SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop

Designed for mixed IT environments, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop offers the security, manageability, and efficiency of Linux.

Stable Releases

15 SP6 15 SP5 15 SP4 15 SP3 15 SP2 15 SP1 15 12 SP4 12 SP3 12 SP2 12 SP1 12

BETA Release

15 SP7

Architecture

AMD64/Intel 64

Downloads

Product Description

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop is a complete desktop solution that provides office productivity, web and collaboration capabilities. With SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop or SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension, enterprises can lower costs and maximize productivity, while maintaining interoperability with other operating systems and their specific data formats. This full-featured enterprise desktop operating system is designed for mixed IT environments. It offers best of breed performance with reduced risk of technological obsolescence or vendor lock-in and is supported by the world-class SUSE services team and its broad ecosystem of partners.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 delivers:

  • The only truly integrated local systems management stack on Linux: for interactive use (YaST), scripting (AutoYaST) and integration into multi machine systems management environments such as SUSE Manager.
  • Robustness on administrative errors and improved management capabilities with full system rollback.
  • An upgrade from SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 to SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6.
  • A modern desktop environment with GNOME 45, optimized and adapted with an additional mode allowing for easier migration from earlier versions.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop provides market-leading usability and seamless interoperability with existing IT systems.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 is available on AMD64 and Intel* 64 architecture.

System Requirements

Minimum Linux server system requirements for installation

  • 1 GiB RAM minimal, 4 GiB RAM recommended
  • 4 GiB available disk space (20 GiB recommended)
  • Screen resolution: 1024x768 (minimum), 1280x1024 (recommended)
  • AMD64/Intel64 CPU
  • 3D accelerated (openGL) graphics chipset

Download and Installation

Starting with SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6, we offer two media types for installation:

  • A media for online installation ("SLE-15-SP6-Online-*-GM-Media1.iso") which can be used if you have a connection to either SCC, RMT or SMT, which only consists of the Installer/. During the installation you will have the option to select which product to install and to add functionality. This is done by the activation of additional modules.
    A default installation requires network access to either contact the SUSE Customer Center or a local Repository Mirroring Tool server to retrieve repository data for the modules.
  • In case you want to perform an installation without network access, use the full installation flavour ("SLE-15-SP6-Full-*-GM-Media1.iso"). This contains all packages but is rather big.

Media Selection

For both the Online as well as the Full Medium we offer two variants:

  • The first, containing 'GM' in the filename, consists of the package set as shipped at first customer shipment date.
  • The second, identified by a 'QU' followed by a number in the filename, consists of the packages shipped at first customer ship. But all packages where maintenance updates have been released since then have been updated to the latest maintenance update. Quarterly updated media are refreshed every 3 months, with the first coming three month after the 'GM' release.

You only need either the 'GM' or the 'QU' media, not both. Which to choose, the GM or the QU version, depends on your needs and preferences. If you have newer hardware, the QU version might be the better choice. The installation procedure is identical for both variants.

For both variants it is recommended to install after/during installation the latest updates released since creating the images.

Both the Online medium and the Full medium are the same for all SLE products, and only need to be downloaded once. Both can be used to install the system, you only need one of them.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop is available for the AMD64 and Intel* 64 platforms. Images for a specific architecture can be identified by the respective acronym in the filenames: 'x86_64'.

For each architecture and media flavour an image with the binary and one with the source packages are available:

Media1 Required for the installation, contains binary packages
Media2 Source code, only required to rebuild applications on the installer or packages medium.

Required downloads

The following downloads are required for each architecture you would like to install on:

  • Regular Installation (with Internet access): Media1 of the Online medium
  • Offline Installation (without internet access): Media1 of the Full medium

All other images are optional and not required for the installation.

Download the ISO images to a workstation or to a network drive.
Prepare booting into the installation system and start the installation and proceed as outlined here in the deployment guide.

Secure Boot related modifications to installed system

Installation of the SUSE Linux Enterprise operating systems is usually fully reversible, e.g. if you delete the installation from the hard disk the system is in the same state as before.

For UEFI Secure Boot this is not the case, as a UEFI Secure Boot installation updates UEFI variables that persist over reboots and also over reinstallations.

The UEFI variable that is updated disables booting of insecure (older) versions of secure boot capable Operating Systems (namely the "shim" secure boot component).

This method can block older versions of SUSE Linux Enterprise, and can also can block other not up to date Linux distributions using the same "shim" secure boot method. It can also block the reinstallation of the same SUSE Linux Enterprise Service Pack after "shim" online updates.

Please refer to our TID 000021539 on how to enable older systems to boot in such cases.

Documentation

For quick installation instructions, see the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 Installation Quick Start, available under the 'docu' directory on the ISO image for Media1. Or find our documentation available online at the SUSE Documentation pages.

For more detailed installation instructions, see the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Administration and Deployment Guides available under the 'docu' directory on the ISO images for Media1, and online as well.

For further information regarding this release, see the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Release Notes.

Please login to SUSE Customer Center for the latest installer images, update channels and your evaluation subscription details.

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SLE-15-SP6-Full-x86_64-GM-Media1.iso.sha256.ascSBOM in SPDX 2.0 format
SLE-15-SP6-Full-x86_64-GM-Media1.spdx.jsonSBOM in CycloneDX format
SLE-15-SP6-Full-x86_64-GM-Media1.cdx.jsonInstructions
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30016628736Checksum
SLE-15-SP6-Full-x86_64-GM-Media2.iso.sha256Signature
SLE-15-SP6-Full-x86_64-GM-Media2.iso.sha256.ascSBOM in SPDX 2.0 format
SLE-15-SP6-Full-x86_64-GM-Media2.spdx.jsonSBOM in CycloneDX format
SLE-15-SP6-Full-x86_64-GM-Media2.cdx.jsonInstructions
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SLE-15-SP6-Online-x86_64-GM-Media1.isoFile Size
586153984Checksum
SLE-15-SP6-Online-x86_64-GM-Media1.iso.sha256Signature
SLE-15-SP6-Online-x86_64-GM-Media1.iso.sha256.ascSBOM in SPDX 2.0 format
SLE-15-SP6-Online-x86_64-GM-Media1.spdx.jsonSBOM in CycloneDX format
SLE-15-SP6-Online-x86_64-GM-Media1.cdx.jsonInstructions
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