After the year of development, SUSE introduced the release of the SUSE Linux EnterPrise 15 SP4. Based on platforms SUSE Linux Enterprise are formed products such as SUSE Linux Enterprise Server , SUSE LINUX ENTERPRISE Desktop , SUSE MANAGER and SUSE MANAGER and SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing. The distribution can be upload and use it for free, but access to updates and corrections is limited by a 60-day test period. The release is available in assemblies for architectures Aarch64, PPC64le, S390X and X86_64.
SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 supports complete binary compatibility of packages with the Opensuse Leap 15.4 distribution of the Opensuse Leap 15.4 distribution, the release of which is planned for tomorrow. A high level of compatibility was achieved thanks to the use of a single binary packages in the OpenSUSE with SUSE Linux Enterprise, instead of re-reducing SRC packets. It is assumed that users can first form and test the working solution using Opensuse, and then without unnecessary complications switch to the commercial version of the SUSE Linux with full support, SLA, certification, prolonged release of updates and extended means for mass implementation.
- Linux nucleus is updated until 5.14.
- The desktop environment is updated to Gnome 41 and GTK4. The possibility of using the desktop session based on the Wayland protocol in the environment with the proprietary Drivers NVIDIA.
- The Pipewire multimedia server has been added, which is so far used only to ensure joint access to the screen surrounded by Wayland. Pulseaudio continues to be used for sound.
- Fires are removed from Python 2. Only the Python3 package.
- Updated versions of PHP 8, Openjdk 17, Python 3.10, Mariadb 10.6, PostgreSQL 14, Apparmor 3.0, Samba 4.15, Openssl 3.0.1, Systemd 249, Qemu 6.2, Libvirt 0.8.0, Virt-Manager 4.0. 0.
- implemented The possibility of applying Live- Patches for updating the components of the user space, such as Glibc and Opensl. The use of corrections is carried out without restarting processes using corrections to libraries in memory.
- images of Jeos (minimalistic assemblies of the SUSE Linux Enterprise for virtualization systems) are renamed minimal-VM.
- The requirements of the SLSA 4 level are fulfilled to protect against malicious changes in the development process. For verification of applications and images of containers, the Sigstore service leading a public log to confirm authenticity (Transparency Log) is involved.