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Why Gaming with openSUSE Is A Good Move

Douglas DeMaio 16. May 2025

Imagine this: You built a gaming rig in 2016. It still crushes 1080p titles, runs cool, and looks great on your desk. But now Windows 10 is nearing its end-of-life, and upg...

Get openSUSE Gear at oSC25

Douglas DeMaio 6. May 2025

Heading to the openSUSE Conference 2025 in Nuremberg? Great news! The project will have a shop available at the conference venue where attendees can purchase openSUSE merch...

Upgrade to Freedom Campaign Shifts to End of 10

Douglas DeMaio 5. May 2025

Microsoft will end support for Windows 10 on Oct. 14 and this will likely trigger a surge in unnecessary electronic waste (e-waste) on International E-Waste Day, which is a...

openSUSE Leap 16 Enters Beta

Lubos Kocman (Edited by Douglas DeMaio) 30. Apr 2025

Leap Micro 6.2 Adopts the Leap Release Cycle Members of the openSUSE Release Team are excited to announce that the Leap 16 Beta is now available for testing! Like its pre...

openSUSE.Asia Summit 2025 Call for Speakers

openSUSE Asia Summit India Team 22. Apr 2025

We are pleased to announce that the Call for Speakers for the openSUSE.Asia Summit 2025 is now open. The event will take place from August 29 to 31, 2025 in Faridabad, Indi...

No Hidden Software, No Surprises

Stefan Hundhammer (Edited by Douglas DeMaio) 16. Apr 2025

The Upgrade to Freedom campaign has joined the End of 10 initiative to promote Free and Open Source Software as a sustainable alternative to Windows 10. Learn more at endof...

Freedom Means Knowing What’s Installed

Douglas DeMaio 15. Apr 2025

The Upgrade to Freedom campaign exists to remind users that better, community-driven operating systems to Microsoft Windows do exist and that there are alternatives that do...

Replace Windows, Not Your Device

Douglas DeMaio 14. Apr 2025

The Upgrade to Freedom campaign has joined the End of 10 initiative to promote Free and Open Source Software as a sustainable alternative to Windows 10. Learn more at endof...

Logo Call openSUSE.Asia Summit

openSUSE Asia Summit India Team 7. Apr 2025

We are excited to announce the openSUSE.Asia Summit 2025 Logo Competition! A logo is more than just a design—it represents the spirit, identity, and energy of the event. E...

Tariffs Spark Shift to Open Source

Douglas DeMaio 7. Apr 2025

This new era of tariffs and retaliatory measures may ripple through the tech sector and accelerate interest in open-source alternatives like openSUSE. Businesses and gover...

Tumbleweed Monthly Update - March 2025

Douglas DeMaio 1. Apr 2025

Tumbleweed continues to showcase the strength of a well-maintained rolling release as we move through 2025. March delivered several snapshots and several impactful changes ...

Zypper Adds Experimental Parallel Downloads

Douglas DeMaio 27. Mar 2025

A new zypper experimental media backend and support for parallel package downloads have been introduced with the release of libzypp version 17.36.4 and zypper version 1.14....

Freedom Does Not Come From One Vendor

Douglas DeMaio 26. Mar 2025

As political winds shift across the globe, the digital world is not immune to the turbulence. Governments and organizations across the globe are reassessing their dependenc...

Invitation to openSUSE.Asia Summit 2025 - Faridabad, India

openSUSE Asia Summit India Team 21. Mar 2025

29th – 31st August 2025 About openSUSE.Asia Summit We are excited to announce that the openSUSE.Asia Summit 2025 will be held in Faridabad, India. This annual event brings...

Choose Freedom, Not Trialware

Douglas DeMaio 21. Mar 2025

The Upgrade to Freedom campaign has joined the End of 10 initiative to promote Free and Open Source Software as a sustainable alternative to Windows 10. Learn more at endof...

AI hands out Windows keys, but Linux never had a lock

Douglas DeMaio 28. Feb 2025

AI’s latest escapade into software piracy has left Microsoft scrambling, but let’s be honest; why even go through the hassle? If people are looking at not paying for an ope...

