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2016-05-24
Development Release: openSUSE 42.2 Alpha 1
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Ludwig Nussel has announced the release of new testing media for theopenSUSE project. The new alpha release, openSUSE 42.2 alpha 1, is the latest development snapshot in openSUSE's "Leap" series. " Before getting too excited, note that the goal for Alpha 1 was mostly to get the setup and tools ready for 42.2. So as I described in my last status update 42.2 right now is basically 42.1 + Updates. There are two exceptions though. The SLE12SP2 Beta 1 sources landed in OBS and we got Qt 5.6 and kernel 4.4 from there already. That and the KDE version update from 42.1 lead to a few build failures in 42.2 but nothing major, openQA is still green enough. I'd like to have another Alpha before the openSUSE conference and integrate even more SP2 updates. Among the more than 700 packages there are major updates of YaST, X, GNOME and systemd coming. The KDE team has also indicated that they plan to update KDE for 42.2. " The final release of openSUSE 42.2 "Leap" is planned for early November 2016. Additional details are available in the release announcement . The test media is available in Full and net-install editions. Download (pkglist): openSUSE-Leap-42.2-DVD-x86_64-Build0018-Media.iso (4,419MB, SHA256 ), openSUSE-Leap-42.2-NET-x86_64-Build0018-Media.iso (84MB, SHA256 ). 2015-12-24 Distribution Release: openSUSE 42.1 "Edu Li-f-e"
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The developers of theopenSUSE educational edition, "Edu Li-f-e", have announced the launch of a new release, based on openSUSE 42.1 Leap. The new version, openSUSE 42.1 "Edu Li-f-e", ships with multiple desktop environments and multimedia support. " The best linux distribution for education got a whole lot better, your Li-f-e (Linux for Education) takes a `Leap' to 42.1. openSUSE Education community is proud to present this latest edition based on openSUSE 42.1 with all the features, updates and bug fixes available on it to date. This effectively makes it the only enterprise grade long term supported (LTS) distribution for Education. As with previous releases, we have bundled a ton of software on this live DVD/USB specially packaged for education, along with the Plasma, GNOME and MATE desktop environments, full multimedia experience is also provided out of the box thanks to the Packman repositories. " Further information and download links can be found in the distribution's release announcement . Download: openSUSE-Edu-li-f-e.x86_64-42.1.1.iso (3,770MB, MD5 , pkglist ). 2015-11-04 Distribution Release: openSUSE 42.1
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TheopenSUSE project has announced the launch of a new edition and new release for the openSUSE distribution. The new edition is called Leap and the initial release carries the version number 42.1. openSUSE 42.1 is a community project which also pulls in packages from SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE), making Leap a hybrid of sorts. " Version 42.1 is the first version of openSUSE Leap that uses source from SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) providing a level of stability that will prove to be unmatched by other Linux distributions. Bonding community development and enterprise reliability provides more cohesion for the project and its contributor’s maintenance updates. openSUSE Leap will benefit from the enterprise maintenance effort and will have some of the same packages and updates as SLE, which is different from previous openSUSE versions that created separate maintenance streams. Community developers provide an equal level of contribution to Leap and upstream projects to the release, which bridges a gap between matured packages and newer packages found in openSUSE's other distribution, Tumbleweed. " The release features a new version of the YaST system administration tool, KDE's Plasma 5.4 and GNOME 3.16. More information on openSUSE 42.1 "Leap" can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes . Download : openSUSE-Leap-42.1-DVD-x86_64.iso (4,433MB, SHA256 , torrent , pkglist ). 2015-10-15 Development Release: openSUSE 42.1 RC1
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Douglas DeMaio has announced the availability of the first release candidate foropenSUSE 42.1 - now complete with the latest LibreOffice 5: " The release candidate (RC1) of Leap 42.1 is out and with it come more packages as well as a new office suite. LibreOffice 5 is in the RC1 and about 400 more packages which were not in the beta made it in the RC1 release. Leap is less about the newest updates, which is the purpose of Tumbleweed and its frequent snapshots; Leap is more about relevance and purposeful updates and packages that provide the users prolonged, stable and enterprise-level functionality. Leap has newer, community packages built on the core SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) source code for a more stable base. Of the 7,000 plus packages in Leap, 1,500 are from SLE. Linux kernel 4.1.10, which is the newest long-term support kernel, is available in the RC1. " Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download the installation DVD image from here: openSUSE-Leap-42.1-DVD-x86_64-Build0186-Media.iso (4,279MB, SHA256 , pkglist ). 2015-09-24 Development Release: openSUSE 42.1 Beta 1
