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SUSE Enterprise 16 released

SUSE Enterprise 16 (and openSUSE Leap 16) shipped this month.
I looked at it already during beta and there are no surprises from kernel nor glibc level.

Kernel 6.12.0
glibc 2.40

In contrast to Debian 13, the glibc version is still in the range that works with Domino 14.5 and the currently shipping Java 221 version.

There are a couple of interesting enhancements and the new installer is completely reworked.
Here is a good blog post --> https://www.suse.com/c/what-is-new-in-suse-linux-enterprise-server-16-0/

SUSE Enterprise 16 isn't tested by HCL yet. This usually happens with the next fixpacks and major releases.
But there are no surprises to expect and it already has community support.

It's probably too new to be used in production environments.
But I have added the new enterprise base image and also openSUSE Leap 16.0 to the HCL Community project.

C-API development should remain on Redhat 9.x.

For C-API Development I would still recommend to use a Redhat UBI 9.x image, because this would align with HCL's recommendation and ensure applications work on all supported Linux distributions.
Compiling with a later glibc causes the glibc to be the minimum version to run the binary.
A container image is a great way to keep a C-API development at the recommended version.
The community project supports different C-API versions and base images.

-- Daniel

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