OpenSUSE Slowroll: A New Intermediate Option for OpenSUSE Users
The OpenSUSE project has announced the development of a new distribution called OpenSUSE Slowroll. This distribution is created based on the OpenSUSE Tumbleweed distribution, but it differs in its slower continuous cycle of updates for program versions, also known as Rolling-reinforcement. The new versions of OpenSUSE Slowroll are expected to be released once every one or two months, with intermediate releases of package updates containing error fixes and vulnerability patches.
ISO-images for OpenSUSE Slowroll, weighing 4.4GB and designed for the x86_64 architecture, are already prepared and available for download at the OpenSUSE website.
The OpenSUSE Slowroll distribution is positioned as an intermediate option between the constantly updated OpenSUSE Tumbleweed and the more conservative OpenSUSE Leap, which is based on SUSE ENTERPRISE Linux packages. Updates for OpenSUSE Slowroll are initially transferred to the Factory/Tumbleweed repository for verification and identification of potential issues. After a certain period of time, these updates are then automatically transferred to the Slowroll repository. This means that Slowroll can be considered as a Tumbleweed option with a delay in stabilization. However, adding packages directly to the Slowroll repository will only be allowed for urgent error corrections that affect key packages in Factory, as quick updates for these packages would be too risky.
The decision to create OpenSUSE Slowroll came after conducting a poll amongst developers and users of OpenSUSE regarding the future of the OpenSUSE Leap distribution. This poll was conducted in the context of the upcoming distribution branch of SUSE Linux Interterp Rise, based on the ALP platform (Adaptable Linux Platform). Currently, OpenSUSE Leap is based on a