OpenSUSE Leap 16.0 reaches RC status

A release candidate of openSUSE Leap 16.0 is here. It boldly strips out more established legacy tech than almost any other Linux we've seen.

OpenSUSE Leap 16.0 RC appeared earlier this week. Leap 16 is quite a bold departure from previous versions of openSUSE and indeed from most other Linux distros: it eliminates a lot of old and established components that most distros share. It's not entirely legacy-free, but it's getting close. It does still look and feel like a SUSE distro, although many familiar elements are gone.

Leap 16 is Wayland-only, so there's a choice of just three desktops: GNOME, KDE Plasma, and an experimental version of Xfce with the labwc compositor. When installing, there's also an option to install openSUSE Leap Micro 6.2. OpenSUSE Leap Micro is a minimal immutable distro. The installer describes it as an ultra-reliable, lightweight operating ...