openSUSE 15.6 Leap Images Available for VirtualBox and VMware

The openSUSE project has announced the updated version of their distribution ‘openSUSE 15.6 Leap’, it includes fixes and package updates: “The release of Leap 15.6 is official and paves the way for professionals and organizations to transition to SUSE’s enterprise distribution with extended support or prepare for the next major release, which will be Leap 16. The Leap 15.6 release incorporates several key software upgrades enhancing performance and security. It integrates Linux Kernel 6.4, which provides backports for some of latest hardware drivers, which offer performance enhancements. OpenSSL 3.1 becomes the new default and provides robust security features and updated cryptographic algorithms. Database management systems receive significant updates with MariaDB 10.11.6 and PostgreSQL 16. Redis 7.2 offers advanced data handling capabilities and the software stack is rounded out with PHP 8.2 and Node.js 20; both received updates for better performance and security in web development. Leap will also have OpenJDK 21 providing improvements for enhanced performance and security in Java-based applications. 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…” You can read complete release announcement here.

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