest release of openSUSE 12 version openSUSE 
12.2 and it comes with Linux Kernel 3.4.6. The latest version of openSUSE supports Btrfs file system and includes firefox 14.1,GIMP 2.8 and Libreofffice 3.5.


--> From the release announcement : "Dear users, developers, and geekos around the world -- openSUSE 12.2 is ready for you! Two months of extra stabilization work have resulted into a stellar release, chock-full of goodies, yet stable as you all like it. The latest release of the world's most powerful and flexible Linux distribution brings you speed-ups across the board with a faster storage layer in Linux 3.4 and accelerated functions in glibc and Qt, giving a more fluid and responsive desktop. The infrastructure below openSUSE has evolved, bringing in mature new technologies like GRUB 2 and Plymouth and the first steps in the direction of a revised and simplified UNIX file system hierarchy. Users will also notice the added polish to existing features bringing an improved user experience all over." See the release announcement here

New features of openSUSE version 12.2
Linux kernel 3.4.6
KDE 4.8.4
GNOME 3.4.2
XFCE 4.10
Plymouth 0.8.6.1 boot splash animation
Btrfs filesystem
GRUB2
XOrg Server 1.12
Qt 4.8.1
LibreOffice 3.5
Mozilla Firefox 14.0.1

GCC 4.7.1
Google’s Go 1.0.2;
GIMP 2.8
Tomahawk Player
Download openSUSE version 12.2
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