OpenSUSE 13.2 Released 42
MasterPatricko writes The latest version of the openSUSE distribution, 13.2, has been officially released. Key features include integrated support for filesystem snapshots, enabled by a switch to btrfs as the default file system, a new network manager (Wicked), as well as the usual version updates. This release includes seven supported desktop environments (KDE 4.14, GNOME 3.14, Xfce, LXDE, Enlightenment 19, Mate and Awesome) and even preview packages of Plasma 5.1, all presented with a unified openSUSE theme. Download LiveUSB and DVD images now from software.opensuse.org/132.
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And those of us who RTFS already knew that.
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^----- one of the two remaining GNOMEtards finally showed up
Question for btrfs users... (Score:3)
I am using OpenSUSE 13.1 right now with ext4 partitions and I am pondering migrating to OpenSUSE 13.2 with btrfs or simply updating the distro with ''zypper dup'' and keeping my ext4 fs.
If you are using btrfs, what has been your experience? Better performance? As stable as ext4?
Don't bother trying Btrfs. (Score:2)
I am using OpenSUSE 13.1 right now with ext4 partitions and I am pondering migrating to OpenSUSE 13.2 with btrfs or simply updating the distro with ''zypper dup'' and keeping my ext4 fs.
If you are using btrfs, what has been your experience? Better performance? As stable as ext4?
You can't really say how much disk space you have (especially if you use compression and snapshots), overfilling the hard drive might leave you in a situation when you can't basically do anything other than reformatting the filesyste
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The idea is to use the BTRFS for the system partition (mostly for being able to do OS snapshots), and have /home and whatever other work folders as XFS or ext4. I saw some phoronix article (can't remember where, so I cannot provide the link here), they ran some tests and concluded that BTRFS and XFS are generally slightly faster than ext4, but the difference was not significant, so you would probably not notice it unless for some special scenarios. Myself I had no issue with either of the 3 (on opensuse and
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I used xfs for years, most of the time it was fine. The problems I had came from one assumption: xfs was written for high quality SGI hardware with UPS, not consumer PCs. It is not as hardware-failure tolerant as - for example - ext3 or ext4.
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I've had opposite experience, have lost ext3 partitions with power outage at exactly wrong time, but never lost XFS partition filesystem
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I have had things fail and XFS performed like a champ and all data was recovered. I also love the xfsdump/xfsrestore tools and xfs_fsr which will defragment a mounted filesystem (though XFS is excellent at not fragmenting in the first place).
If you want to do a very large filesystem then XFS is the obvious choice since EXT4 can't scale beyond about 16TB. My only complaint, and this is not with XFS itself, is that the tools like gparted do not play nice with growing XFS partitions. They balk that the partiti
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Tried btrfs on two machines at work (Ubuntu 14.04), one new partition, one migration of an existing ext3 filesystem.
Can't say the performance is noticeably different, and it has been reliable. My initial observation was 'ok, works, but not real difference'. I have found 3 things that have changed my mind.
1) Snapshots, particularly read only snapshots
2) Use of send / receive operations to backup snapshots remotely, including incrementally.
3) Ability to defrag as needed.
This is still q
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I set up a lab VM with SLES 12 with / on btrfs last week and enabled snapper. After several hours of downloading and installing various projects from github to try out (including lots of dependencies), it was a quick and easy cleanup to restore to the snapshot it had taken an hour before I started.
Having worked with Solaris and LiveUpgrade for a number of years, I really like the prospect of having similar functionality in Linux to enable backing out a distro upgrade.
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So far so good. I've been running 13.2RC1 since its release. no issues with btrfs. Main issues I have is wireless connection issues (doesn't connect sometimes) and gnome3 with my touchscreen keyboard.... keeps disposing once I start using it. There's 1-2 things about gnome, if they were fixed, would be excellent on a touchscreen.
Re:Question for btrfs users... (Score:4, Informative)
I installed it in this machine a couple of hours ago - after testing on a spare machine yesterday. .iso to a partition, booted from the dvd (that part was ok) and used the partition as the source instead of the dvd. There is now a separate "Update" option now and for the first time for years, the install went through without any problems at all. Even the multimedia stuff was fine, once I added the two repositories.
I have used SuSE and then Opensuse for years, and have had problems with pretty much every single upgrade. The only problem I had with this one was that my DVD writer ejected the dvd while there was still some data in the buffer. I used the mount/loop command to extract the
Surprising was the number of updates (around 60) to a release which came out 3 days ago.
Tomorrow I'll start testing the network options, but so far so good.
btw, if you have ext4 partitions, 13.2 is not going to start mounting them as btrfs or converting them or something. Existing partitions will keep their existing filesystems, although the content will be updated if appropriate. The default for *new* partitions is apparently btrfs but I'll be using that sparingly for a while now.
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I am using OpenSUSE 13.1 right now with ext4 partitions and I am pondering migrating to OpenSUSE 13.2 with btrfs or simply updating the distro with ''zypper dup'' and keeping my ext4 fs.
If you are using btrfs, what has been your experience? Better performance? As stable as ext4?
I set up OpenSUSE 13.1 in a VM and chose BTRFS on the root (and home?) file system(s).
Since it was a VM for testing, I didn't assign it a huge image space, maybe 8 GB.
Well, after installation and then updating all the packages, I'd run out of disk space before the updates finished.
What a PITA. "snapper" can be used to delete some of the snapshots, but I disagree with the snapshot taking after every package update. I understand it can be useful in some scenarios, but it's something I'd rather have on my /h
It's got to be asked. (Score:3)
Systemd?
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Yes :(
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Since 13.1. At least the worst of the transition is now in the past.
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Useradd has a pretty hostile interface, but it has "always" AFAIK had the required capability.
If you use "useradd -g joe joe", then group "joe" must already exist. Crap.
But if you use "useradd -U joe", or you just use "useradd joe" AND if USERGROUPS_ENAB=yes in /etc/lo
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As far as I know, useradd has had that ability since what? I know RH6 had it.
Supported desktop list is missing one (Score:2)
seven supported desktop environments (KDE 4.14, GNOME 3.14, Xfce, LXDE, Enlightenment 19, Mate and Awesome)
No support for Blackbox [sourceforge.net]?! SuSE has fallen to new lows since version 6 when I last used it back in the day.
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systemd or not?
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Not only systemd, but a whole /bin directory of the purest evil. It also supports #Gamergate and goes down quicker than a $10 hooker.
Apart from that, it's a Linux distro.
nVidia driver not working properly? (Score:1)
In 13.1 I saw for the first time, that the nvidia graphics driver could lock up the system - power-cycle to continue. Never happened before 13.1 It still happens in 13.2.
I have done no investigation in this issue, as I mostly use my laptop (with i7ish graphics). I just used the graphics driver delivered by the installation program. I know, there are other drivers.
Anybody else having the same problem and fixed it?
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Nouveau was flaky as hell with my Nvidia card in 13.1. Switched to the Nvidia driver, smooth sailing ever since.
Just installed it on a VM (Score:1)
Of course it looks sweet, just like all SuSE's of the past. YaST is getting better and better, one stop shopping for system administration. Either by gui or console. Sweet!!!
-joe
openSUSE 13.2 Screenshots (Score:1)