Tested it on Triela and haven't really noticed much different (the icon theme is still broken, which is also nothing new).
I don't remember well, but I'm quite sure I didn't need to log out and back in after installing ibus and ibus-anthy to put it into the input method section for RC1; I found that it didn't appear, so I decided to try logging out then in (well, for some weird reason, download.opensuse.org stopped responding), which then it appeared afterwards (along with a normal response with download.opensuse.org).
The only other problem I encountered was with VLC. While it installed just fine, it was somehow missing the h264 decoder and couldn't play the video I used to test. I then decided to try to use the VLC repository for factory, but it said that one of the necessary packages (a library if I remember correctly) couldn't be provided; I tried the repository for 12.3 with no avail either. I also tried to install the package itself, but there was an error in the repository and I ended up aborting. I'll try again when I can give more attention to what's going on (I was a bit distracted by anime XD).
I'll also test it on the Dell when I have a chance, though I'm not expecting to see anything different compared to last time (but at least I can test BTRFS a bit).
Oh, one thing I noticed since B1, I think it was, is that the option for the laptop lid close action is missing; what I mean is that there's a text entry, so it's supposed to be there, but there is no drop-down menu for it. I'm hoping this doesn't appear in the final release.
Other than that, I think 13.1 is just about ready for release, just a few of these problems need to be either squashed or "hidden" from the final release.
After testing it on the Dell, I haven't really seen much difference from RC1, at least, nothing that I remember.
I did end up "testing" it on Mei-chan, since I moved the wireless card to the PCIe x1 slot, forgetting why I had it in the other PCIe x16 slot. The biggest surprise was that the dual screening defaulted to extending the desktop instead of the usual mirroring; I was also able to rearrange the way the screens were set up without the hassle that I remember it (where it said it was outside the boundaries or something like that). If this is the case and it's stable, FGLRX may become a thing of the past for me. After doing that, I moved the wireless card back, finding out that the reason was that FGLRX couldn't find the graphics card. I'm assuming the wireless card in the x1 slot was confusing FGLRX, and so it just left me with CLI instead of the GNOME.
Side note, one of my friends that runs Debian said that SCIM no longer worked for him, and after I asked him for the kernel version, I concluded that SCIM is incompatible with the 3.x kernel. He has yet to use IBUS, but I'm sure he'll get to it when he does.
By UTC time, there's a couple days left until 13.1 is released, and I'll probably grab the full install DVD, as I want to write it to a regular DVD instead of using the +RWs that I've been using for the milestones, betas, and release candidates (I have several +RWs that I've never really done anything with, and with the nature of the GNOME live being about 900MB, along with the nature of testing almost each step of development release, it's more efficient to use the +RWs instead of regular DVDs.
I'm looking forward to 13.1 as long as VLC works, since that seems to be the only main reason that would hold me back. It will be nice to have a good LTS so I won't have to worry much about updating every 18 months. While 18 months sounds like a long time, If you think about it, it kinda really isn't, especially when you consider that the next release needs to be tested for specific use beforehand to make sure it works properly before adaptation. Sure, it's still not a huge deal in most cases, but think about the computers you don't use a lot. Especially if you forget to test them, and the new release doesn't work quite right, you're stuck. That is the reason why I like LTS.
It seems if I had read the feature list on the openSUSE wiki, I would have known about the input method integration and some of the other surprises I had. I'll have to make a habit of poking through that with upcoming releases.
That's it until the release.
