Release notes

We are excited to announce that openSUSE Leap 16.0 is now officially available on our infrastructure. Built on the rock-solid foundation of SUSE Linux Enterprise 16, Leap 16.0 bridges enterprise-grade stability with modern open-source innovation.

By deploying this open-source environment on STACKIT’s 100% European infrastructure, you maintain complete digital sovereignty and data control within the EU, free from extraterritorial dependencies or vendor lock-in.

• Enterprise Core: Built from the exact same source code as SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16, offering perfect binary compatibility and an extended 24-month support life cycle.
• Enhanced Security: Transitions to SELinux by default, aligning the distribution with strict enterprise hardening standards.
• Optimized Hardware Baseline: Tailored for modern infrastructure, requiring a minimum of x86-64-v2 microarchitecture for better CPU-level performance.
• Cockpit & Myrlyn Integration: Headless and server administration are now driven by Cockpit (the modern web console for system monitoring and configuration), while software management transitions to Myrlyn, a streamlined Qt front-end for the ZYpp engine.

openSUSE Leap 16.0 is available immediately on our platform.

Our Help Center is always at your disposal if you have any questions.

We are thrilled to announce that Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, codenamed “Resolute Raccoon,” is now officially available.
It comes fully compatible with STACKIT’s hardened infrastructure and EU-based data privacy standards.

• Linux Kernel 7.0: Significant improvements in scheduler efficiency and native support for the latest enterprise hardware.
• TPM-Backed Encryption: Enhanced security with hardware-backed full-disk encryption available by default for cloud instances.
• Memory-Safe Components: A major shift toward memory-safe languages (Rust/Go) for core system utilities to mitigate common security vulnerabilities.

As an LTS release, Resolute Raccoon is built for the long haul:

• Standard Security Maintenance: Until April 2031.
• Legacy Support (ESM): Available through 2036.

Our Help Center is always at your disposal if you have any questions.

We would like to announce that Red Hat Enterprise Linux images are now available to use in region EU02.

Currently only x86_64 CPU architecture is supported.

Our Help Center is always at your disposal if you have any questions.