The first release candidate for openSUSE Leap 16.0 has been released for testing. openSUSE Leap 16.0 incorporates the latest Agama for both online and offline installation, and Xfce on Wayland has recently been added to the list. The Xfce mailing list is currently active, providing users with the opportunity to utilize the minimalistic, Wayland-friendly greet and gtkgreet as alternatives to LightDM. The objective is to ultimately support Cockpit. SELinux has been established as the new default, while users have the option to transition to AppArmor after installation. SUSE Linux Enterprise 16.0 does not support the execution of 32-bit binaries; however, users have the option to install grub2-compat-ia32. The updated repository structure and parallel downloads in Zypper are advised for users transitioning from version 15.6.
Try Xfce on Wayland with openSUSE Leap 16.0 RC
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 both Tumbleweed and Leap 16.0 from legacy OBS SCM to Git.
This will also require a new maintenance model for Leap.Users can expect a few more builds before we announce our Gold Master candidate.
Given the nature of Leap 16 being built on top of binaries from SUSE Linux Enterprise 16, we can only do so once SUSE Linux Enterprise 16.0 announces their Gold Master in late September.If all goes well with the maintenance setup we could aim for the delivery according to the roadmap in October shortly before SLES 16.0.
More details can be found in the roadmap and newly also in calendar.opensuse.org.
