The series for openSUSE Leap 15 is coming to an end after nearly eight years of providing a consistent community distribution that’s upgradable to SUSE’s ent...

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openSUSE Leap 15.6 is reaching End of Life at the end of April 2026, closing out nearly eight years of the Leap 15 series that began with version 15.0 in May 2018. Users are advised to upgrade to Leap 16 to continue receiving security and maintenance updates. Leap 16 is expected to run through version 16.6 in Fall 2031, with 24 months of support per point release.

Closing Out a Roughly 8-Year Era