The Future is Unwritten ...and so is the title of this presentation Richard Brown – openSUSE Board Chairman [email protected]

2 Agenda • Where are we? • Rolling on with Tumbleweed • What would be a perfect Regular Release? • Another Perspective • Big Announcement • Proposal for the Future • Q&A

3 9 years old! CC-BY lawrencedesign @ flickr.com

4 ALWAYS CHANGING.. ALWAYS FUN

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6 “Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all” - Thomas Carlyle

7 Building Linux Better • Open Build Service started in February 2006 • Used to build the openSUSE® & SUSE® distributions • Can also build packages for other distributions (Fedora/Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, etc) • Also used by ownCloud, Linux Foundation, VideoLAN (VLC), Dell, Cray, Intel and more.

8 Testing Linux Better • openQA started in November 2009 • Able to fully test Linux distributions from install to user applications • Integral part of the openSUSE® Tumbleweed & Regular Release process • Used by SUSE® to test SUSE Linux Enterprise • Recently adopted by Red Hat to test Fedora

9 openSUSE® Tumbleweed Tumbleweed Open Build Service openQA

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11 A 'quiet' Tumbleweek • 3 Snapshots • 146 Package Updates • 15 New Packages on the DVD • 38 Packages Removed from the DVD • 1 new Kernel

12 A 'quiet' Tumbleweek • 3 Snapshots • 146 Package Updates • 15 New Packages on the DVD • 38 Packages Removed from the DVD • 1 new Kernel QUIET?!

13 Another Tumbleweek • 5 Snapshots • 298 Package Updates • 47 New Packages on the DVD • 42 Packages Removed from the DVD • 2 new Kernels

14 ALWAYS CHANGING.. ALWAYS WORKING Tumbleweed

A 'Perfect' Regular Release?

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17 More Stable More New Stuf

18 More Stable Tumbleweed

19 A 'Perfect' Regular Release?

20 A 'Perfect' Regular Release? • Stable

21 A 'Perfect' Regular Release? • Stable • Well Maintained

22 A 'Perfect' Regular Release? • Stable • Well Maintained • Lifecycle of 3 years (or more)

23 A 'Perfect' Regular Release? • Stable • Well Maintained • Lifecycle of 3 years (or more) • Wide Selection of Packages

A Different Perspective

25 Opportunity: openSUSE / SLE GAP ISV User SUSE Linux Enterprise openSUSE Technical Innovation GAP Power User Small ISV Enterprise User Enthusiast Big ISV Developer

26 Improved collaboration SUSE® Linux Enterprise Mutual Benefits of Closing the Gap Adopting upstream innovation

27 SUSE® Linux Enterprise River Flowing Downstream Adopting upstream innovation

28 Adopting Innovation Community Innovation SUSE Engineering SUSE® Linux Enterprise Enterprise Innovation

Big Announcement

30 SLE Sources for openSUSE • The latest SUSE Linux Enterprise Sources are available in the Open Build Service NOW • This includes the Sources for Patches

31 Ofering a stable code base SUSE® Linux Enterprise SLE Sources for openSUSE

32 Ofering a stable code base SUSE® Linux Enterprise Mutual Benefits of Closing the Gap Adopting upstream innovation

33 Ofering a stable code base SUSE® Linux Enterprise Mutual Benefits of Closing the Gap Adopting upstream innovation Improved collaboration

A Proposal

35 More Stable Tumbleweed

36 Tumbleweed Shared SLE Sources SUSE® Linux Enterprise

37 A New openSUSE Regular Release? Tumbleweed Shared Core Shared Core SUSE® Linux Enterprise • Stable Base System • Regular Updates • Stable Base System • Regular Updates • >8000 Packages • Community Developed • Rolling Updates • Rolling Base System • Enterprise Packages • SUSE Developed • >1000 Packages • >1000 Packages openSUSE Release • ~6000 Packages • Community Developed

38 Freedom to adapt Tumbleweed Shared Core • >8000 Packages • Community Developed • Rolling Updates • Rolling Base System openSUSE Release • Over 6000 Packages • Community Developed Shared Core SUSE® Linux Enterprise • Enterprise Packages • SUSE Developed • >1000 Packages • Stable Base System • Regular Updates • Stable Base System • Regular Updates

39 A 'Perfect' Regular Release? • Stable • Well Maintained • Lifecycle of 3 years (or more) • Wide Selection of Packages ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

40 Open Questions & Next Steps • Do we like the idea? • If we do How do we put it together? OBS Projects, Process, etc When to do a first release? When to do other releases? Who's going to help build it? • Discuss on [email protected]

Questions

42 Have a Lot of Fun, and Join Us At: www.opensuse.org

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Appendices

45 openSUSE® & SLE - Developing Together openSUSE Tumbleweed openSUSE 13.3 SLE 12 SP1 Shared Core N openSUSE 14.1 SLE 12 SP2 Shared Core N+1 openSUSE 14.2 SLE 12 SP3 Shared Core N+2

46 SLE 13 openSUSE 14.3 Shared Core Next openSUSE Tumbleweed openSUSE 14.1 SLE 12 SP2 Shared Core N+1 openSUSE 14.2 SLE 12 SP3 Shared Core N+2 Shared Core Next

47 SLE 13 openSUSE 14.3 Shared Core Next and Beyond openSUSE Tumbleweed openSUSE 15.1 SLE 13 SP1 Shared Core Next+1 openSUSE 15.2 SLE 13 SP2 Shared Core Next+2 Shared Core Next