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This week openSUSE Tumbleweed snapshots continue to deliver software updates for users wanting to enhance their systems. Updates in this week’s snapshots brought numerous changes, bug fixes and improved functionality. With snapshot 20230926, the 2D graphics library cairo had its first stable release in five years with the 1.18.0 version...
Posted on 29 September 2023 | 6:00 am
A new version of the modern lightweight host operating system Leap Micro 5.5 just entered the Beta of its development. A quick transition to a Release Candidate (RC) expected and the General Availability (GA) slated for the first half of October. One of the standout features of Leap Micro 5.5...
Posted on 27 September 2023 | 12:00 pm
A recently published openSUSE survey is asking IT professionals and users about their views on open-source technologies and the ever-evolving Linux ecosystem. The Use Case Survey aims to gather insights on what will shape the future of Linux and its role in various industries. The survey has four groups with...
Posted on 27 September 2023 | 9:00 am
Choosing a name for anything is not an easy task; the detail can wield significant influence, which is why a survey to make a decision about renaming Slowroll was presented. Slowroll is a new distribution based on Tumbleweed, but rolls out updates slower; it is designed to implement updates at...
Posted on 26 September 2023 | 8:00 am
A few openSUSE Tumbleweed snapshots became available to users of the rolling release this week. Several software packages for KDE users were among those updated. The health-checker package, which checks to ensure a system comes up correctly after an update, moved to version 1.10 in snapshot 20230917. The new version...
Posted on 22 September 2023 | 9:00 am
This week saw openSUSE Tumbleweed level up with a new Linux Kernel. The rolling release had many snapshots, but only recently did the zypper dup change the distribution to Linux Kernel 6.5. The most recent snapshot to be released is 20230913. Mozilla Firefox 117.0.1 fixes a bug that causes extensions...
Posted on 14 September 2023 | 4:00 pm
This week’s openSUSE Tumbleweed snapshots varied from large to small and there was also an updated arm Tumbleweed snapshot released. Packages to arrive so far this month have touched several portions of the rolling release. Snapshot 20230904 had security fixes for two packages. The XML parsing package libxml2 addresses CVE-2023-39615,...
Posted on 7 September 2023 | 3:00 pm
The openSUSE Project is pleased to announce its modern lightweight host operating system Leap Micro 5.5 just entered Alpha. This release brings a host of enhancements and additions that promise to make it an even more versatile and efficient choice for users. The most visible change is the addition of...
Posted on 6 September 2023 | 12:00 pm
The openSUSE contributor community recently completed a comprehensive survey last week aimed at determining the project’s future direction. The results were obtained from 327 respondents, and it sheds some light on various aspects of openSUSE’s development, deployment and upgrade plans. A pdf of the survey can be found on the...
Posted on 5 September 2023 | 4:00 pm
The rolling release for openSUSE temporarily slowed the frequency of its snapshot release cycle to support the migration efforts and data center move of the Open Build Service from last week. The release engineer team reported in its weekly meeting that the check in of Tumbleweed builds were intentionally paused...
Posted on 31 August 2023 | 11:00 am