Fritz, zypper has a feature that lets you substitute variable $releasever for the hard-coded release.version (e.g. 15.6) in your /etc/zypp/repos.d/ files, allowing you to dist-upgrade with zypper --releasever=16.0 ... etc., so no more manual editing of repository URLs is necessary. See https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade#2._Update_the_repos for details. Leslie On 2024-10-07 18:42:49 Fritz Hudnut wrote:
I like Leap 15.6 . . . and I do like "developmental" distros . . . sometimes "pre-alpha" is almost like "beta" . . . but sometimes it is like "Sid" . . . which these days has become very stable, but was known for blowing up.
Usually I move up in iteration by editing the repos, changing the "15.6" to "16" . . . and then just go with the changes . . . sometimes that results in the system blowing up, like my Slow Roll install just imploded on itself leaving an empty partition of smoking data . . . . So, I have become a tad less enthusiastic in that my time is more critical than the system . . . but running "multiboot" generally gives me options . . . meaning that my Leap install is "experimental."
But, question, here you are recommending "virtual" install, and I think traditionally openSUSE doesn't offer "live" iso's?? Is that the case here as well, or there will be a live option to test out for compatibility with machine??
-- Platform: Linux Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.6 - x86_64