SUSE today formally announced SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16. Given we are in the year 2025, SUSE is heavy on hyping up AI capabilities with SLES 16.
SUSE’s announcement today for SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 proclaims SLES 16 to be “the industry’s first enterprise Linux that integrates agenetic AI” and “reduces operational costs and complexity through AI readiness.” SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP) standard and can bridge to any LLM provider.
SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 features up to a 16 year total lifecycle for customers, supports instant rollbacks, SLES 16 can be built with reproducible builds, and brings a wide variety of software updates over SUSE Linux Enterprise 15.
SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 also features their new Agama operating system installer, the latest Btrfs capabilities, Ansible is now shipped as part of the operating system, moved from AppArmor to SELinux, fully Year 2038 compatible, and more. Some key package versions include Linux 6.12 LTS as the default kernel, systemd 257, and Python 3.13.
While announced today, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16 will be available to all SUSE customers and partners next week starting on 4 November. Launching as part of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16 is also SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 16, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 16, and SUSE Linux Micro 6.2.
More details on SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 at SUSE.com.
