After nine months of progress Novell-backed openSUSE Linux allocation has launched version 11.3 which adds support for netbooks, touchscreen interfaces and a cloud-based backup plus synchronization service.

At its core, openSUSE dispatches with kernel 2.6.34 with support for next-generation Btrfs file system and display and graphics drivers contain been updated. Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) is allowed for ATI, Intel and Nvidia graphics processors and open source Nouveau is default Nvidia driver.

Version 11.3 contains three virtualization hypervisors Xen, KVM and VirtualBox which contain all numerous updates. On desktop, GNOME has been upgraded to 2.30.1 and a preview of version 3.0 is incorporated for testing KDE is upgraded to version 4.4.4 and a new choice, LXDE Lightweight X11 desktop environment, is at present included with base system.

In GNOME, Tracker restores Beagle initially developed by Novell, but currently invalid as evade search engine and Empathy is default IM client. Other improvements contain general incorporation work with Nautilus file manager and substitute of HAL with udisks for device management.

The launches add support for two netbook interfaces KDE's Plasma Netbook Workspace and MeeGo. The openSUSE Goblin team has enclosed MeeGo on openSUSE 11.3, as well as the Banshee music player.