![Development Release: openSUSE 42.2 Alpha 2]()
Douglas DeMaio has announced the availability of the first beta build ofopenSUSE 42.1, the distribution's upcoming stable version scheduled for final release in early November: " Today openSUSE released the beta of Leap 42.1, providing an all-new look that deviates from previous versions. The newest regular release from openSUSE has changes to GRUB and Plymouth, which provide an impressive introduction to users setting up and using Leap on their hardware or virtual machines. This new imagery is specific to Leap and openSUSE's rolling release Tumbleweed will have its own new imagery in the future. This is distinctly different from Leap so users will know what system they are using if they use both distributions. Users wanting a long-term, stable Linux system can expect Leap to use the most advanced long-term supported branch of the Linux kernel, 4.1 series, which provides significant improvements to ARM hardware architecture. " Read the rest of the release announcement for more information and a screenshot. Download the installation DVD image from here: openSUSE-Leap-42.1-DVD-x86_64-Build0186-Media.iso (4,208MB, SHA256 , pkglist ). 2015-09-05 Development Release: openSUSE 42.1 Milestone 2
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TheopenSUSE team has announced the availability of new testing images for the upcoming openSUSE Leap 42.1 release. The new testing release, called openSUSE Leap 42.1 Milestone 2, introduces several new changes. " Milestone 2 replaced the complete base system and replaced the full YaST stack. New versions in the milestone release include Firefox 40, Thunderbird 38.2, digiKam photo management program 4.11 and the YaST stack of SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 1. The latest stable Linux Kernel 4.1.6 is in Milestone 2 and git is updated to version 2.5.0. The kernel-firmware update is 20150715. Apache updates to 2.4.16 and Btrfs to 4.1.2. KDE Plasma has update 15.04.3, which include Long Term Support versions of Plasma Workspaces 4.11.21. GNOME 3.16 has a refresh and LibreOffice 4.3 based on SLE 12 is pending an upgrade to LibreOffice 5. " openSUSE Leap shares source code with the SUSE Linux Enterprise distribution and includes nearly 7,000 packages. More details on this development release can be found in the project's release announcement . Download : openSUSE-42.1-DVD-x86_64-Build0148-Media.iso (3,739MB, MD5 , pkglist ). 2015-07-24 Development Release: openSUSE 42.1 Milestone 1
![Development Release: openSUSE 42.2 Alpha 2]()
Douglas DeMaio has announced the availability of a test release of theopenSUSE distribution's new Leap product branch. The test release, called openSUSE Leap 42.1 Milestone 1, is in the early stages of its development and is intended for alpha testers and people curious as to what openSUSE has planned for the Leap series. Richard Brown, Chairman of the openSUSE Board, says Leap will provide a middle road between SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE's rolling Tumbleweed branch. " As Tumbleweed keeps rolling with the latest features and subsystems, Leap will fill the gap between the longevity of a SLE core and the innovation related to Tumbleweed. The quality and environmental care Tumbleweed provides with its development model should quickly translate to a top-quality distribution for Linux users, sysadmins and developers. The milestone was moving forward with a 3 series Linux Kernel, but the Long-Term Support 4.1 Kernel, which enhances ext4 file-system encryption and power improvements for both ARM and x86 devices, was needed for the release of the first milestone. The new Kernel was practically flawless when added to the next build, which had some minor errors. " More information on the test release is available in the project's release announcement . Downloads : openSUSE-42.1-DVD-x86_64-Build0017-Media.iso (3,060MB, SHA256 , pkglist ). 2014-11-04 Distribution Release: openSUSE 13.2
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Ancor Gonzalez Sosa has announced the release ofopenSUSE 13.2, a major new version of the popular open-source operating system for desktops, laptops and servers: " Dear contributors, friends and fans: openSUSE 13.2 is out! After one year on continuous improvement in the tools and procedures and many hours of developing, packaging, testing and fixing issues, a new stable release is here, providing the best that free and open source has to offer with our special green touch: stable, innovative and fun. Green light to freedom. This is the first release after the change in the openSUSE development mode, with a much shorter stabilization phase thanks to the extensive testing done in a daily basis in the rolling distribution used now as a base for openSUSE stable releases. " Read the rest of the release announcement for further information and screenshots. Download : openSUSE-13.2-DVD-x86_64.iso (4,462MB, MD5 , torrent ,pkglist), openSUSE-13.2-KDE-Live-x86_64.iso (909MB, MD5 , torrent ), openSUSE-13.2-GNOME-Live-x86_64.iso (876MB, MD5 , torrent ).
