Applies to SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

B Documentation Updates

This chapter lists content changes for this document since the release of SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3.

This manual was updated on the following dates:

B.1 October 2014 (Initial Release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12)

General
  • Removed all KDE documentation and references because KDE is no longer shipped.

  • Removed all references to SuSEconfig, which is no longer supported (Fate#100011).

  • Move from System V init to systemd (Fate#310421). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

  • YaST Runlevel Editor has changed to Services Manager (Fate#312568). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

  • Removed all references to ISDN support, as ISDN support has been removed (Fate#314594).

  • Removed all references to the YaST DSL module as it is no longer shipped (Fate#316264).

  • Removed all references to the YaST Modem module as it is no longer shipped (Fate#316264).

  • Btrfs has become the default file system for the root partition (Fate#315901). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

  • The dmesg now provides human-readable time stamps in ctime()-like format (Fate#316056). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

  • syslog and syslog-ng have been replaced by rsyslog (Fate#316175). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

  • MariaDB is now shipped as the relational database instead of MySQL (Fate#313595). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

  • SUSE-related products are no longer available from http://download.novell.com but from http://download.suse.com. Adjusted links accordingly.

  • Novell Customer Center has been replaced with SUSE Customer Center. Updated affected parts of the documentation.

  • /var/run is mounted as tmpfs (Fate#303793). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

  • The following architectures are no longer supported: Itanium and x86. Updated affected parts of the documentation.

  • The traditional method for setting up the network with ifconfig has been replaced by wicked. Updated affected parts of the documentation.

  • A lot of networking commands are deprecated and have been replaced by newer commands (ip in most cases). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

    arp: ip neighbor
    ifconfig: ip addr, ip link
    iptunnel: ip tunnel
    iwconfig: iw
    nameif: ip link, ifrename
    netstat: ss, ip route, ip -s link, ip maddr
    route: ip route
  • Numerous small fixes and additions to the documentation, based on technical feedback.

Changes for This Guide
  • Merged the Application Guide into this guide.

  • Merged the LibreOffice.org Quick Start into this guide.

  • Documentation updated from GNOME 2 to GNOME 3. Major user interface changes.

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