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Release of the openSUSE Leap 15.5 distribution

After a year of development, the openSUSE Leap 15.5 distribution was released. The release is based on the same set of binary packages with SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP 5 with some user applications from the openSUSE Tumbleweed repository. Using the same binary packages in SUSE and openSUSE simplifies switching between distributions, saves resources on building packages, distribution of updates and testing, unifies differences in spec files, and allows you to move away from diagnosing different package builds when parsing error messages. Available for download is a universal 4 GB DVD build (x86_64, aarch64, ppc64les, 390x), a stripped-down image for installation with package downloads over the network (200 MB) and live builds with KDE, GNOME and Xfce (~900 MB).

Updates for the openSUSE Leap 15.5 branch will be released until the end of 2024. Initially, version 15.5 was expected to be the last in the 15.x series, but the developers decided to form another 15.6 release next year before the planned transition to using the ALP (Adaptable Linux Platform) platform as the basis for openSUSE and SUSE Linux. The key difference between ALP is the division of the distribution's core foundation into two parts: a stripped-down "host OS" for running on top of the hardware and an application support layer focused on running in containers and virtual machines. Formation next year of another feature release in the openSUSE Leap 15 branch will give developers additional time to bring the ALP platform to the desired look.

Main innovations:

  • Updated user environments: KDE Plasma 5.27.4 (previously shipped release 5.24.4), Xfce 4.18 (previously 4.16), Deepin 20.3 and LxQt 1.2. Updated graphics stack, Qt 6.4/5.15.8, Wayland 1.21 and Mesa 22.3.5 (previously shipped with Mesa 21.2.4). The webkit2gtk3 and webkit2gtk4 browser engines have been updated to version 2.38.5. The GNOME version hasn't changed, as the last release offers GNOME 41. Sway 1.6.1, Enlightenment 0.25.3, MATE 1.26, and Cinnamon 4.6.7 are also unchanged.
    Release of the openSUSE Leap 15.5 distribution
  • The process of installing the H.264 codec has been simplified and the repository is enabled by default, in which the binary assembly of the codec is downloaded from the Cisco website. The H.264 codec assembly is generated by the openSUSE developers, certified with an official openSUSE digital signature, and submitted for distribution to Cisco, i.e. the formation of the entire stuffing of the package remains the responsibility of openSUSE and Cisco cannot make changes or replace the package. The download is from the Cisco website, as the right to use proprietary video compression technologies is transferred only for builds that are distributed by Cisco, which does not allow packages with OpenH264 to be placed in the openSUSE repository.
  • Added the ability to quickly migrate to a new version from past releases and provided a new toolkit for migrating from openSUSE to SUSE Linux.
  • Updated user applications Vim 9, KDE Gear 22.12.3 (previously shipped 21.12.2.1), LibreOffice 7.3.3, VLC 3.0.18, Firefox 102.11.0, Thunderbird 102.11.0, Wine 8.0.
  • Updated packages pipewire 0.3.49, AppArmor 3.0.4, mdadm 4.2, Flatpaks 1.14.4, fwupd 1.8.6, Ugrep 3.11.0, NetworkManager 1.38.6, podman 4.4.4, CRI-O 1.22.0, containerd 1.6.19. 8.5.22, Grafana 1.6, ONNX (Open Neural Network Exchange) 2.2.3, Prometheus 19.11.10, dpdk 5.13.3, Pagure 249.12, systemd 5.62, BlueZ 4.15.8, samba 7.1, QEMU 4.17, Xen 10.6, MariaDB 15 , PostgreSQL 1.69, Rust XNUMX.
  • The composition includes packages for organizing the work of the client and the node of the Tor anonymous network (0.4.7.13).
  • The Linux kernel version has not changed (5.14.21), but fixes from newer kernel branches have been backported to the kernel package.
  • A new Python stack based on the Python 3.11 branch has been provided. Packages with the new version of Python can be installed side by side with the system Python based on the Python 3.6 branch.
  • Added netavark 1.5 utility for configuring the container network subsystem.
  • Implemented the ability to boot from NVMe-oF (NVM Express over Fabrics) over TCP, which can be used to create diskless clients in SAN environments based on NVMe-oF technology.

Source: opennet.ru

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