Ludwig Nussel has announced the release of new testing media for theopenSUSE project. The new alpha release, openSUSE 42.2 alpha 1, is the latest development snapshot in openSUSE's "Leap" series. " Before getting too excited, note that the goal for Alpha 1 was mostly to get the setup and tools ready for 42.2. So as I described in my last status update 42.2 right now is basically 42.1 + Updates. There are two exceptions though. The SLE12SP2 Beta 1 sources landed in OBS and we got Qt 5.6 and kernel 4.4 from there already. That and the KDE version update from 42.1 lead to a few build failures in 42.2 but nothing major, openQA is still green enough. I'd like to have another Alpha before the openSUSE conference and integrate even more SP2 updates. Among the more than 700 packages there are major updates of YaST, X, GNOME and systemd coming. The KDE team has also indicated that they plan to update KDE for 42.2. " The final release of openSUSE 42.2 "Leap" is planned for early November 2016. Additional details are available in the release announcement . The test media is available in Full and net-install editions. Download (pkglist): openSUSE-Leap-42.2-DVD-x86_64-Build0018-Media.iso (4,419MB, SHA256 ), openSUSE-Leap-42.2-NET-x86_64-Build0018-Media.iso (84MB, SHA256 ). 2015-12-24 Distribution Release: openSUSE 42.1 "Edu Li-f-e"
The developers of theopenSUSE educational edition, "Edu Li-f-e", have announced the launch of a new release, based on openSUSE 42.1 Leap. The new version, openSUSE 42.1 "Edu Li-f-e", ships with multiple desktop environments and multimedia support. " The best linux distribution for education got a whole lot better, your Li-f-e (Linux for Education) takes a `Leap' to 42.1. openSUSE Education community is proud to present this latest edition based on openSUSE 42.1 with all the features, updates and bug fixes available on it to date. This effectively makes it the only enterprise grade long term supported (LTS) distribution for Education. As with previous releases, we have bundled a ton of software on this live DVD/USB specially packaged for education, along with the Plasma, GNOME and MATE desktop environments, full multimedia experience is also provided out of the box thanks to the Packman repositories. " Further information and download links can be found in the distribution's release announcement . Download: openSUSE-Edu-li-f-e.x86_64-42.1.1.iso (3,770MB, MD5 , pkglist ). 2015-11-04 Distribution Release: openSUSE 42.1
TheopenSUSE project has announced the launch of a new edition and new release for the openSUSE distribution. The new edition is called Leap and the initial release carries the version number 42.1. openSUSE 42.1 is a community project which also pulls in packages from SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE), making Leap a hybrid of sorts. " Version 42.1 is the first version of openSUSE Leap that uses source from SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) providing a level of stability that will prove to be unmatched by other Linux distributions. Bonding community development and enterprise reliability provides more cohesion for the project and its contributor’s maintenance updates. openSUSE Leap will benefit from the enterprise maintenance effort and will have some of the same packages and updates as SLE, which is different from previous openSUSE versions that created separate maintenance streams. Community developers provide an equal level of contribution to Leap and upstream projects to the release, which bridges a gap between matured packages and newer packages found in openSUSE's other distribution, Tumbleweed. " The release features a new version of the YaST system administration tool, KDE's Plasma 5.4 and GNOME 3.16. More information on openSUSE 42.1 "Leap" can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes . Download : openSUSE-Leap-42.1-DVD-x86_64.iso (4,433MB, SHA256 , torrent , pkglist ). 2015-10-15 Development Release: openSUSE 42.1 RC1
Douglas DeMaio has announced the availability of the first release candidate foropenSUSE 42.1 - now complete with the latest LibreOffice 5: " The release candidate (RC1) of Leap 42.1 is out and with it come more packages as well as a new office suite. LibreOffice 5 is in the RC1 and about 400 more packages which were not in the beta made it in the RC1 release. Leap is less about the newest updates, which is the purpose of Tumbleweed and its frequent snapshots; Leap is more about relevance and purposeful updates and packages that provide the users prolonged, stable and enterprise-level functionality. Leap has newer, community packages built on the core SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) source code for a more stable base. Of the 7,000 plus packages in Leap, 1,500 are from SLE. Linux kernel 4.1.10, which is the newest long-term support kernel, is available in the RC1. " Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download the installation DVD image from here: openSUSE-Leap-42.1-DVD-x86_64-Build0186-Media.iso (4,279MB, SHA256 , pkglist ). 2015-09-24 Development Release: openSUSE 42.1 Beta 1
