The developers of OpenSUSE have Wednesday version 12.1 of their eponymous linux distribution released. The most important changes are Gnome 3.2 and the introduction of Googles programming language Go.
In the new release of OpenSUSE, which is one of the largest distributions, many packages come with an update. One of the biggest innovations is the desktop environment Gnome 3.2, among other things, better integration with cloud services and support for touch screens, promises.
In OpenSUSE 12.1 is of the standaarddesktopomgeving KDE version 4.7 included. One of the changes is KolorManager, a tool that allows the color palette of KDE can be adapted. Another innovation is the replacement of the package manager is KPackagekit by Apper. OpenSUSE has Firefox 7 and the KDE office suite Calligra Suite.
Remarkable is the presence of Go, an experimental programming language, which two years ago by Google was introduced. With Go would be to write programs easier than languages such as C# and C. OpenSUSE running on Linux kernel 3.1. The boot process is further optimized with the introduction of the Grub2-boot manager and the service manager Systemd. In addition, the tool Snapper data to be restored on btrfs partitions is stored.
The openSUSE distribution focuses with version 12.1 also more on cloud computing. The operating system provides default support for OpenNebula, OpenStack and Eucalyptus. Also new is the support for OwnCloud, a storage service on a private server running and that elsewhere via a web browser can be accessed. Also, there is content to be shared with others.
