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The Beta version of our Immutable HostOS Leap Micro 5.4 is now available. The update brings SELinux in enforcing mode by default as well as tuned. Leap Micro is not a traditional distribution, but rather a lightweight HostOS for running virtual machines and containerized workloads. Leap Micro is an openSUSE...
Posted on 28 March 2023 | 11:00 am
Rolling-release distribution openSUSE Tumbleweed had a large number of security patches, bug fixes, and new features in snapshots released this week. Users who did a zypper dup had a full distribution rebuild with GNU Compiler Collection 13, which is the distro’s new default compiler. This rebuild 20230319 snapshot provided a...
Posted on 23 March 2023 | 6:00 pm
This week openSUSE Tumbleweed users learned of the performance optimizations gained with changes for x86-64-v3 and received a few snapshots. Some of the packages to arrive this week included software for KDE users, gamers and people beginning their Linux journey. Snapshot, 20230301 delivered a new major version of a 3D...
Posted on 3 March 2023 | 9:00 am
Tumbleweed users who performed a distribution upgrade or zypper dup the last weeks on the rolling release with “recommended packages” enabled (the default) and matching hardware received a new package named patterns-glibc-hwcaps-x86_64_v3 automatically installed. This is a new Tumbleweed feature which will also automatically install the “recommended” package named with...
Posted on 2 March 2023 | 2:00 pm
A recent update of SUSE’s Open Source Policy is giving developers, communities and projects food for thought as Artificial Intelligence chatbots and protocols are gaining popularity and are being integrated into the fabric of global society. The policy is specific to all SUSE employees; the ambition, however, is that open-source...
Posted on 1 March 2023 | 12:00 pm
This week’s openSUSE Tumbleweed roundup will look at five snapshots that have been released since last Friday. Snapshots include switching the default Ruby for the rolling release along with software updates for packages like pidgin, parole, OpenSSL, php, sudo, tigervnc and more. Snapshot, 20230222 updated just four packages. The major...
Posted on 24 February 2023 | 2:00 pm
Mentors and administrators of openSUSE are excited to be accepted as a mentorship organization for this year’s Google Summer of Code and will be available for potential mentee to discuss the projects that are listed on 101.opensuse.org. There will be 15 minute sessions prior to all openSUSE community meetings where...
Posted on 22 February 2023 | 7:00 pm
The release manager for openSUSE Leap Luboš Kocman is expected to announce the Beta release phase of Leap 15.5 soon. The first Beta release is syncing on mirrors globally for people to download it and test it out. Users can begin testing the beta versions to find bugs before the...
Posted on 21 February 2023 | 12:00 pm
This week has provided many openSUSE Tumbleweed snapshots focusing on hardware, graphics, desktop environment and more. From Mesa to the disk encryption package cryptsetup and Xfce software to GraphicsMagick, the snapshots are rolling with new software updates. The GraphicsMagick 1.3.40 package arrived in the most recent snapshot, 20230215. The ImageMagick...
Posted on 17 February 2023 | 12:00 pm
The openSUSE Conference is set to begin in 100 days from today and, to help prepare people who want to travel to Nuremberg for the event from May 26 - 28, there is information people attending need to know. Getting a visa may take some time. There are certain requirements...
Posted on 14 February 2023 | 10:00 am