openSUSE Leap 16.0 Pre-Alpha Available, GA Next October

While not expected to reach general availability (GA) state until October of 2025, available today in pre-alpha form is the openSUSE Leap 16.0 distribution.

openSUSE Leap 16.0 is officially in development and today there is public availability of the Leap 16.0 pre-Alpha. Leap 16.0 will be the successor to Leap 15.6 and general availability expected around October of next year.

With tradition, openSUSE Leap 16.0 will be derived from SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 binaries. Here's an early screenshot of openSUSE Leap 16.0 Pre-Alpha with GNOME although KDE Plasma and base spins are also available:

Being in pre-alpha form and one year out from release, there's still a lot to change with openSUSE Leap 16.0 / SLES 16 before the official release. openSUSE Leap 16.0 is expected to have the beta build out in May and the release candidate build in August. If all goes well Leap 16.0 stable will be out next October.

Details on Leap 16.0 development getting underway and the new public pre-alpha images can be found via opensuse.org.