Tumbleweed Monthly Update - February 2025

Douglas DeMaio 27. Feb 2025

This month delivered multiple snapshots and a wide range of updates plus a major default change highlighted in mid-February and a major version update of the Mesa 3D Graphi...

Windows to Linux, Set Up Full Disk Encryption on openSUSE

Douglas DeMaio 20. Feb 2025

The Upgrade to Freedom campaign has joined the End of 10 initiative to promote Free and Open Source Software as a sustainable alternative to Windows 10. Learn more at endof...

Open-Source Licensing Gets AI Upgrade

Douglas DeMaio 12. Feb 2025

Developers of the openSUSE community continue their commitment toward improving legal compliance and software transparency with the release of the Cavil Legal Text dataset...

Myrlyn Now Handles Community Repos

Douglas DeMaio 10. Feb 2025

The promising new package management tool Myrlyn now includes a much-requested feature: repository configuration. Users can now easily manage their repos, adjust priorities...

Tumbleweed Monthly Update - January 2025

Douglas DeMaio 29. Jan 2025

Tumbleweed remains a strong example of a reliable rolling release as we step into 2025. This month delivered multiple snapshots and a wide range of updates! Two much antici...

openSUSE Board Elections Update

Douglas DeMaio 20. Jan 2025

Members of the openSUSE Election Committee have informed the project that Board elections are underway. Four candidates are running for three open seats. The final candid...

Gaming on Linux, How openSUSE Stacks Up for Gamers

Douglas DeMaio 16. Jan 2025

The Upgrade to Freedom campaign has joined the End of 10 initiative to promote Free and Open Source Software as a sustainable alternative to Windows 10. Learn more at endof...

Tumbleweed Monthly Update - December 2024

Douglas DeMaio 8. Jan 2025

Tumbleweed continues to exemplify a solid rolling release and December 2024 wraps up a year of several snapshots and large array of updates! KDE Gear 24.12 improves app usa...

Board Election Schedule Revised

Douglas DeMaio 7. Jan 2025

Members of the openSUSE Election Committee have provided an update regarding this year’s Board election. This election will fill three board seats. All eligible openSUSE me...

Choosing Better Alternatives Amid Confusing Policies

Douglas DeMaio 13. Dec 2024

A recent back-and-forth on Windows 11’s hardware requirements and the end-of-life timeline for Windows 10 leaves millions of users frustrated and uncertain about their next...

Linux, openSUSE ready for Everyday Users

Douglas DeMaio 11. Dec 2024

The Upgrade to Freedom campaign has joined the End of 10 initiative to promote Free and Open Source Software as a sustainable alternative to Windows 10. Learn more at endof...

GPU Switching: A Multi-GPU Game Changer

Douglas DeMaio 9. Dec 2024

Users of openSUSE can now rely on the built-in switcherooctl tool for GPU switching, which is already integrated into our distributions with major desktop environments like...

openSUSE Empowers Creative Professionals

Douglas DeMaio 3. Dec 2024

The Upgrade to Freedom campaign has joined the End of 10 initiative to promote Free and Open Source Software as a sustainable alternative to Windows 10. Learn more at endof...

Tumbleweed Monthly Update - November 2024

Douglas DeMaio 29. Nov 2024

This month, the rolling-release continues to shine as a well-oiled machine. November brings key updates for Mesa, gtk4, php8, postgresql17 and more. Alongside these key upd...

Project to have AMA with SUSE’s GM

Douglas DeMaio 28. Nov 2024

The openSUSE community is invited to an online engagement with SUSE’s General Manager for Business Critical Linux on Dec. 3 at 16:00 UTC. Rick Spencer, who leads the SUSE ...

Transition from Windows to Linux: A Step-by-Step Guide

Douglas DeMaio 26. Nov 2024

The Upgrade to Freedom campaign has joined the End of 10 initiative to promote Free and Open Source Software as a sustainable alternative to Windows 10. Learn more at endof...

