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openSUSE
en.opensuse.org › openSUSE:Roadmap
openSUSE:Roadmap - openSUSE Wiki
1 month ago - Default scheduling: 15:00–15:30 (full-day events not supported). Supports iCalendar subscriptions: product schedule. Note: The product schedule view still has some usability issues. Draft schedule. Leap Micro 6.3 will be incorporated as an Appliance image of Leap 16.1 which can be newly installed ...
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Opensuse
progress.opensuse.org › projects › opensuse-leap-15-6 › roadmap
Roadmap - openSUSE Leap 15.6 - openSUSE Project Management Tool
openSUSE Leap 15.6 · All Projects · Overview · Activity · Roadmap · Issues · Gantt · Calendar · Documents · Wiki · GA · Alpha · Beta · GM · Postprocessing · RC · open · about 16 months late (2024-06-12) 8% 61 issues (5 closed — 56 open) open ·
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openSUSE
en.opensuse.org › Feature_Planning_15.6
Feature Planning 15.6 - openSUSE Wiki
RC is when we start accepting only important bug fixes. https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Roadmap · 15.5 is planned to be a very conservative release. As we're now developing openSUSE:ALP/Workgroups openSUSE ALP ... So you have an approved feature in code-o-o (respective Jira) or a bug that you'd like to fix. First, check with osc meta if it's really a SLE package. The following example shows that Leap 15.6 inherits bash binaries from SUSE SLE 15 SP6 Updates, which is also where we need to send the submit request.
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openSUSE
en.opensuse.org › Portal:15.6
Portal:15.6 - openSUSE Wiki
June 7, 2024 - Leap 15.6 offers GNOME 45, the result of six months of development by the GNOME project. This release includes significant improvements, new features, and enhancements such as an improved Software app, new multitasking settings, and enhanced power management.
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openSUSE
en.opensuse.org › Lifetime
Lifetime - openSUSE Wiki
May 17, 2026 - A Leap Minor Release (e.g., 42.3, 15.5, 15.6, 16.0, etc.) is typically released on an annual cadence. For Leap 16.0, the expected release window is October/November. See openSUSE:Roadmap for specific schedule details.
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openSUSE
en.opensuse.org › Portal:15.6 › Intro
Portal:15.6/Intro - openSUSE Wiki
June 22, 2024 - openSUSE Leap 15.6 offers professional users, entrepreneurs and ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) updated support for modern hardware with better YaST functionality, including an improved installer. Users can expect 18th months (12 + 6) of support.
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openSUSE
en.opensuse.org › Release_announcement_15.6
Release announcement 15.6 - openSUSE Wiki
The KDE environment advances with the introduction of KDE Plasma 5.27.11, which is the latest Long Term Support version, Qt 5.15.12+kde151, and KDE Frameworks 5.115.0, as well as Qt6 version 6.6.3, facilitating smooth application operations with updated Python bindings for PyQt5 and PyQt6 aligning with Python 3.11. Many unmaintatined Python packages were removed as part of a transition to Python 3.11; more details can be found in the [release notes](https://doc.opensuse.org/release-notes/x86_64/openSUSE/Leap/15.6/index.html).
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Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › OpenSUSE
openSUSE - Wikipedia
3 days ago - "Portal:15.6". 12 June 2024. Archived from the original on 10 November 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024. ... "Next Chapter Opens with Leap 16 Release". openSUSE News. 1 October 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025. ... "openSUSE Lifetime (as of 2015)". Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2015. ... "openSUSE Roadmap ...
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End of Life Date
endoflife.date › opensuse
openSUSE | endoflife.date
May 1, 2026 - The lifecycle of the previous major release (Leap 15) fully aligns with that of SUSE Linux Enterprise 15, except that SLES 15.7 did not have a corresponding Leap 15.7, and instead the lifetime of Leap 15.6 was slightly extended. More information is available on the openSUSE website.
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9to5Linux
9to5linux.com › home › news › distros › opensuse leap 15.6 is now available for public beta testing with gnome 45
openSUSE Leap 15.6 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing with GNOME 45 - 9to5Linux
March 7, 2024 - However, it is not recommended ... Leap 15.6. According to the openSUSE Roadmap, the final release of openSUSE Leap 15.6 will be publicly available on June 12th, 2024, while the Release Candidate (RC) version is expected ...
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openSUSE Forums
forums.opensuse.org › english › open chat
Leap 15.6 EOL was rescheduled to 30 April 2026 - Open Chat - openSUSE Forums
August 6, 2025 - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Roadmap#Schedule_for_Leap_15.6 Thu, April 30st, 2026 EOL Leap 15.6 will be End of life. See SDB:How_to_migrate_to_SLE for a longer support. The plan is to extend deadline and deliver users 6 months of overlap ...
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LWN.net
lwn.net › Articles › 978137
OpenSUSE Leap 15.6 released [LWN.net]
The openSUSE Leap 15.6 release is available; this is intended to be the last Leap 15.x release before Leap 16 comes out. "Leap 15.6 is projected to receive maintenance and security updates until the end of 2025 to ensure sufficient overlap with the next release".
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Phoronix
phoronix.com › news › openSUSE-Leap-16-ALP-2024
openSUSE Prepares For openSUSE Leap 16 Next Year Based On ALP - Phoronix
January 15, 2024 - With today's announcement is basically confirmation that their ALP-based Leap spin will be called Leap 16. Pretty predictable aside from in the past where there were cases like Leap 15 succeeding Leap 42.3. The current openSUSE roadmap page has Leap 15.6 due for release in June.
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Phoronix
phoronix.com › home › forum › software › linux distributions
openSUSE Leap 15.6 Now Planned To Provide More Time For ALP - Phoronix Forums
Phoronix: openSUSE Leap 15.6 Now Planned To Provide More Time For ALP The soon-to-be-released openSUSE Leap 15.5 was going to be the last of the openSUSE Leap 15 series, but now openSUSE/SUSE has decided there will be an openSUSE Leap 15.6 release to allow additional time for their Adaptable Linux Platform (ALP) to be developed... https://www.phoronix.com/news/openSUSE-Leap-15.6-Plan ... Good. At the moment I wouldn't dare to install Leap on a new computer because the roadmap is so unclear.
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openSUSE Forums
forums.opensuse.org › english › install/boot/login
Now that Leap 15.6 is RC what is next "testing" version? 15.7 or 16? - Install/Boot/Login - openSUSE Forums
June 12, 2024 - I generally like running “testing” or “dev” OSs . . . which feels more cutting edge or “experimental” . . . so I feel more alive, etc. Now that 15.6 is RC is there a 15.7 that is available via editing of the repos, OR w…
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Susedoc
susedoc.github.io › release-notes › leap-16.0 › html › release-notes › index.html
openSUSE Leap Release Notes | openSUSE Leap 16.0
May 25, 2026 - For more information, see: Roadmap. For more than 24 months of support for a point release, the openSUSE migration tool makes it simple to move to SUSE Linux Enterprise, which provides decades of support. See Support Policy and Long Term Service Pack Support. The openSUSE migration tool (zypper in opensuse-migration-tool) is included as part of openSUSE Leap 15.6...
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openSUSE
news.opensuse.org › 2024 › 10 › 07 › leap-16-0-prealpha
Development start of Leap 16.0 - openSUSE News
October 7, 2024 - We intend to provide users with sufficient overlap so that 15.6 users can have a smooth migration, just like they’re used to from previous releases. Further details are available on our roadmap.