--- title: openSUSE Leap is The Immutable Distro Now, Leap Micro is Out description: openSUSE Leap 16.1 merges immutability directly into the main Leap installer via a new Agama installer 'Immutable' mode, ending the separate Leap Micro product... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/opensuse-leap-is-the-immutable-distro-now-leap-micro-is-out-8kdwil6zy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: openSUSE Leap is The Immutable Distro Now, Leap Micro is Out | daily.dev og:description: openSUSE Leap 16.1 merges immutability directly into the main Leap installer via a new Agama installer 'Immutable' mode, ending the separate Leap Micro product... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/opensuse-leap-is-the-immutable-distro-now-leap-micro-is-out-8kdwil6zy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8Kdwil6zy.png og:image:alt: openSUSE Leap is The Immutable Distro Now, Leap Micro is Out og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # openSUSE Leap is The Immutable Distro Now, Leap Micro is Out **[It's Foss](https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary openSUSE Leap 16.1 merges immutability directly into the main Leap installer via a new Agama installer 'Immutable' mode, ending the separate Leap Micro product line. The immutable mode offers a read-only root filesystem with transactional updates and snapshot-based rollback, technically identical to Leap Micro. As a result, no Leap Micro 6.3 or 7.0 releases will ship, and existing Leap Micro 6.2 users can migrate using the experimental openSUSE Migration Tool. Leap 16.1 also brings KDE Plasma 6.6 and GNOME 48, and is currently available as a release candidate ahead of its stable release, timed to coincide with SLES 16.1. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Is openSUSE discontinuing Leap Micro? Yes, openSUSE will not release Leap Micro 6.3 or 7.0. Starting with Leap 16.1, immutability is offered as a built-in 'Immutable' mode inside the main Leap installer (Agama), using the same read-only root filesystem, transactional updates, and snapshot rollback that Leap Micro provided. Leap Immutable is the designated successor for container hosts, edge devices, and VM workloads. _Track how openSUSE's immutable OS strategy evolves as new Leap releases land, right on daily.dev._ ### How do I migrate from openSUSE Leap Micro 6.2 to Leap 16.1 immutable mode? Use the experimental openSUSE Migration Tool, hosted on GitHub, which provides a path from Leap Micro 6.2 to the new Leap 16.1 immutable mode. The underlying technology is unchanged: transactional-update applies changes in a new snapshot before reboot, and Podman, Distrobox, and Flatpak still handle containers and desktop apps. _Developers planning this migration can follow openSUSE release coverage for gotchas before upgrading._ ### What is included in openSUSE Leap 16.1 besides the immutable installer mode? Leap 16.1 ships KDE Plasma 6.6 with OCR support in Spectacle and accessibility upgrades, plus GNOME 48 with HDR support and a new default audio player, the latter matching Leap 16.0's version but with a gnome-shell bug fix patch. Only the release candidate is currently available, with weekly RC builds planned before Gold Master Candidate status, and stable release is expected alongside SLES 16.1. _Keep tabs on Leap 16.1's RC-to-stable timeline and desktop upgrades via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Leap Fuels Hands-On Learning, Exploration](https://daily.dev/posts/leap-fuels-hands-on-learning-exploration-agfnkzhkk) · openSUSE · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [SUSE's Agama 18 OS Installer Released - i586 Support Dropped](https://daily.dev/posts/suse-s-agama-18-os-installer-released---i586-support-dropped-z4ycj3zh7) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [openSUSE Tumbleweed is the unsung rolling distro for people afraid of rolling distros](https://daily.dev/posts/opensuse-tumbleweed-is-the-unsung-rolling-distro-for-people-afraid-of-rolling-distros-9r6g8kr3g) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#containers](https://daily.dev/tags/containers), [#opensuse](https://daily.dev/tags/opensuse) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/opensuse-leap-is-the-immutable-distro-now-leap-micro-is-out-8kdwil6zy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"openSUSE Leap is The Immutable Distro Now, Leap Micro is Out","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/opensuse-leap-is-the-immutable-distro-now-leap-micro-is-out-8kdwil6zy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/opensuse-leap-is-the-immutable-distro-now-leap-micro-is-out-8kdwil6zy"},"datePublished":"2026-09-29T16:26:27.050Z","dateModified":"2026-09-29T19:25:45.873Z","description":"openSUSE Leap 16.1 merges immutability directly into the main Leap installer via a new Agama installer 'Immutable' mode, ending the separate Leap Micro product...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b4e468c34663f9fcced80436f9a99205?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b4e468c34663f9fcced80436f9a99205?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"It's Foss","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"It's Foss","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/582e3faed71842bfb9d3840a787d6700","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/opensuse-leap-is-the-immutable-distro-now-leap-micro-is-out-8kdwil6zy","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"linux,containers,opensuse","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"It's Foss","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"openSUSE Leap is The Immutable Distro Now, Leap Micro is Out"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/opensuse-leap-is-the-immutable-distro-now-leap-micro-is-out-8kdwil6zy#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Is openSUSE discontinuing Leap Micro?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes, openSUSE will not release Leap Micro 6.3 or 7.0. 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