Upgrade to Freedom! The Switch from Windows 10

Douglas DeMaio 20. Nov 2024

The Upgrade to Freedom campaign has joined the End of 10 initiative to promote Free and Open Source Software as a sustainable alternative to Windows 10. Learn more at endof...

Ignite Creativity in Hack Week

Douglas DeMaio 18. Nov 2024

Open-source software developers, tech enthusiasts and innovators worldwide are set for Hack Week 24 that starts today and runs through Nov. 22. The event is a cornerstone ...

Community Call for Involvement With Project’s Governance, Rebranding

Douglas DeMaio 15. Nov 2024

The openSUSE Board is calling for the formation of a working group to explore topics focused on project governance, operational models and rebranding for the project. This...

Board Election for Three Seats Opens

Douglas DeMaio 13. Nov 2024

Members of the openSUSE’s election committee have provided notice to the project about the start of this year’s board election. This election there are three board seats up...

Project Welcomes rsync.net as Gold Sponsor

Douglas DeMaio 12. Nov 2024

The openSUSE Project is excited to announce rsync.net as the latest Gold Sponsor! The company’s support will empower the openSUSE community to continue building open-sourc...

Streamlining openSUSE Translations Upstream

Douglas DeMaio 11. Nov 2024

Managing localization of desktop menus and applications takes a specific tool and approach that fills a gap but leaves inconsistent upstream translations. Open-source tran...

Project Launches Recognition Platform

Douglas DeMaio 8. Nov 2024

The openSUSE Project has announced the launch of a new initiative aimed at highlighting contributions of its diverse community members. Dubbed “Contributor in the Spotligh...

Tumbleweed Monthly Update - October 2024

Douglas DeMaio 30. Oct 2024

This month, the rolling-release ran like a well-tuned engine as it powered through important updates and bug fixes with precision and speed. Updates were available for GNOM...

Leap, Tumbleweed Get Makeovers

Douglas DeMaio 26. Oct 2024

Branding for Tumbleweed and Leap 16.0 are moving along with the creation of a visual identity for these two distinct operating system flavors. For two of openSUSE’s most n...

Workshop Continues with GNOME Extensions

Douglas DeMaio 23. Oct 2024

The openSUSE Project will live-stream Episode 10 of it Contribution Workshop series on Oct. 24 at 18:00 UTC on openSUSE’s YouTube and X platforms for a GNOME Extensions wor...

Tumbleweed Monthly Update - September 2024

Douglas DeMaio 30. Sep 2024

Welcome to the monthly update for Tumbleweed for September 2024! This month, the rolling-release model has kept pace with numerous important updates and bug fixes. PostgreS...

Slowroll Updates Boost Stability, Enhance Performance

Douglas DeMaio 2. Sep 2024

As Slowroll continues its journey, the latest updates released on August 30 and two on Sept. 2 with snapshot 20240902T0137 and snapshot 20240902T2146 have brought a slew of...

Tumbleweed Monthly Update - August 2024

Douglas DeMaio 29. Aug 2024

Welcome to the monthly update for Tumbleweed for August 2024. This month has been a productive period with significant progress and updates. The rolling-release team is mak...

Tumbleweed Faces Regression with Wicked as Network Stack

Fabian Vogt and Douglas DeMaio 28. Aug 2024

With the switch to dbus-broker as D-Bus implementation in Tumbleweed Snapshot 20240825, a regression was introduced: When using Wicked for network configuration, the system...

Tumbleweed Monthly Update - July 2024

Douglas DeMaio 31. Jul 2024

Welcome to the monthly update for openSUSE Tumbleweed for July 2024. Last month was busy with events like the Community Summit in Berlin and the openSUSE Conference. Both e...

Aeon RC3 Released

Richard Brown 28. Jul 2024

The Aeon team is very happy to announce that with the release of Snapshot 20240726, Aeon Desktop is now officially at Release Candidate 3 (RC3) Status! The biggest change ...

