openSUSE Tumbleweed vs. Leap 15.2 vs. Jump Alpha Benchmarks
Following the recent alpha debut of the openSUSE Jump distribution for testing that is working to synchronize SUSE Linux Enterprise with openSUSE Leap, there was an inquiry made about the performance...
View ArticleFeature Requests, Submit Requests for openSUSE Jump Take Shape
The openSUSE Project is progressing with the state of openSUSE Jump, which is the interim name given to the experimental distribution in the Open Build Service.openSUSE Leap Release Manager Lubos...
View ArticleTumbleweed Gets New KDE Frameworks, systemd
KDE Frameworks 5.74.0 and systemd 246.4 became available in openSUSE Tumbleweed after two respective snapshots were released this week.Hypervisor Xen, libstorage-ng, which is a C++ library used by...
View ArticleThunderbird, grep, systemd Update in Tumbleweed
Systemd 246.6, grep 3.5 and Mozilla Thunderbird 78.3.1 became available in openSUSE Tumbleweed this week.Four snapshots have been released so far this month.The most recent snapshot, 20201007, brought...
View ArticleModern Computer in a Commodore 64 Shell
This Commodore 64 retro computer case plus openSUSE Linux with a little mix of DIY is a perfect mixture of Linux and vintage tech enthusiasm with a dash of my almost unhealthy obsession of openSUSE...
View ArticleSUSE/OpenSUSE YaST, Tumbleweed and USE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2...
Digest of YaST Development Sprint 110 | YaSTIn this sprint, the YaST Team has been working on a wide range of topics. openSUSE Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2020/42 – Dominique a.k.a. DimStar...
View ArticleopenSUSE Jump will likely land in openSUSE Leap 15.3
During the openSUSE + LibreOffice Virtual Conference, there were 2 presentations on what’s next for openSUSE Leap. These presentations also touched on Closing the Leap Gap. This is a project which...
View ArticleSUSE/OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, OBS and MicroOS
openSUSE Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2020/43 – Dominique a.k.a. DimStar (Dim*)During this week, we have only released 3 snapshots (1019, 1021, and 1022). a bunch of snapshots has been tested and...
View ArticleLibreOffice: Presentation Size Decreasing and New Presentations About...
LibreOffice Information: Presentation size decreasing in LibreOfficePossibly you are an artist or a graphic designer and you have created a beautiful presentation template using shapes, images and your...
View ArticlePostgreSQL 13, Latest Stable Kernel Update in Tumbleweed
One of the two major version updates in the latest 20201026 snapshot was a Mozilla Firefox 82.0 update; the new version resolved seven Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures and improved performance with...
View ArticleSUSE/OpenSUSE: SUSE Enterprise Storage 7, YaST Team and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 - new horizons - SUSE CommunitiesIf data is the lifeblood of the modern business, then storage must be its heart. The preservation, safeguarding and management of...
View ArticleIBM Red Hat vs. SUSE: How do these Linux distributions stack up?
IBM Red Hat and SUSE are the leading vendors in the open source enterprise Linux market, but how do these two builds compare?Learn the history of IBM Red Hat vs. SUSE and compare numerous criteria --...
View ArticleopenSUSE Developers Kickoff Leap 15.3
Members of the openSUSE community are separated by great distances, but that didn’t keep them from coming together virtually on Nov. 4 to kickoff the development of the next release;openSUSE Leap...
View ArticleSUSE: PayiQ and SUSE Enterprise Storage 7
PayiQ partners with SUSE for its mobile ticketing platformThe mobile ticketing market reached US$ 1.2 Bn in 2019 and was anticipated (before Covid-19) to exhibit an impressive CAGR of 17% during the...
View ArticleUpdates for Poppler, Plasma, Xfce, LLVM 11 Arrive in Tumbleweed
Four openSUSE Tumbleweed snapshots were released since our last blog more than a week ago.These four snapshots had a variety of package updates that included updates for LLVM, Wireshark, Node.js,...
View ArticleSUSE/OpenSUSE Leftovers
SES 7 and SUSE Global Services: A Perfect PairingIt’s no surprise that data is the most valuable commodity you have. After all, with the right data, you can personalize your services to meet your...
View ArticleNew AppArmor 3, KDE Applications, GStreamer Update in Tumbleweed
Some minor email changes have affected the Tumbleweed snapshot reviewer, so reviewer ratings won’t be listed.The latest snapshot, 20201111, updated a half dozen RubyGems. The 4.11.0 rubygem-mini_magick...
View ArticleMicroOS Is Immutable Linux
Linux finds a lot of uses in computers that aren’t desktops. But there is a problem. What happens if your mission-critical control computer or retail kiosk gets an update and then fails? Happens all...
View ArticleopenSUSE Board Election 2020 announced
Yes, but this time, it is the regular board election that is happening. The previous elections that were conducted during the past year were due to ad-hoc and unforeseen circumstances. However, as per...
View Article$6 billion Linux deal? SUSE IPO rumored
According to Bloomberg, EQT is planning an IPO for German Linux and enterprise software company SUSE. EQT is a Swedish-based private equity firm with €50 billion in raised capital. SUSE is the leading...
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