SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 4 Beta 4 is out!

We are happy to announce Beta 4 isos for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 4:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES),
• NEW SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP (SLES for SAP),
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Just Enough Operating System (JeOS),
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED),
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability (SLEHA),
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension (SLEWE),
• and SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit (SLESDK).

Isos and images available at https://www.suse.com/betaprogram/sle-beta/#download

SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 4 Beta (SLE 12 SP4 Beta) is a consolidation Service Pack release, which includes:

• Linux kernel version 4.12.
• Selected set of non-disruptive features and new hardware support driven by partner and customer requirements.
• Delivery of all fixes and updates introduced since SLE 12 SP3 release.

3 Major topics for SLE 12 SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 focuses on three major topics:

• Hardware support: latest Intel processors, the AMD’s Second Generation EPYC 7xx2
  (codename Rome) processors, IBM z Systems and LinuxONE, IBM POWER8 (Little Endian), IBM POWER9 (Little Endian) ARM SoC (Raspberry Pi) and ARM ODM support for selected vendors
• Shared kernel tree between SLE 12 and SLE 15 to ease maintenance and support, as well as increase hardware support.
• New Persistent Memory/NVDIMM feature providing support for target storage for in-memory databases.

Notable changes since Beta 3

Added packages

• google-noto-sans-cjk-fonts
• libssh version 0.6.3 now directly in SLES and SLED. It was previously present in SDK only.

Updated packages

• curl version 7.60.0 (rebase from SLE15)
• dapl version 2.1.10
• google-noto-fonts version 20170919 (new font and remove CJK)
• intel-gpu-tools  [x86_64]
• kernel, kdump, kexec-tools, crash, linux-glibc-devel, kexec-tools
• vm_stat backporting kvm_stat patches from upstream
• libvirt (bugfix)
• ndctl version 62
• nvme-cli (rebase from SLE15)
• open-iscsi update to latest upstream version
• openssl-1.0 version 1.0.2p
• openssl-1.1 version 1.1.0i
• openvswitch
• qemu
• smc-tools version 1.1.0 [s390x]
• tomcat version 9.0.10
• tpm, tss
• xen [x86_64]
• xfsprogs version 4.15.0
• yast2

For more details, please check: https://www.suse.com/betaprogram/sle-beta/#changelogs

SLE 12 SP4 Public Beta Program

If you want to know more about SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 Service Pack 4 Beta, please visit: https://www.suse.com/betaprogram/sle-beta/