[ANNOUNCE] SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 Public Beta is out!

[Beta-Programs]

Hi everyone, 

We are sorry for the inconvenience, suse.com is having some issues to show 15SP3 Beta download links correctly thus here are all the download links for all architectures:
- x86_64: https://scc.suse.com/products/2140
- aarch64: https://scc.suse.com/products/2137
- ppc64le: https://scc.suse.com/products/2138
- s390x: https://scc.suse.com/products/2139

Let us know if you have any download issue,
Have a nice day and happy testing,
Regards,
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> We are delighted to announce the Public Beta for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 3!
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> openSUSE Leap 15.3 & SLE 15 SP3
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> Starting with SP3, we are now offering packages pre-built binaries from SLE in addition to the sources we were previously providing to openSUSE. This means that openSUSE Leap and SUSE Linux Enterprise are closer together than before, thus easing the migration from openSUSE Leap to SLES.
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> This article will tell you more about how openSUSE and SLE was made in the past years but also the important changes with openSUSE Leap 15.3 and SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 3.
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> You can find our documentation about the migration from here, but also on the openSUSE wiki.
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> Notable Changes since SLE 15 SP2
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> Selection
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> Please note that information mentioned here are just the tip of the iceberg, i.e it's just a selection so check out our Release Notes and Changelog files for more details and a full list of changes.
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> 	• New SUSE branding (fonts, wallpaper, etc)
> 	• SLES 15 SP3 Beta Base container is available in the SUSE registry and they will be updated weekly.
> 	• Linux Kernel 5.3.18
> 	• glibc 2.31
> 	• perl 5.26.1, nodejs 14.15.4, ruby 2.5.8, python3 3.6.12, python39 3.9.0
> 	• Mozilla Firefox 78.7.1 and Mozilla Thunderbird 78.7.0
> 	• Many packages were updated for FIPS compliance
> 	• Rootless Container feature is now supported with podman
> 	• xca is replacing YAST2 CA Management
> 	• Adding betaversion to PRETTY NAME and remove it from VERSION_ID in /etc/os-release
> 	• systemd 246.10 which now provides OCI container management via systemd
> 	• PostgreSQL13 is now the default PostgreSQL version on SLE 15 SP3. PostgreSQL12 and PostgreSQL10 have been moved to the Legacy Module for migration purposes. Please check out here for more information.
> 	• MariaDB 10.5 is now the default mariaDB version on SLE 15 SP3, it's also the current upstream major stable version, first release in June 2020. Please check out here for more information.•
> Migration issues on aarch64
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> bsc#1182776 and bsc#1182749 are breaking Service Pack migration using Installer/YaST on aarch64 with SecureBoot enabled. As a workaround, migrate with zypper migration or disable SecureBoot before doing the migration.
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> Schedule
> Changelog
> Known issues
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> If you have any question, please contact us at beta-programs at suse.com.
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