Beta-release distribution OpenSUSE LEAP 15.4

Development of the distribution OpenSUSE LEAP 15.4 moved to the stage of beta testing. The release is formed on the basis of a basic set of packets, one with the SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP 4 distribution and also includes some user applications from the OpenSUSE Tumbleweed . To download available Universal DVD assembly, the size of 3.9 GB (x86_64, aarch64, ppc64les, 390x). Release OpenSUSE LEAP 15.4 Expected June 8, 2022. Supports OpenSUSE LEAP 15.3 branch will be carried out within 6 months after release 15.4.

In the proposed release, versions of various packages are updated, including KDE Plasma 5.24, GNOME 41 and ENLIGHTENMENT 0.25. The installation of the H.264 codec and Gstreamer plugins is simplified, if the user has the need for them. New specialized assembly “ LEAP Micro 5.2 “, based on the project’s operations Microos .

LEAP Micro assembly is a trimmed version of the distribution molded on the Tumbleweed repository database using an atomic installation system and automatic use of updates that supports configuration via Cloud-init, supplied with read-only root sections with BTRFS and integrated support for Runtime Podman / CRI-O and Docker. The main purpose of LEAP Micro is to use in decentralized environments, to create microservice and as a basic system for virtualization and container isolation platforms.

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