14 DAY TRIAL // If for some reason you are still using the openSUSE 13.2 operating system on your personal computer or server, you should know that it recently reached end of life and upgrading to a newer version is highly recommended.
In November last year, we briefly informed our readers about the upcoming EOL (End of Life) support for the OpenSuSE 13.2 GNU/Linux distribution, the last one that was released before the project was split into what we know today as openSUSE Tumbleweed, a rolling release operating system, and openSUSE Leap, a static release edition.
Unfortunately, the EOL date for openSUSE 13.2 was reached this week, on January 17, which means that SUSE and openSUSE will no longer provide security patches and other updates for this release, urging users to upgrade to the latest stable version, or migrate to the Tumbleweed series as soon as possible.
"With the release of tilda on January 17th, 2017 the SUSE sponsored maintenance of openSUSE 13.2 has ended," said Benjamin Brunner, SUSE Maintenance Security, SUSE Linux, in a mailing list announcement. "A huge thanks to our awesome packagers, community, and all involved people who made the next great release possible."
openSUSE 13.2 now a vulnerable OS, upgrade to openSUSE Leap 42.2 today
SUSE Linux's Benjamin Brunner reminds us that openSUSE 13.2 was announced more than two years ago, on November 4, 2014, and it was supported by SUSE Linux for approximately 26 months with security and bugfix updates. Over 2650 CVE entries and 3900 bugs were fixed during this period.
Unfortunately, as all good things must come to an end, so is openSUSE 13.2, which is now considered a vulnerable operating system. Users are urged to upgrade to openSUSE Leap 42.2, the newest and most advanced openSUSE Leap release, as soon as possible. Of course, nothing stops you from moving to openSUSE Tumbleweed if you find it more suitable for your needs.