openSUSE Leap 15.6 Officially Released, Here’s What’s New
Built on top of SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 6 (SP6), openSUSE Leap 15.6 is here a year after openSUSE Leap 15.5 and it's powered by the Linux 6.4 kernel series. It features pre-installed images with the KDE Plasma 5.27.11 LTS, GNOME 45, and Xfce 4.18 desktop environments.
openSUSE Leap 15.6 integrates the Cockpit package to enhance system and container management capabilities. Cockpit provides system administrators with an intuitive web-based interface that bridges advanced operations with user-friendly accessibility.
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openSUSE Leap 15.6 Released
The GNU/Linux community is abuzz with excitement as openSUSE, one of the most popular and user-friendly GNU/Linux distributions has released its latest version: openSUSE Leap 15.6. This release brings a host of new features, improvements, and updates that cater to both novice and experienced users alike.
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Leap 15.6 Unveils Choices for Users - openSUSE News
The release of Leap 15.6 is official and paves the way for professionals and organizations to transition to SUSE’s enterprise distribution with extended support or prepare for the next major release, which will be Leap 16.
Demands for robust, secure and stable operating systems in the digital infrastructure sector are more critical than ever. The combination of the community-driven Leap 15.6 and SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 6, which integrates new features and enhancements, offers an optimal solution for managing critical infrastructure. Notably, SUSE’s general support and extended support versions; these Product Support Lifecycles last well beyond Leap 15’s lifespan, ensuring longer and reliable service for users.
SLE 15 SP 6 is a feature release, so users can expect several more features in the Leap 15.6 release.
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Say goodbye to Microsoft Windows 11: openSUSE Leap 15.6 is the Linux-based operating system you need!
The integration of the Cockpit package in openSUSE Leap 15.6 simplifies system and container management through a user-friendly web-based interface. This feature is designed to make complex administrative tasks more approachable, illustrating openSUSE's effort to balance powerful functionality with accessibility.
Container technologies in Leap 15.6 see an update with Podman 4.8, optimized for Nextcloud, alongside improvements to Docker, Distrobox, and more. These enhancements support a more robust container management system, critical for those managing extensive software environments and suitable for both development and operational use.
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openSUSE Leap 15.6 Released, Here's What's New
The wait is finally over. A year after the previous 15.5 version, the openSUSE project released Leap 15.6 based on SLES 15 SP6 as the sixth (and probably last) update in the Leap 15 series. It brings many new features and updates that promise to improve the performance and usability of this beloved Linux distribution.
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OpenSUSE Leap 15.6 released
The openSUSE Leap 15.6 release is available; this is intended to be the last Leap 15.x release before Leap 16 comes out. "
Leap 15.6 is projected to receive maintenance and security updates until the end of 2025 to ensure sufficient overlap with the next release
". Changes include the addition of the Cockpit server-management tool, a 6.4 kernel, GNOME 45, and many other upgrades. This release also removes a long list of unmaintained Python packages. See the release notes for details.
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openSUSE Leap 15.6 Released, Here’s What You Need to Know
A new version of openSUSE Leap is now available as the openSUSE Project has announced the release of openSUSE Leap 15.6. If you are a user who prefers a well-tested operating system with long term consistency and lower frequency of upgrades then openSUSE Leap may be the worth a look.
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openSUSE Leap 15.6 arrives with extended support, KDE Plasma 5.27.11, and more
Thanks to the latest release, which arrived yesterday and is labeled 15.6, openSUSE Leap is taking one more step in the direction of Leap 16. While this next major release is scheduled to arrive in 2025, the new update comes with a support period that will provide its users with enough time to decide if they want to switch to the enterprise distribution with extended support or stay with Leap.
The list of changes is quite long and can be found on this page. The highlights of openSUSE Leap 15.6 are multiple, such as KDE Plasma 5.27.11, Linux Kernel 6.4 with OpenSSL 3.1 as the new default, MariaDB 10.11.6, PostgreSQL 16, Podman 4.8 with quadlets support for Nextcloud, as well as Gnome 45 desktop improvements thanks to PulseAudio 17.0 and PipeWire 1.0.4. Many outdated packages have been removed, for example, in the case of transitioning to Python 3.11.
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openSUSE Leap 15.6 is a Good Upgrade
A minor update after openSUSE 15.5, but with a couple of significant improvements.
With this release, openSUSE brings in some goodness of SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 6. And, they also plan to have an update for Service Pack 7 later this year before Leap 16 arrives in 2025.
So, what's new?
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openSUSE Leap 15.6 is your last chance to use this version before it switches to immutable | ZDNET
openSUSE has been around for a long time and has garnered a reputation for being very powerful and stable, with it mostly targeted toward the business desktop. That doesn't mean, however, that openSUSE isn't perfectly at home on your personal desktop.
I've always found openSUSE to be one of those desktop operating systems I knew I could count on and every time I used the OS, I came away impressed.
But with openSUSE Leap 15.6 (the latest iteration), we're seeing the last chapter in this particular story. When version 16 rolls out, it will be the first immutable release of openSUSE Leap. At that point, the operation system will be based on SUSE's Adaptable Linux Platform (ALP), which is an immutable core. From that point on, upgrades will be handled via app containers, such as Flatpak.
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SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 now available with major kernel update and enhanced hardware support
The initial release of SUSE Linux Enterprise arrived at the end of August 2000 and is now available in two editions, namely Server (SLES) and Desktop (SLED). Yesterday, a new minor version (service pack) was released, bringing a new kernel and multiple changes in terms of hardware support alongside the usual set of under-the-hood tweaks and fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 comes with version 6.5 of the Linux kernel, advanced memory management and file system improvements, enhancements to everything that has to do with the operating system's networking performance, as well as support for Intel Eagle Stream and Birch Stream. Alongside the kernel, there are many updated components, such as Glibc 2.38, MariaDB 10.11, PostgreSQL 17, PHP 8.2, Python 3.6 + 3.11 (both versions are supported), and more. The list of new security features and updates includes post-quantum cryptography via OpenSSL 3.1 and a 4096-bit signing key, as well as Intel TDX support in Azure.
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Announcing SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 – The Linux Choice for Security and Compliance in a Reliable IT | SUSE Communities
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 family is here, designed to meet the most stringent security and compliance standards while delivering unparalleled reliability for your IT infrastructure.
Whether you are running mission-critical applications, modern containerized workloads, or edge deployments, the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 and the recently launched SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.0 are the optimal choices for businesses that demand the best.
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Leap 15.6 image respin - openSUSE News
Leap 15.6 install media were refreshed to address an issue with old secure boot signing key for ppc64le and s390x.
Refreshed images from Leap 15.6 Build 710.3 are already available for download at get.opensuse.org. So now you can enjoy installation with secure boot on more exotic architectures.