SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.1 Public Beta is now available

We are happy to announce the Public Beta (Beta2) of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.1!

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.1 is a modern operating system primarily targeted for edge computing.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro leverages the enterprise-hardened technology components of SUSE Linux Enterprise and merges that with what developers want from a modern, secure, immutable OS platform. As a result, you get an ultra-reliable infrastructure platform that is also simple to use and comes out-of-the-box with best-in-class compliance.

Using SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro, you can build and scale differentiating systems across a wide range of industries including aerospace, telecom, automotive, defense, healthcare, hospitality, and manufacturing. SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.1 is available on the AMD64 and Intel* 64 (x86_64), Arm* 64, IBM* POWER (ppc64le) and IBM* z System or LinuxONE (s390x) hardware architectures.

Please check out our Product page to learn more, but for the beta program, please refer to our dedicated beta page.

Download

You can download SLE Micro 6.1 Beta2 from https://www.suse.com/betaprogram/micro-beta.

Notable Changes

• PED-8466 – SLE Micro 6.1 adds general support for the IBM Power platform (ppc64le) to the product. It requires at least IBM Power9. IBM Power8 is not supported. The support is currently still in progress and not yet finalized.
• PED-8686 – Added soft-reboot support
• SMO-353 – Include vhostmd for SAP Virtualization
• PED-8599 – Secure offline updates from USB thumb drives
• PED-8234 – chrony-pool-empty for Sles Micro
• PED-8497 – pf-bb-config available on SL Micro
• Number of packages has been updated
• Multiple bugfixes

Known issues

Please check the section in the beta program portal.

Call for feedback

We are eager and excited to retrieve your feedback on this new version of our beloved SLE Micro product! As with any SUSE Public Beta Program, we have a public mailing list in place for technical and product discussion.

Please refer to SLE Micro Beta web page for more information.