- by AI’s latest escapade into software piracy has left Microsoft scrambling, but let’s be honest; why even go through the hassle? If people are looking at not paying for an operating system, they don’t need to look far when alternatives like openSUSE exist? With Linux distributions like openSUSE, there are no…
- by This month delivered multiple snapshots and a wide range of updates plus a major default change highlighted in mid-February and a major version update of the Mesa 3D Graphic Library. GIMP 3.0.0~RC3 appears close to being final with GTK 3.24.48 integration. KDE Plasma 6.3 enhances fractional scaling, introduces a refined…
- by Data breaches and cyber threats are becoming increasingly common and securing your personal and professional information has never been more critical. Users transitioning from Windows to Linux through the Upgrade to Freedom campaign can use openSUSE’s tools to protect sensitive data, which include full disk encryption (FDE). Full disk encryption…
- by The Reproducible-openSUSE (RBOS) project, which is a proof-of-concept fork of openSUSE, has reached a significant milestone after demonstrating a usable Linux distribution can be built with 100% bit-identical packages. Reproducible builds ensure software can be rebuilt in an identical, bit-for-bit manner anywhere at any time using the same tools. This…
- by Tumbleweed has adopted SELinux as the default Linux Security Module (LSM) for new installations after a recent snapshot. The transition was announced on the mailing list in July and marks a significant development for the rolling release. A new announcement on the factory mailing list yesterday confirms this to take…
- by Developers of the openSUSE community continue their commitment toward improving legal compliance and software transparency with the release of the Cavil Legal Text dataset on Hugging Face. This dataset is designed to enhance automated legal text classification, which reduces manual review efforts and improves accuracy in identifying legal snippets within…
- by The promising new package management tool Myrlyn now includes a much-requested feature: repository configuration. Users can now easily manage their repos, adjust priorities, enable auto-refresh, and even add well-known community repositories like packman, openh264, libdvdcss, and NVIDIA; all with Myrlyn’s streamlined UI! Key Features: View repo details, including priority, auto-refresh…
- by Tumbleweed remains a strong example of a reliable rolling release as we step into 2025. This month delivered multiple snapshots and a wide range of updates! Two much anticipated major version updates arrived in snapshots this month; GIMP’s release candidate is giving users a good look into the 3.0 version…
- by The call for papers for openSUSE Conference 2025 is open. The conference is scheduled to take place June 26 to 28 in Nuremberg, Germany. Until April 30, people can submit proposals for a talk or workshop to share insights and their expertise. People have 97 days to submit a talk…
- by Members of the openSUSE Election Committee have informed the project that Board elections are underway. Four candidates are running for three open seats. The final candidate list is: Chuck Payne Ish Sookun Jeff Mahoney Rachel Schrader Key Dates Jan. 19, 2025: Voting opens Feb. 2, 2025: Voting closes Feb. 3,…