openSUSE Leap 15.5 Releases with KDE Plasma 5.27 LTS, Xfce 4.18, and More
openSUSE Leap 15.5 is here exactly one year after openSUSE Leap 15.4 and it’s built on top of binary packages from the SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 operating system. It’s powered by the same Linux 5.14 kernel as Leap 15.4 but with added drivers for better hardware support.
openSUSE Project compares the Linux 5.14 kernel included in openSUSE Leap 15.5 with the upstream Linux 6.0 kernel series saying that the biggest changes are in the area of GPU drivers, supporting new graphics cards like AMD Radeon RX 7600, AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT/XTX, Intel ARC A380, Intel Arc A750, and Intel Arc A770.
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Project Announces Plans for Another Minor Leap 15 Release
We’d like to announce that the openSUSE Release team plans to work on openSUSE Leap 15.6.
openSUSE Leap 15.6 is expected to be released in early June 2024 and would reach its end of life by the end of the year 2025.
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openSUSE Leap 15.5 is Now Available to Download
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openSUSE Leap 15.5 Is Out, Setting the Bar High
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openSUSE releases new version with several new technologies
In a statement, the group behind open SUSE said version 15.5 had several new inclusions like container technologies, immutable systems, virtualisation, embedded development, and other high-tech advances.
The new release will receive maintenance and security updates until the end of 2024. The old version, 15.4, have its end-of-life six months from the date of the latest release.
Douglas DeMaio, a leader of the openSUSE project, said in a statement: "This release brings newer packages like Mesa and others, but Leap 15.5 is a non-feature release. Some of these newer packages to highlight include KDE Plasma 5.27, which is a Plasma Long Term Support version until the next one rolls out in 2024.
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Leap 15.5 Release Retrospective is open for feedback
openSUSE Leap 15.5 was released earlier this week and release team would like to hear from you about your experience with openSUSE Leap 15.5.
Did anything go particularly well, or perhaps did we miss something? Did you have trouble downloading, installing, or contributing to Leap 15.5? Did you like the overall communication?