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Try out the new CDN with openSUSE-repos

Posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Jul 31, 2023

EasyOS Kirkstone-series version 5.4.9 released

Gemini Articles of Interest

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For a while Dirk Mueller was working in the background to get a sponsored CDN subscription. Thanks to his effort Fastly.com has agreed to sponsor the openSUSE project with bandwidth. We primarily intend to use it to improve the reachability (latency) of download.opensuse.org in various areas of the world, but of course can expand it to other usecases as well.

openSUSE-repos simplifies openSUSE repository management by utilizing Repository Index Service (RIS) for core distribution repositories and its latest update switches users to the new cdn.opensuse.org.

Change just landed in Tumbleweed, openSUSE Leap 15.5 users will receive it in the next few days via a maintenance update. The change will be available also as part of Leap Micro 5.5. Users who don’t want to wait can get it from Base:System/openSUSE-repos.

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