Pre-RC3 Image Released for Aeon Desktop

Douglas DeMaio 25. Jul 2024

An experimental “Pre-RC3” image for the Aeon Desktop has been published and testers are encouraged to try out the final prototype before it becomes the official Release Can...

Aeon Desktop Introduces Comprehensive Full Disk Encryption

Douglas DeMaio 12. Jul 2024

Full Disk Encryption is planned to be introduced in the forthcoming release candidate of the Aeon Desktop to enhance data security for its users. The feature is expected t...

Tumbleweed Monthly Update - June 2024

Douglas DeMaio 4. Jul 2024

Welcome to the monthly update for openSUSE Tumbleweed for June 2024. This month was busy with events like the Community Summit in Berlin and the openSUSE Conference, but a ...

openSUSE Tumbleweed Monthly Update - May 2024

Douglas DeMaio 29. May 2024

Welcome to the monthly update for openSUSE Tumbleweed for May 2024. This month has seen a significant number of updates, enhancements, and crucial security fixes. Whether y...

Aeon Desktop Brings New Features in RC2 Release

Douglas DeMaio 28. May 2024

Contributors developing the Aeon Desktop are happy to announce a major milestone with the launch of Release Candidate 2 (RC2) images. Within the last 24 hours, an update o...

openSUSE Project Listed as Organization on Hugging Face

Douglas DeMaio 24. May 2024

The openSUSE Project has an official space on Hugging Face, which is a popular platform offering a range of open-source Artificial Intelligence models, tools and resources....

New Episode Launches in Workshop Series

Douglas DeMaio 23. May 2024

The openSUSE Project continues its Contribution Workshop series today with a new episode at 19:15 UTC on the project’s YouTube & X channels. The new episode will take ...

Default wallpaper has common path across openSUSE, SUSE

Lubos Kocman 9. Apr 2024

We will be newly using png for the default wallpaper set on openSUSE Tumbleweed and upcoming versions of openSUSE Leap and Leap Micro. The driver behind the decision is th...

Workshop Series Continues with New Episodes

Douglas DeMaio 3. Apr 2024

The openSUSE continues its Contribution Workshop series this week and has new episodes covering topics essential for newcomers and seasoned contributors. Upcoming Episodes ...

GNOME Arrives in openSUSE Releases

Douglas DeMaio 25. Mar 2024

March has been an exciting month for openSUSE Tumbleweed users as GNOME 46 made its way into the rolling release like KDE’s Plasma 6 did a few weeks ago. The GNOME users a...

Plasma Arrives in openSUSE’s Releases

Douglas DeMaio 22. Mar 2024

A lot of excitement was brewing at the announcement of KDE’s Plasma 6 release and now the MegaRelease has arrived in openSUSE Tumbleweed and Kalpa while plans for Slowroll ...

Contribution Workshop to Cover Rust

Douglas DeMaio 20. Mar 2024

The openSUSE community’s Contribution Workshops continues to move forward with exciting new sessions. The next session, which is Episode 4: openSUSE Contribution Workshop:...

Engage with Uyuni Community Hours

Douglas DeMaio 22. Feb 2024

Like many open-source projects, the Uyuni Project has a long tradition of fostering community engagement and open dialogue, which is why those who are interested in configu...

Exploring Agama's 2024 Roadmap

Douglas DeMaio 16. Feb 2024

A recent post on the YaST blog about Agama’s roadmap looks at the new installer as functional enough to embark on tasks ranging from localization and network configuration ...

Contribution Sessions to Begin Tomorrow

Douglas DeMaio 14. Feb 2024

The openSUSE community is pleased to announce that it will have short sessions aimed at encouraging people on how to contribute to the project. A group of volunteers will ...

Melhoria na infraestrutura de mirrors no Brasil e América do Sul

Douglas DeMaio 2. Nov 2022

Segundo as estatísticas do projeto coletadas com Matomo (antigo Piwik), o Brasil está entre os cinco países que mais utilizam as distribuições do openSUSE. O Brasil está e...

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