Archive:Major features42.1
openSUSE 42.1 – Leap
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Welcome to 42.1!
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Bootmenu
Desktop Selection 42.1
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Installation 42.1
More details on openSUSE 42.1
The following pages go into much detail on what is new in this openSUSE release. Too much information? Check out the Feature highlights instead.
Under the hood
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dracut is an event driven initramfs infrastructure, and replaces in openSUSE 42.1 the old mkinitrd system. One advantage of dracut over mkinitrd is that the new project aims to have as little as possible hard-coded into the initramfs.
Linux kernel
The system operates with the 4.1 series kernel.
Changes In Filesystems
Networking
Persistent Live Media
openSUSE technologies
YaST - http://yast.github.io/.
Other features and changes
Free Desktops
KDE
KDE Applications
KDE Infrastructure / internals
GNOME
GNOME Applications
GNOME Infrastructure / internals
The Desktop
OpenSUSE 42.1 ships with the latest Long-term support.
The Applications
Interface improvements
Xfce
LXDE
Other changes present in openSUSE 42.1 are:
MATE
Applications
Enlightenment
Applications
Graphics and multimedia
camsource 0.7.1 ships with new modules.