Archive:Features 42.3
openSUSE 42.3 – Leap
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What is New
Under the hood
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Linux kernel
openSUSE Leap 42.3
Changes In Filesystems
Btrfs is the default filesystem for root, and XFS for the /home directory. Btrfs allows users to take full advantage of Snapper when Btrfs is selected as the file system. Users can recover the previous status of the system using snapshots. By default, Snapper will automatically create hourly snapshots of the system, as well as pre- and post-snapshots for YaST and zypper transactions, which can be disabled. To delete a snapshot, you need to know its number. Get it by running snapper list. To delete a snapshot, run snapper delete NUMBER. This new version adds the ability to boot right into a snapshot to recover from corruption of important files on the system (like bash).
Networking
Other features and changes
Printing System: Improvements and Incompatible Changes
Free Desktops
KDE Plasma 5.8
openSUSE Leap 42.3 (same as 42.2) include KDE's Plasma 5.8, which is a Long-Term Support version.
KDE Applications
Leap 42.3 offers
KDE Infrastructure / internals
This GUI toolkit brings multiple features and enhancements for developers
GNOME
openSUSE Leap 42.3 ships with GNOME.
GNOME Applications
GNOME Infrastructure / internals
GTK+
GTK+ Inspector
GLib
Builder
MultiWriter
Xfce
openSUSE 42.3 – Leap
MATE
Applications
Enlightenment
openSUSE technologies
YaST
New YaST modules
New features
Enhancements