What direction is Leap taking?

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Hi everyone,
What direction is Leap taking? Are there any ongoing long term projects? What profound changes are going to happen in future years to Leap?
I’m currently a debian stable user and I study Leap to see if it is the right distribution for me.
Thank you for your time!

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@frederic.mesplede Ask tomorrow :nerd_face:

From what standpoint base install or user level?

I expect that things will need to settle since Leap 16.0 is only just out. Likewise Leap 15.6 still has support to next year. I suspect it will be around the Agama Installer at present.

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None. Leap does not exist as independent distribution - it is whatever SUSE throws over the fence. The Leap direction is whatever SUSE decides.

Once upon a time Leap was an independent distribution (although even then it effectively piggy-backed on SLE). But there was not enough resources to maintain it, so the result is what we have now.

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@malcolmlewis Base install and user level.

@arvidjaar all right then, what direction is SUSE taking?

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FWIW, this Next Chapter article is probably as good as any for illustrating an overview of openSUSE’s current direction and short term roadmap at least. In particular:

" Leap 16 marks the start of a new life-cycle plan. Unless the project makes strategic changes, annual minor releases are expected to continue until 2031 with the release of Leap 16.6. A successor to Leap 16 is expected in 2032. Leap Micro, the project’s immutable server distribution, is adopting the same schedule."

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  1. Depends on overall user requirements. Very vague questions, in general, for any operating system.
  2. Curious … how does Debian Stable answer question #1??
    The best answer here, is to install Leap and use it. :+1:
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Some users on Reddit argue that Leap 16 almost never came to be and that community commitment is limited compared with Tumbleweed? Is it true? Follow up question: is Leap doomed?

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@frederic.mesplede Well my main desktop is Tumbleweed, that’s what I develop on as well as package/test and push to Tumbleweed, then packages that get pushed to Leap releases will be maintained for bug fixes and CVE’s?

I’m more of a Leap for servers (data storage, k3s compute, GPS Time server and ADS-B) and my on-the-road laptop will run Leap 16.0 GNOME.

I find Tumbleweed stable, I don’t even use btrfs on my primary desktop… ext4 these days… I also run Aeon and MicroOS with Hyprland

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@malcolmlewis Correct me if I’m wrong, Leap is more adapted to Linux newcomers, correct?

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@frederic.mesplede From my point of view, not really Aeon and Kalpa, if I was installing for someone with the correct hardware I would suggest Aeon… fallback on Leap…

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@malcolmlewis Is kalpa mature enough for daily use? Does it have enough devs for the foreseeable future? I can’t stand Gnome…

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Ask @sfalken who is here on the Forum….

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Kalpa currently has one maintainer, it’s stable enough for daily use, the current installation method is glitchy, and I’m actively working on a new installer that should eliminate those glitches, but it’s probably going to coincide with Plasma 6.6, which will be closer to the end of the year.

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