14 DAY TRIAL // On November 17, 2016, it appears that Marcus Meissner from the openSUSE Project sent an advanced discontinuation notice to users of the openSUSE 13.2 Linux operating system.
Yes, you're reading that right, the OpenSuSE 13.2 distribution is about to reach end of life, which should happen officially in two months from the moment of writing this blog story, more precisely on the 16th of January 2017. After that date, openSUSE Project won't offer security and software updates for openSUSE 13.2 anymore.
"With the release of openSUSE Leap 42.2 the SUSE support of openSUSE 13.2 will be ending in 2 months, around January 16th. Please check https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime for lifetime information," wrote Marcus Meissner in the mailing list announcement.
Therefore, if you're using the openSUSE 13.2 operating system on your personal computer, you should consider upgrading to the latest openSUSE Leap 42.2 release announced the other day if you want a rock-solid openSUSE Linux experience, or install the rolling, more up-to-date openSUSE Tumbleweed distribution.
If memory recalls, openSUSE 13.2 was the last release before the GNU/Linux distribution split into openSUSE Leap and openSUSE Tumbleweed. The OS was announced more than two years ago, on November 4, 2014, and it introduced all the Open Source technologies and software that were trendy back then.
As all good things must come to an end, you'll have to prepare to upgrade to openSUSE Leap or openSUSE Tumbleweed soon. Make sure that you create a backup of all your important files before the upgrade. Remember that after January 16, 2017, your openSUSE 13.2 installation won't receive support and will become vulnerable.