Archive:Portal:12.3
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openSUSE Portal:12.3 Release information edit
Warning:
The support for openSUSE 12.3 has ended on January 29th 2015 after over 21 months of lifetime.
openSUSE 12.3 was released on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. As our latest release, this brings the best of Free Software in the familiar openSUSE package: stable and complete.
Please read the Release Notes for important information before installing the distribution.
Feature highlights edit
As this was a shorter-than-normal cycle, much attention went into the details.
Finishing touches
openSUSE 12.3 finishes the integration of systemd and delivers a better system log experience with journald. Package management received work to let the GUI tools work more reliably and a new theme brings a consistent experience from boot to desktop. openSUSE moved to a size of 1GB for our Live images and the ARM delivers a stable openSUSE 12.3 ARMv7 for this exciting architecture while a first preview of 64bit ARM images is available as well.
openSUSE 12.3 finishes the integration of systemd and delivers a better system log experience with journald. Package management received work to let the GUI tools work more reliably and a new theme brings a consistent experience from boot to desktop. openSUSE moved to a size of 1GB for our Live images and the ARM delivers a stable openSUSE 12.3 ARMv7 for this exciting architecture while a first preview of 64bit ARM images is available as well.
Polishing up
The latest desktops bring additional polish to the users with much faster metadata handling, a new print manager and improved bluetooth integration in KDE’s Plasma Desktop and GNOME Shell bringing improved notifications, better file management and Account integration for MS Exchange.
The latest desktops bring additional polish to the users with much faster metadata handling, a new print manager and improved bluetooth integration in KDE’s Plasma Desktop and GNOME Shell bringing improved notifications, better file management and Account integration for MS Exchange.
Novel features
openSUSE 12.3 brings new technologies to users with the inclusion of PostgreSQL 9.2 which comes with Native JSON support (noSQL style). We've moved over from MySQL to MariaDB as default. This is the first openSUSE release with a complete OpenStack "Folsom" for cloud fans and this release debuts the E17 desktop and the Sawfish and awesome window managers.
openSUSE 12.3 brings new technologies to users with the inclusion of PostgreSQL 9.2 which comes with Native JSON support (noSQL style). We've moved over from MySQL to MariaDB as default. This is the first openSUSE release with a complete OpenStack "Folsom" for cloud fans and this release debuts the E17 desktop and the Sawfish and awesome window managers.
Moving forward
openSUSE moves forward with the inclusion of updated applications. DigiKam 3.0 comes with much expanded abilities for batch processing of images and new and improved filters and plugins; the major PIM applications received updates with Evolution now having an automatically updated search folder and spell checking all over while Kontact's quick filter searches the full mail bodies and has an improved composer. Development tools like KDevelop, MonoDevelop and Valgrind got preliminary Android support; Development libraries like GTK3 and KDE Development Platform are included with new releases. This release also brings proper UEFI support for x86_64 hardware and experimental support for Secure Boot enabled hardware.
openSUSE moves forward with the inclusion of updated applications. DigiKam 3.0 comes with much expanded abilities for batch processing of images and new and improved filters and plugins; the major PIM applications received updates with Evolution now having an automatically updated search folder and spell checking all over while Kontact's quick filter searches the full mail bodies and has an improved composer. Development tools like KDevelop, MonoDevelop and Valgrind got preliminary Android support; Development libraries like GTK3 and KDE Development Platform are included with new releases. This release also brings proper UEFI support for x86_64 hardware and experimental support for Secure Boot enabled hardware.
In detail edit
Discover
- Feature list · Technical overview of the updates and changes in openSUSE 12.3
- Screenshots · See what this release looks like
- Hardware requirements · What it takes to run 12.3
- Contents · The contents of the various release media
- Package List · See what software packages are included
- Release notes · Important last minute changes to the release
- Reception · See what the press has to say about this release
Documentation
- Installation · Learn about installing openSUSE in various ways
- Most annoying bugs · Find out about known issues and common problems
- Manuals · Read or download the latest edition of the openSUSE books
- Help out · File a Bugreport
Spread
- Go wild! · Meet up with the openSUSE Community and celebrate the release
- Buttons and banners · Sticker the world!
- Presentations · Spread the word
- Release announcement · Public release announcement
- Press kit · Review/Write about it
Releases edit
- Rolling release
Tumbleweedrolling - Slowroll release
Slowrollbeta - Immutable server releases
MicroOSserverLeap Microserver - Immutable desktop releases
AeonbetaKalpaalpha - PreAlpha regular release
Leap 16.0pre-alpha - Latest regular release
Leap 15.6stable - Old regular release
Leap 15.5old stable
Screenshots
Few Applications edit
This is an list of all featured applications provided by openSUSE.
Web & Internet
Web Browser
Full-feature and extendable:
- Firefox is the default browser of openSUSE. Good choice for privacy and customization.
- Chromium is the open source version of Chrome.
- Tor browser can protect you tracking, surveillance and censorship.
Light weight:
- Falkon is a simple and easy to use browser from KDE with built-in ad blocker.
- Midori is a very light weight browser, perfect for old and low end hardware.
- Lynx is a text browser running in console.
BitTorrent
Please only use BitTorrent for legal purpose.
- qBittorrent is a nice Qt BitTorrent client with powerful search plugin system.
- Transmission provides both GTK+ and Qt user interface. It also has web and terminal clients for remote control.
- WebTorrent Desktop can play video/audio torrents, without waiting for full download.
Instant Messaging
Games
Game Manager
Windows Compatible Layer
Emulators
PlayStation 1:
PlayStation 2:
PlayStation 3:
Minecraft-like