12.2

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#1

I installed it yesterday, 9/8/12

I think that it is better than 12.1; Some minor issues installing R since the latest is for 12.1, but I solved it and RStudio installed flawlessly. The latest Gnome is great.

#2

I’m very happy with 12.2. It has fewer problems than any previous version that I have used.

#3

The number one/two things I like is the faster Video system and the faster openSUSE startup. I guess the mesa/openGL packages are faster now and perhaps the second time around has systemd working better, since 12.1 came out. Of course we already had the ability to update the kernel or desktop version in any of our older versions of openSUSE, but as a combination of packages, openSUSE 12.2 is the fastest yet, hands down for me.

Thank You for using openSUSE,

#4

I only have intel gpu so when I upgraded to 12.2 I enabled SNA acceleration and my games fps went up 20% or more. Totally worth it. :slight_smile:

Edit: Though I had to pin the earlier intel driver point version. The newest version has gpu crashes for me.

#5

Hi
Interesting, some more details on what you did to enable the Option
“AccelMethod” “sna” :wink:

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64) Kernel 3.4.6-2.10-desktop
up 0:07, 3 users, load average: 0.25, 0.38, 0.23
CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU

#6

Hi malcolmlewis. I created a file called /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf with the following inside it:


Section "Device"
    Identifier "intel"
    Driver "intel"
    Option "AccelMethod"  "sna"
EndSection

To check if it is enabled from root terminal I run:


cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep SNA
[102532.209] (II) intel(0): SNA initialized with Broadwater backend
#7

Hi
Cheers for that :slight_smile:


cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep SNA
    26.011] (II) intel(0): SNA initialized with Ironlake backend

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64) Kernel 3.4.6-2.10-desktop
up 0:01, 3 users, load average: 1.34, 0.73, 0.28
CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU

#8

No problem. I hope it works for you, I am compiling 0ad alpha now to give it a real test. :slight_smile:

#9

Installation went smoothly on all fronts other than KDE’s Kontact which failed to migrate anything and would only accept manual migration of some elements - so farewell Kontact after five otherwise happy years.

#10

Just installed the latest LXDE version. It’s almost as fast as some special embedded systems to boot. LXDE does everything I need. The only thing that doesn’t work for me is disabling UTC clock with YaST as described here :
http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/applications/478073-clock-constantly-off.html#post2484773

But as Carlos suggested I fixed Win7 to use UTC and this is no longer an issue.

I’ve also discovered Clementine. I like it much better than the latest Amarok. Overall a great release IMHO.

#11

I only have intel gpu so when I upgraded to 12.2 I enabled SNA acceleration and my games fps went up 20% or more. Totally worth it.

Interesting. I might take a look at that myself when I upgrade. :slight_smile:

#12

oenSUSE 12.2 takes longer to boot compare to 12.1 am I missing something?

#13

Have you had a look at any of the logs to see if something pops up? In my only “real” install is with a SSD, it seems faster, but not sure how that relates to a normal hard drive. I have a log viewer here you can use if you need one.

S.L.A.V.E. - SuSE Logfile Automated Viewer Engine - Version 2.55 - Blogs - openSUSE Forums

I can say that in a second install, to sdc, I was unable to convince the installer to load the MBR with generic boot code even as it installed grub2 into the root partition as requested. I ended up fixing the MBR with a different tool and now Grub2 will boot. I think that when installing to any drive but the first, there may be some holes in its operation when compared to the old Grub legacy installer.

Thank You,