Archive:42.2
openSUSE 42.2 Release information edit
openSUSE Leap 42.2 was an EOL openSUSE release. For the latest, see the distribution portal.
Don't forget to check out the Release Notes before an upgrade or installation.
Feature highlights edit
openSUSE Leap 42.2 is...
That’s right. After basing openSUSE Leap 42.1 on SLE (SUSE Linux Enterprise), Leap 42.2 gets even more source code from the release of SLE 12 Service Pack 2. New technologies such as NVDIMM, OmniPATH, Data Plane Development Kit with openVSwitch are backported for the release. XEN no longer requires its own kernel and is supported by the default kernel. Along with the shared SLE codebase, openSUSE Leap 42.2 gets packages, maintenance and bug fixes from the openSUSE community and SUSE engineers. The 42 series of Leap achieves at a minimum 36 months of maintenance and security updates starting from 42.1.
openSUSE Leap 42.2 is the first Leap release to offer a Server profile as clear option during the installation. With no graphical environment, a Server install of Leap stands ready to do whatever you need from it. Something as simple as running a Web or Mail platform is easier than ever, as are complex projects using virtualization or container technologies.
Konqi has returned and is in full force. Plasma 5.8 brings a whole new component to openSUSE Leap. As the first Long Term Supported release for Plasma, Plasma 5.8 complements stability-minded Leap users. In unison with Qt 5.6 and Frameworks 5.26, Plasma 5.8 will bring Leap 42.2 users excellent KDE reliability and stability.
The 4.4 LTS Linux Kernel for openSUSE Leap 42.2 improves file system performance and features, including a new balance filter for Btrfs. The default kernel now has paravirtualization enabled. The kernel version also improves cryptography and security support for Trusted Platform Module 2.0 chips as well as adds support for nested Virtualization through KVM. Networking is dramatically improved for IP Virtual Server and IPv6 and of course there is more updates and changes for the multiple architectures.
In detail edit
Discover
- Feature list · Technical overview of the updates and changes in openSUSE Leap
- Screenshots · See what this release looks like
- Hardware requirements · What it takes to run Leap
- Release notes · Important last minute changes to the release
- Reception · See what the press has to say about this release
Documentation
- Installation and Upgrade · Learn about installing openSUSE in various ways
- Most annoying bugs · Find out about known issues and common problems
- Manuals · Read or download the latest edition of the openSUSE books
- Help out · File a Bugreport
Spread
- Go wild! · Meet up with the openSUSE Community and celebrate the release
- Buttons and banners · Sticker the world!
- Presentations · Spread the word
Releases edit
- Rolling release
Tumbleweedrolling - Slowroll release
Slowrollbeta - Immutable server releases
MicroOSserverLeap Microserver - Immutable desktop releases
AeonbetaKalpaalpha - PreAlpha regular release
Leap 16.0pre-alpha - Latest regular release
Leap 15.6stable - Old regular release
Leap 15.5old stable