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openSUSE Tumbleweed is a rolling distribution of openSUSE. It is kept up to date with the latest packages, while maintaining a degree of stability. Although not as unstable as the bleeding edge factory build (which usually includes the very latest and beta builds of packages), it is not considered as stable as the main openSUSE distribution. That being said, issues are usually fixed pretty quick due to the rolling nature of this release. | openSUSE Tumbleweed is a rolling distribution of openSUSE. It is kept up to date with the latest packages, while maintaining a degree of stability. Although not as unstable as the bleeding edge factory build (which usually includes the very latest and beta builds of packages), it is not considered as stable as the main openSUSE distribution. That being said, issues are usually fixed pretty quick due to the rolling nature of this release. | ||
In 2019, we moved to openSUSE Tumbleweed. Due to the pace of change with internet security, a number of new features that we wanted on the server were not available in the normal openSUSE Leap releases without causing too much disruption to the normal release model. Some of the new features we want to take advantage of include: | In 2019, we moved to openSUSE Tumbleweed in place of [[openSUSE 15.1]]. Due to the pace of change with internet security, a number of new features that we wanted on the server were not available in the normal openSUSE Leap releases without causing too much disruption to the normal release model. Some of the new features we want to take advantage of include: | ||
* TLS 1.3 support in Apache | * TLS 1.3 support in Apache | ||
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* Strongswan modern charon support, moving away from the old ipsec model of support | * Strongswan modern charon support, moving away from the old ipsec model of support | ||
[[openSUSE Leap 15.2]] includes these packages as stable releases and we moved back to Leap for that release (we was set for using what would have been openSUSE Leap 16 (now [[openSUSE Leap 15.4]]), however, our needs were met in openSUSE Leap 15.2). | |||
== Known Issues == | == Known Issues == | ||
* | * <s>16th January 2020 - Nextcloud 17 and Piwigo are incompatible with the latest PHP 7.4 installed by openSUSE Leap. We are awaiting updates from the developers to address these issues</s> - These are now compatible with PHP 7.4 | ||
* No known issues at present | |||
== Information == | == Information == | ||
Latest revision as of 02:01, 13 July 2022
More information is available here. If you are looking to install openSUSE, there are more details in obtaining openSUSE Tumbleweed.
About openSUSE Tumbleweed
openSUSE Tumbleweed is a rolling distribution of openSUSE. It is kept up to date with the latest packages, while maintaining a degree of stability. Although not as unstable as the bleeding edge factory build (which usually includes the very latest and beta builds of packages), it is not considered as stable as the main openSUSE distribution. That being said, issues are usually fixed pretty quick due to the rolling nature of this release.
In 2019, we moved to openSUSE Tumbleweed in place of openSUSE 15.1. Due to the pace of change with internet security, a number of new features that we wanted on the server were not available in the normal openSUSE Leap releases without causing too much disruption to the normal release model. Some of the new features we want to take advantage of include:
- TLS 1.3 support in Apache
- openSSL 1.1.1 support, allowing TLS 1.3 support
- Strongswan modern charon support, moving away from the old ipsec model of support
openSUSE Leap 15.2 includes these packages as stable releases and we moved back to Leap for that release (we was set for using what would have been openSUSE Leap 16 (now openSUSE Leap 15.4), however, our needs were met in openSUSE Leap 15.2).
Known Issues
16th January 2020 - Nextcloud 17 and Piwigo are incompatible with the latest PHP 7.4 installed by openSUSE Leap. We are awaiting updates from the developers to address these issues- These are now compatible with PHP 7.4
- No known issues at present
Information
openSUSE Tumbleweed is an open-source distribution and is free of charge. It was founded by Novell and is developed by the community and sponsored by SUSE, a subsidiary of EQT Partners, Sweden.
