B lwa ta OpenSuse 12.3 will get Linux kernel 3.7

The first and only b lwa ta OpenSuse 12.3 is released by The OpenSuse Project. Version 12.3 of OpenSuse is equipped as standard with Linux kernel 3.7. Furthermore, it remains to OpenSuse faithful to KDE as the default desktop environment.

The beta version of OpenSuse 12.3 comes with KDE 4.10 RC2 workspaces and applications. It is expected that the final OpenSuse 12.3 on march 13 should appear, with the official release of KDE 4.10. Also includes the beta version 3.6 of LibreOffice, all are testpackages of version 4.0 of this open-source office suite in the repositories available. Those who prefer the Xfce – or LXDE-desktop environments, in this release, access to the filemanagers PCMan and Thunar. Firefox in OpenSuse 12.3 updated to version 18.

Compared to OpenSuse 12.2, which is still on kernel 3.4 is based, will 12.3 be equipped with Linux kernel 3.7.1. This kernel provides, among other new capabilities for ext4 and btrfs filesystems, support for suspend to disk and memory, a faster tcp stack, thanks to tcp fast open and the kernel can deal with kernel modules, which for security reasons, a digital signature feature. OpenSuse 12.3 is available in a 32bit and 64bit image. Also are Live cd versions available, with a choice of a Gnome or KDE desktop environment.