Support for ARM and AArch64 also lands in openSUSE

Jul 14, 2015 21:30 GMT  ·  By

On July 14, SUSE LLC had the great pleasure of announcing that they would provide a new partner program expansion that brings support for 64-bit ARM server processors to their award-winning SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 computer operating system.

The new program expansion project promises to offer a special version of the SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 operating system to SUSE's partners like AMD, Dell, HP, AppliedMicro, E4 Computer Engineering, Cavium, SoftIron, and anyone who wants to develop, to test, as well as to deliver products to the emerging 64-bit ARM (AArch64) ecosystem using 64-bit ARM chips.

"SUSE has always been a leader in porting Linux to other platforms, and this program brings the same benefits and interaction to the ARM AArch64 ecosystem that our partners providing x86-64, Power and System z solutions already experience," says Ralf Flaxa, SUSE's vice president of Engineering.

Support for ARM and AArch64 lands in OpenSuSE as well

In addition to the custom build of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 for 64-bit ARM processors, SUSE reports in the same announcement that they have successfully managed to add support for both AAarch64 (64-bit ARM) and ARM processors to the openSUSE Build Service, allowing the community to create packages that are supported on 64-bit ARM hardware architectures.

This is a big announcement for both SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE communities, and we strongly recommend that you take a look at the press release received by Softpedia earlier today, at the end of the article, where you can read the official statements of SUSE's partners about the new ARM program expansion. For more information about SLES 12 and support for 64-bit ARM server processors in SUSE Linux, please visit the https://www.suse.com/arm website.

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