openSUSE is a linux distribution developed by the community-supported openSUSE Project and aimed at sysadmins, developers and desktop users.

Release Schedule Image Gantt Chart for openSUSE
Release Released End of Life
Leap 16.0 1 week and 1 day ago
(01 Oct 2025)
Ends in 2 years
(31 Oct 2027)
Leap 15.6 1 year and 4 months ago
(12 Jun 2024)
Ends in 6 months and 3 weeks
(30 Apr 2026)
Leap 15.5 2 years and 4 months ago
(07 Jun 2023)
Ended 9 months ago
(31 Dec 2024)
Leap 15.4 3 years ago
(09 Jun 2022)
Ended 1 year and 10 months ago
(07 Dec 2023)
Leap 15.3 4 years ago
(02 Jun 2021)
Ended 2 years and 9 months ago
(31 Dec 2022)
Leap 15.2 5 years ago
(02 Jul 2020)
Ended 3 years and 9 months ago
(04 Jan 2022)
Leap 15.1 6 years ago
(22 May 2019)
Ended 4 years and 8 months ago
(02 Feb 2021)
Leap 15.0 7 years ago
(25 May 2018)
Ended 5 years and 10 months ago
(03 Dec 2019)
Leap 42.3 8 years ago
(26 Jul 2017)
Ended 6 years ago
(01 Jul 2019)
Leap 42.2 8 years and 11 months ago
(16 Nov 2016)
Ended 7 years ago
(26 Jan 2018)
Leap 42.1 9 years ago
(04 Nov 2015)
Ended 8 years ago
(17 May 2017)
13.2 10 years ago
(04 Nov 2014)
Ended 8 years ago
(17 Jan 2017)
13.1 11 years ago
(08 Jan 2014)
Ended 9 years ago
(03 Feb 2016)
12.3 12 years ago
(13 Mar 2013)
Ended 10 years ago
(29 Jan 2015)
12.2 13 years ago
(05 Sep 2012)
Ended 11 years ago
(15 Jan 2014)
12.1 13 years ago
(16 Nov 2011)
Ended 12 years ago
(15 May 2013)
11.4 14 years ago
(10 Mar 2011)
Ended 12 years ago
(05 Nov 2012)
11.3 15 years ago
(15 Jul 2010)
Ended 13 years ago
(20 Jan 2012)
11.2 15 years ago
(12 Nov 2009)
Ended 14 years ago
(12 May 2011)
11.1 16 years ago
(18 Dec 2008)
Ended 14 years ago
(14 Jan 2011)
11.0 17 years ago
(19 Jun 2008)
Ended 15 years ago
(26 Jul 2010)

openSUSE Leap is the name for openSUSE’s regular releases, which were previously known as just ‘openSUSE’ for versions 13.2 and earlier. A Leap Minor Release (42.1, 42.2, 15.1, 15.2, etc.) is expected to be released annually. Users are expected to upgrade to the latest minor release within 12 months of its availability, leading to a maintenance life cycle of 24 months. Support is defined as:

  • security updates for all included packages
  • critical bugfix updates

A Leap major release (e.g. 16.x) is supported until the next major release. The lifecycle of the previous major release (Leap 15) fully aligns with that of SUSE Linux Enterprise 15, except that SLES 15.7 did not have a corresponding Leap 15.7, and instead the lifetime of Leap 15.6 was slightly extended.

More information is available on the openSUSE website.

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