Douglas DeMaio has announced the availability of the first beta build ofopenSUSE 42.1, the distribution's upcoming stable version scheduled for final release in early November: " Today openSUSE released the beta of Leap 42.1, providing an all-new look that deviates from previous versions. The newest regular release from openSUSE has changes to GRUB and Plymouth, which provide an impressive introduction to users setting up and using Leap on their hardware or virtual machines. This new imagery is specific to Leap and openSUSE's rolling release Tumbleweed will have its own new imagery in the future. This is distinctly different from Leap so users will know what system they are using if they use both distributions. Users wanting a long-term, stable Linux system can expect Leap to use the most advanced long-term supported branch of the Linux kernel, 4.1 series, which provides significant improvements to ARM hardware architecture. " Read the rest of the release announcement for more information and a screenshot. Download the installation DVD image from here: openSUSE-Leap-42.1-DVD-x86_64-Build0186-Media.iso (4,208MB, SHA256 , pkglist ). 2015-09-05 Development Release: openSUSE 42.1 Milestone 2
TheopenSUSE team has announced the availability of new testing images for the upcoming openSUSE Leap 42.1 release. The new testing release, called openSUSE Leap 42.1 Milestone 2, introduces several new changes. " Milestone 2 replaced the complete base system and replaced the full YaST stack. New versions in the milestone release include Firefox 40, Thunderbird 38.2, digiKam photo management program 4.11 and the YaST stack of SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 1. The latest stable Linux Kernel 4.1.6 is in Milestone 2 and git is updated to version 2.5.0. The kernel-firmware update is 20150715. Apache updates to 2.4.16 and Btrfs to 4.1.2. KDE Plasma has update 15.04.3, which include Long Term Support versions of Plasma Workspaces 4.11.21. GNOME 3.16 has a refresh and LibreOffice 4.3 based on SLE 12 is pending an upgrade to LibreOffice 5. " openSUSE Leap shares source code with the SUSE Linux Enterprise distribution and includes nearly 7,000 packages. More details on this development release can be found in the project's release announcement . Download : openSUSE-42.1-DVD-x86_64-Build0148-Media.iso (3,739MB, MD5 , pkglist ). 2015-07-24 Development Release: openSUSE 42.1 Milestone 1
Douglas DeMaio has announced the availability of a test release of theopenSUSE distribution's new Leap product branch. The test release, called openSUSE Leap 42.1 Milestone 1, is in the early stages of its development and is intended for alpha testers and people curious as to what openSUSE has planned for the Leap series. Richard Brown, Chairman of the openSUSE Board, says Leap will provide a middle road between SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE's rolling Tumbleweed branch. " As Tumbleweed keeps rolling with the latest features and subsystems, Leap will fill the gap between the longevity of a SLE core and the innovation related to Tumbleweed. The quality and environmental care Tumbleweed provides with its development model should quickly translate to a top-quality distribution for Linux users, sysadmins and developers. The milestone was moving forward with a 3 series Linux Kernel, but the Long-Term Support 4.1 Kernel, which enhances ext4 file-system encryption and power improvements for both ARM and x86 devices, was needed for the release of the first milestone. The new Kernel was practically flawless when added to the next build, which had some minor errors. " More information on the test release is available in the project's release announcement . Downloads : openSUSE-42.1-DVD-x86_64-Build0017-Media.iso (3,060MB, SHA256 , pkglist ). 2014-11-04 Distribution Release: openSUSE 13.2
Ancor Gonzalez Sosa has announced the release ofopenSUSE 13.2, a major new version of the popular open-source operating system for desktops, laptops and servers: " Dear contributors, friends and fans: openSUSE 13.2 is out! After one year on continuous improvement in the tools and procedures and many hours of developing, packaging, testing and fixing issues, a new stable release is here, providing the best that free and open source has to offer with our special green touch: stable, innovative and fun. Green light to freedom. This is the first release after the change in the openSUSE development mode, with a much shorter stabilization phase thanks to the extensive testing done in a daily basis in the rolling distribution used now as a base for openSUSE stable releases. " Read the rest of the release announcement for further information and screenshots. Download : openSUSE-13.2-DVD-x86_64.iso (4,462MB, MD5 , torrent ,pkglist), openSUSE-13.2-KDE-Live-x86_64.iso (909MB, MD5 , torrent ), openSUSE-13.2-GNOME-Live-x86_64.iso (876MB, MD5 , torrent ).