Try Xfce on Wayland with openSUSE Leap 16.0 RC
Entering RC Phase openSUSE Leap 16.0 has officially transitioned from Beta into the Release Candidate phase with the Build 148.4. The biggest challenge for the Release Team prior to Autumn release is source code management, as we want to transition bot...
Tumbleweed Monthly Update - July 2025
Several software packages were updated in openSUSE Tumbleweed during July that brought a large amount of enhancements, new features and critical security fixes across a wide range of components. Major upgrades included hwinfo 25, systemd-rpm-macros 26 ...
Planet News Roundup
This is a roundup of articles from the openSUSE community listed on planet.opensuse.org. The below featured highlights listed on the community’s blog feed aggregator from July 21 to 27. Some of the most recent blogs openSUSE Conference 2025, updates ...
Urgency to Switch from Windows 10 Builds
Install Linux Before It’s Too Late The openSUSE Project is part of a growing coalition of open-source advocates urging Microsoft users to install a Linux operating system as Microsoft prepares to end support for Windows 10 this October, and urgency t...
Fde Rogue Devices
Protecting against rogue devices in openSUSE with Full Disk Encryption openSUSE have now multiple ways to configure a Full Disk Encryption (FDE) installation. A very secure and easy way (YaST2) of doing this is via user space tools, as we described mul...
Running Local LLMs with Ollama on openSUSE Tumbleweed
Running large language models (LLMs) on your local machine has become increasingly popular, offering privacy, offline access, and customization. Ollama is a fantastic tool that simplifies the process of downloading, setting up, and running LLMs locally...
Sovereign AI Platform Picks openSUSE
Europe’s first federated AI initiative has chosen openSUSE as part of its foundation aimed sovereign AI. OpenNebula Systems officially announced the launch of Fact8ra, which is Europe’s first federated AI-as-a-Service platform. This initiative mark...
Project Seeks Input on Future of 32-bit ARM
The openSUSE Project is seeking community input to determine whether it should continue supporting 32-bit ARM architectures. Maintaining support for legacy platforms is increasingly challenging. The openSUSE team cited limited upstream support and dwin...
Celebrating 20 Years of openSUSE
Contributors and community members are encouraged to celebrate the openSUSE Project’s 20th anniversary by sharing some of their favorite moments from the past two decades. Over the years, it has grown into a global movement, powering desktops, server...
Travel Support Available for openSUSE.Asia Summit
The openSUSE.Asia Summit 2025 will take place from August 29 to 31 at MRIIRS in Faridabad, India, and we’re excited to welcome community members from across Asia and around the globe. To make the summit more accessible, the Travel Support Program (TS...
Tumbleweed Monthly Update - June 2025
June brought a fresh wave of updates across openSUSE’s rolling release. There were major feature enhancements, performance improvements, and several critical security fixes. KDE Plasma 6.4 as a the forefront of these updates alongside KDE Frameworks ...
Grace Hopper to Boost Tumbleweed Armv9 Builds
Grace Hopper to Boost Tumbleweed Armv9 Builds The openSUSE Project is preparing to expand its hardware capabilities with a high-performance system designed to accelerate support for the next generation of processor architecture. As part of a collaborat...
Quiz Set for Conferences
The openSUSE Project has rolled out a new web-based quiz application aimed at engaging conference attendees and open-source enthusiasts around the world. The quiz platform, available at quiz.opensuse.org, offers a colorful, friendly interface with mult...
Asia Summit Call For Host is Here
openSUSE.Asia Summit 2026: Call For Host The openSUSE.Asia Summit is an annual conference that brings together openSUSE contributors and enthusiasts from across Asia. It serves as a valuable platform for face-to-face collaboration, knowledge sharing, a...
Speakers Set Course for openSUSE Conference
The openSUSE Conference 2025 in Nuremberg from June 26 - 28 is shaping up to be a great gathering for the open source software community. There are three packed days of presentations, workshops and discussion along with three keynotes. This year’s co...
Tumbleweed Monthly Update - May 2025
May ended with a large update for openSUSE’s rolling release. While that snapshot addressed several Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, more security fixes were introduced throughout the month. May introduced qemu 10.0 with improved virtualization ...
Lend a Hand at the openSUSE Conference
The openSUSE community wants to make the project’s conference in Nuremberg smooth, welcoming and beneficial to attendees. We’re calling on you to get involved! Whether you’re a longtime contributor or a new face looking to get more involved, ther...
Why Gaming with openSUSE Is A Good Move
Imagine this: You built a gaming rig in 2016. It still crushes 1080p titles, runs cool, and looks great on your desk. But now Windows 10 is nearing its end-of-life, and upgrade paths point toward new hardware, stricter requirements and higher costs. Pe...
