FYI - openSUSE new release

[Tony Su]

An FYI for anyone who uses or is considering openSUSE as their distro...

LEAP 15 has just been released and is available for download...

https://software.opensuse.org/distributions/leap

For those how aren't familiar with openSUSE releases,
There are two main flavors...

Tumbleweed - Built on the original openSUSE codebase, this is the
rolling release where you continuously get the very latest of
everything. If you are installing on newly launched hardware, this is
for you so you get the latest kernel with drivers. If you're a
hobbyist who likes to experience the very latest at the slight cost of
a little stability, this is for you. Although from time to time
something might break in a release, it's not broken for long,
everything is typically fixed as soon as it's reported.

LEAP - This is the stable flavor that is released approximately every
18 months and is built on the codebase of the paid version, SUSE.
You'll still get new features quickly, but more likely within months
instead of a few short weeks after they appear. Unlike a rolling
release that completely <upgrades> your system continuously, LEAP is
<updated> with features that undergo longer testing to ensure fewer
unexpected issues and avoid the momentous changes that happen in
rolling releases like Tumbleweed..

Both flavors are extremely secure, implementing various strategies to
integrate upstream patches promptly.

If your needs are to deploy rock solid, stable solutions, LEAP is an
excellent answer.
If you use some other distro, both Tumbleweed and LEAP provide a
multitude of tools that enables you to fast track your deployment and
maintenance, typically without having to learn distro differences.
If you build stuff, both flavors (but more so Tumbleweed) will support
practically any imaginable kind of project, both hardware and
software. There are hundreds of repos available to grant you access to
even bleeding edge releases of tools, frameworks and technologies.
If you are brand new to Linux from the Windows world, there is no
other distro that is better suited for you, with YaST graphical tools
to perform practically everything you'd want to do. You can learn the
command line equivalents if you wish later, but there are very few
things you can't do immediatly in YaST without ever typing in a
console, think of it as a super-charged version of the MSWindows
Control Panel which does vastly more. There is nothing else in the
Linux world equivalent to YaST although several distros have started
their own imitators.

I may not be able to attend the June meeting (likely out of town)(,
but I can do a presentation on an introduction to openSUSE any other
month if there is interest.

The openSUSE Technical Help Forums are the best place to search for,
and ask for help and there is also a vibrant IRC channel...

https://forums.opensuse.org/forumdisplay.php/842-English

Tony