Leap Micro 6.1 Alpha ISO files are available on theget.opensuse.orgFound on. Unless some serious issues are found, users can expect to see an official release of version 6.1 within a few weeks.
About Leap Micro
Leap Micro 6.1 is an ultra-reliable container and VM host from SUSE.SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.1Leap Micro releases twice a year and maintains more than two versions.
Leap Micro 5.5 will be EOL with the release of Leap Micro 6.1
With the release of Leap Micro 6.1, Leap Micro 5.5 ends its life cycle (EOL); users will no longer receive maintenance updates and the community recommends that users upgrade to 6.1.
More conservative users can continue to use Leap Micro 6.0 and it will continue to receive updates until Leap Micro 6.2 is released.
marked change
Users performing a fresh installation will notice a noticeable change in the firstboot wizard. The jeos-firstboot wizard now creates additional users and optional 2FA keys, but is missing PAM configuration. The missing functionality will be added in the GM release.
We added thesoft-reboot support(soft reboot support).
- Add vhostmd for SAP virtualization.
- 新增 chrony-pool-empty 和 pf-bb-config。
- PREEMPT_RT core for Arm, ZRAM support, and TOTP 2fa pam login support primarily for cockpit.
- JIT compilation of eBPF rules.
SLE Micro 6.1 gains additional support for ppc64le, but we intend for Leap Micro to support only x86_64 and aarch64. the main reason for this is that there is no demand from the community for support for these architectures.
Understanding Individual Mirrors
Users can refer toLeap Micro 6.0 AnnouncementWe have already covered this part.
Upgrade from an older version
The recommendation for migrating from 5.X is to do a fresh install, as 6.1 is a new major release.
For those who would like to attempt the migration, follow theUpgrade GuidePerform the operation.
Migrating from 6.0 should work withzypper --releasever 6.1 dup inside transactional-update shell
We are likely to includeA new migration tool, the tool is expected to be developed in Leap Micro 6.1 Beta as part of Hackweek. This will make future upgrades much easier.
Release Notes
Users can refer toSLE Micro 6.1 Release Notes。
Leap Micro 6.1 UsageopenSUSE-reposPerform repository management. The community strongly recommends that users keep an eye on this detail, especially for those migrating to a new version. This is aExplaining how openSUSE-repos worksThe article.
As with 6.0, Leap Micro 6.1 no longer has aDedicated SLE update software source. It has been incorporated into themaster software source。
Original text:Leap Micro 6.1 Alpha is now available. Get ready for Leap Micro 5.5 End of Life.by Lubos Kocman