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By: Meike Chabowski

January 26, 2026 4:12 pm

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Declarative RPM: Cleaning Up Your Spec Files

This article was written by Marcus Rueckert, Build Service Engineer at SUSE. This article originally appeared on the 'Nordisch by Nature' blog under the same title and has been slightly updated for the suse.com blog. The End of Spec File Sprawl? Enter Declarative RPM For decades, the RPM spec file has been the "[…]

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By: Ton Musters

January 21, 2026 10:19 am

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Expanding Choice: SUSE broadens its digital sovereignty offerings

In an increasingly unpredictable world, our customers rank digital sovereignty as one of their main priorities. For us, sovereignty means: enabling our customers to maintain control and resilience through freedom of choice. What resilience looks like depends on each customer’s environment and priorities. For example, a government ministry has different resilience needs to those […]

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By: Jose Betancourt

January 19, 2026 11:58 pm

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Beyond Backups: How SLES Delivers True System Reliability with Btrfs and Snapper

Reframing Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) for the Modern Enterprise In the world of mission-critical IT, we talk a lot about the "five nines" of availability. But availability is just one piece of the puzzle. True enterprise readiness is defined by Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS)—a trifecta that governs whether your systems can […]

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By: Marcus Meissner

January 15, 2026 2:08 pm

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Installing FIPS certified packages on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 and SP7

SUSE has certified and is currently certifying various cryptographic modules for FIPS 140-3 on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6. Nearly all of those modules certified on SLES 15 SP6 can also be used on SLES 15 SP7, and for this purpose they are delivered to the SLES 15 SP7 Certifications Module. The modules consists […]

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By: Thomas Schlosser

January 13, 2026 1:12 pm

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Grafana Alloy – Part 2 – Replacing Prometheus Node Exporter

As discussed in the First Article of this series, Grafana Alloy was introduced to the official repositories starting with SLES 15 SP7. With the release of SLES 16, this transition is now complete. Alloy has fully replaced all legacy collectors. This article will describe the key considerations for migrating from Prometheus Node Exporter to Alloy […]

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By: Jose Betancourt

January 5, 2026 10:51 pm

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From Breakthrough to Business: How SUSE is Enabling the Next Era of Enterprise AI

Enterprise AI has crossed an inflection point.Organizations are embedding AI directly into business workflows, deploying systems that reason across vast contexts, coordinate multiple models and agents, and deliver results with predictable latency and cost. These agentic AI systems are no longer optional—they are becoming foundational to competitiveness.This shift places new demands on […]

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By: Sebastian Martinez

December 18, 2025 4:19 pm

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The IT Paradox: Why “If It Ain’t Broke” Will Break You in 2025 (and Life After HP-UX) 

In the world of IT, we live a double life. On one hand, we are obsessed with innovation. We chase the cutting edge—GenAI, Kubernetes, edge computing—always looking for the next leap forward. On the other hand, we are honoring the sacred maxim: "If it ain't broke, don't touch it," just to […]

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By: Rick Spencer

December 15, 2025 9:03 am

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Linux 6.18: A Testament to the Power of Community Innovation

On November 30, the Linux 6.18 kernel marked the conclusion of the final full development cycle for 2025 with its release. While every kernel release is a milestone, this one feels particularly significant. It serves as a reminder that the true strength of Linux doesn’t lie in any single company or proprietary roadmap. […]

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By: Michal Koutný

December 10, 2025 5:24 pm

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net_cls in the time of cgroup v2

Do you ever wonder how to apply specific networking rules to a chosen program, e.g. a browser? Network rules based on PID (process ID) were dropped in 2005 for good reasons. Let's not bring up entire containers for a moment (where you can define separate configuration in network_namespaces(7)) but take only one part of […]

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