- by In March, the configuration for building openSUSE Factory was changed to be bit-by-bit reproducible (except for the embedded signature). Following this, the first openSUSE Tumbleweed packages were verified to be bit-by-bit reproducible. Thank you to everyone who helped to make this happen. This was an important improvement. It will take…
- by The openSUSE project is excited to announce that Leap Micro 6 is in its alpha development stage. Building on the solid foundation of its predecessors, Leap Micro 6 continues to provide a stable, secure and scalable platform for modern lightweight host operating systems that mirrors features and enhancements of SUSE’s…
- by A lot has been written about the XZ Backdoor in the last few weeks, so it is time to look forward. Before doing so, we share further details about what happened with regards to openSUSE. For an overview how it affected openSUSE users, please refer to the previous post. Behind…
- by We will be newly using png for the default wallpaper set on openSUSE Tumbleweed and upcoming versions of openSUSE Leap and Leap Micro. The driver behind the decision is the unification of wallpaper paths with SUSE Linux Enterprise via a compatibility symlink because the format had to be the same….
- by The openSUSE continues its Contribution Workshop series this week and has new episodes covering topics essential for newcomers and seasoned contributors. Upcoming Episodes Episode 5: Contributing to openSUSE Leap – Project Structure, Feature Tracking, Package Updates for SLES Packages Date: April 4 Time: 19:15 UTC Where: Live on both YouTube…
- by openSUSE maintainers received notification of a supply chain attack against the “xz” compression tool and “liblzma5” library. Background Andres Freund reported to Debian that the xz / liblzma library had been backdoored. This backdoor was introduced in the upstream github xz project with release 5.6.0 in February 2024. Our rolling…
- by Welcome to the monthly update for openSUSE Tumbleweed for March 2024. This month provided several anticipated updates for the rolling release. Before getting in the package updates, know that this blog aims to provide readers an overview of the key changes, improvements and issues addressed in openSUSE rolling release throughout…
- by March has been an exciting month for openSUSE Tumbleweed users as GNOME 46 made its way into the rolling release like KDE’s Plasma 6 did a few weeks ago. The GNOME users and developers not only get the upgrade in the rolling release but in the Aeon Desktop derivative. The…
- by A lot of excitement was brewing at the announcement of KDE’s Plasma 6 release and now the MegaRelease has arrived in openSUSE Tumbleweed and Kalpa while plans for Slowroll are progressing. Rolling release users and the developer community get an upgrade that marks a monumental shift for KDE desktop users….
- by The openSUSE community’s Contribution Workshops continues to move forward with exciting new sessions. The next session, which is Episode 4: openSUSE Contribution Workshop: Packaging Rust in Open Build Service, is scheduled to take place tomorrow, March 21 at 20:15 UTC on the openSUSE Project’s YouTube channel. The stream will coincide…