What we should learn from the XZ Backdoor A lot has been written about the XZ Backdoor in the last few weeks, so it is time to look forward. Before doing so, we share a bit about what happened with regards to openSUSE. Behind the scenes A few days before the public disclosure of the XZ backdoor, the...

openSUSE Leap Micro 6 Enters Alpha Stage The openSUSE project is excited to announce that Leap Micro 6 is in its alpha development stage. Building on the solid foundation of its predecessors, openSUSE’s Leap Micro 6 continues to provide a stable, secure and scalable platform for modern lightweight host operating systems that mirrors features and enhancements of...

openSUSE Factory enabled bit-by-bit reproducible builds In March, the configuration for building openSUSE Factory was changed to be bit-by-bit reproducible (except for the embedded signature). Following this, the first openSUSE Tumbleweed packages were verified to be bit-by-bit reproducible. Thank you to everyone who helped to make this happen. This was an important improvement. It will take...

Try Cockpit in Leap Release Candidate openSUSE Leap 15.6 exited Beta and entered its Release Candidate phase with build 669.1 last week. You can get Leap 15.6 RC install images from get.opensuse.org. This means the release is considered featurefull and contributors should focus on bug fixes and eliminating any remaining build failures. Users who are eager...

openSUSE Tumbleweed Monthly Update - April Welcome to the monthly update for openSUSE Tumbleweed for April 2024. This month began after addressing last month’s supply chain attack against xz compression library for the rolling release. An explanation of that XZ Backdoor, how it was address and what was learned can be found on news.opensuse.org. A flurry...

openSUSE Asia Summit Set for Tokyo openSUSE.Asia Summit will come back to Tokyo, Japan The openSUSE Project is exciting to announce that openSUSE.Asia Summit 2024 is going to be held in Tokyo, Japan. The openSUSE.Asia Summit is an annual conference for users and contributors of openSUSE and FLOSS enthusiasts. During this summit, they will gather in...

Planned outage of Weblate on May 14th The openSUSE will undergo a critical update with the migration of Weblate to a hosted solution. Shifting to a hosted solution for the web-based localization tool in order to keep up with the increasing demands of projects’ development. The migration is slated for May 14 and it is anticipated that...

OpenVINO Arrives in openSUSE Releases While focused on the openSUSE Innovator initiative as an openSUSE member and Intel Innovator, it was frustrating for me to see that openVINO did not have support on the openSUSE Linux distribution. In October 2023, I decided to take the personal initiative to start working on compiling and using OpenVINO...

openSUSE Conference Schedule Set The schedule for openSUSE Conference 2024 is out and it is filled with several talks about open-source ecosystem and includes several breaks for networking opportunities. Open-source enthusiasts, developers and contributors will meet at the Z-Bau from June 27 to June 29 to share, discuss and showcase the latest advancements in...

openSUSE Asia Summit 2024 Logo Competition Announcement openSUSE.Asia Summit 2024 Logo Competition We are pleased to announce the launch of our logo contest for the openSUSE.Asia Summit 2024! The logo plays a crucial role in representing the spirit and identity of the event. Each year, the distinct logos from previous Summits have beautifully reflected the diverse communities...

New Episode Launches in Workshop Series The openSUSE Project continues its Contribution Workshop series today with a new episode at 19:15 UTC on the project’s YouTube & X channels. The new episode will take viewers on an insightful journey into the world of testing and breaking builds. The session focuses on the automation of repetitive tasks...

Join us on https://www.youtube.com/opensusetv to in about 10 minutes as our #contribution workshop will go over automation of repetitive tasks & will demonstrate how to leverage tools and techniques to automate build testing.

openSUSE Project Listed as Organization on Hugging Face The openSUSE Project has an official space on Hugging Face, which is a popular platform offering a range of open-source Artificial Intelligence models, tools and resources. The new namespace can be found at huggingface.co/openSUSE. Hugging Face is known for facilitating developers and researchers in working with advanced AI applications that...

Aeon Desktop Brings New Features in RC2 Release Contributors developing the Aeon Desktop are happy to announce a major milestone with the launch of Release Candidate 2 (RC2) images. Within the last 24 hours, an update of aeondesktop.org points to the new images. Aeon is a cutting-edge operating system with the GNOME desktop that provides automated computing experience....

openSUSE Tumbleweed Monthly Update - May 2024 Welcome to the monthly update for openSUSE Tumbleweed for May 2024. This month has seen a significant number of updates, enhancements, and crucial security fixes. Whether you are a developer, a system administrator, or a casual user, these updates are designed to enhance your experience and ensure the highest level...

Invitation to openSUSE Asia Summit 2024 Tokyo Japan What is openSUSE.Asia Summit? The openSUSE Project is excited to announce that openSUSE.Asia Summit 2024 will be held in Tokyo, Japan. The openSUSE.Asia Summit is an annual conference for users and contributors of openSUSE and FLOSS enthusiasts. The former summits received major participation from Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea,...

openSUSE.Asia Summit 2024 Call for Speakers We are pleased to announce that the call for speakers for openSUSE.Asia Summit 2024 started today. The event will be held on November 2 and 3 in Tokyo, Japan. Please check our announcement for more details of the event. The openSUSE.Asia committee members are looking for the speakers who share...

openSUSE Community Readies for Release Party Members of openSUSE Project are excited about the launch of Leap 15.6 on June 12 and encourages people to host a Release Party. If you don’t know how to do this, there is a list of steps below on how to have a successful release party. If you’re interested in...

New signing key for NVIDIA repositories The third-party repository for NVIDIA graphics drivers is soon switching from a 1024-bit DSA GPG key to a 4096-bit RSA GPG key. This switchover is necessary to meet current security recommendations. The GPG fingerprint of the new key: pub rsa4096/0xB1D0D788DB27FD5A 2022-04-14 SC Key fingerprint = 2FB0 3195 DECD 4949 2BD1...

Leap 15.6 Unveils Choices for Users EN / CA / CS / DE / ES / JA / PT-BR / SV ZH-TW NUREMBERG, Germany – 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,...

Leap Micro 6.0 reaches Beta openSUSE Leap Micro 6.0 Beta is now available! We expect that it will very quickly transition to RC and GA as the infra readiness advances. Leap Micro 6.0 Beta images can be found at get.opensuse.org or directly at download.opensuse.org. About Leap Micro Leap Micro 6.0 is a rebranded SUSE Linux...