OpenSUSE Leap 16.0 is out today as this community Linux distributiom built from the same sources as SUSE Linux Enterprise 16.
OpenSUSE Leap 16 / SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 are based on the Linux 6.12 LTS kernel, IA32 32-bit support is now disabled by default, x86_64-v2 CPUs and newer are required with removing baseline support, the modern Agama installer is now employed by openSUSE Leap 16, SELinux support as a Linux security module, and a wealth of other changes over the openSUSE Leap 15 series.
The openSUSE Leap 16 comes with 24 months of updates / community support and there will continue being openSUSE Leap 16 annual minor releases through 2031.
Downloads and more details on the openSUSE Leap 16 release via openSUSE.org.
