The development of the openSUSE Leap 15.4 distribution has moved into beta testing. The release is based on a core set of packages shared with the SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP 4 distribution and also includes some custom applications from the openSUSE Tumbleweed repository. A universal DVD assembly is available for download, 3.9 GB in size (x86_64, aarch64, ppc64les, 390x). openSUSE Leap 15.4 is expected to be released on June 8, 2022. The openSUSE Leap 15.3 branch will be supported for 6 months after the 15.4 release.
The proposed release updates versions of various packages, including KDE Plasma 5.24, GNOME 41, and Enlightenment 0.25. Simplified installation of the H.264 codec and gstreamer plugins, if the user needs them. A new specialized assembly "Leap Micro 5.2" is presented, based on the developments of the MicroOS project.
The Leap Micro build is a stripped-down distribution based on the Tumbleweed repository, uses an atomic install and auto-apply updates system, supports configuration via cloud-init, comes with a read-only root partition with Btrfs, and integrated Podman/CRI-O runtime support. and Docker. The main purpose of Leap Micro is to be used in decentralized environments, to create microservices and as a base system for virtualization platforms and container isolation.
Source: opennet.ru