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ARM Support Comes To SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
jrepin writes: SUSE announced partner program expansion to include support for 64-bit ARM server processors. This expansion makes available to partners a version of SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 that allows them to develop, test and deliver products to the market using 64-bit ARM chips. To simplify partner access, SUSE has also implemented support for ARM and AArch64 into its openSUSE Build Service. This allows the community to build packages against real 64-bit ARM hardware and the SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 binaries.
Other than YaST, unless something has changed, SuSE is a downstream RedHat distribution, and about a month ago, RedHat started producing their ARM-64 port.
No, potentially a common mistake. Although SUSE uses RPM's for packaging it is not a Red Hat derivative, it has its origins in the same place as Slackware, namely the Softlanding Linux System
I wonder what Novell will be adding to the mix.
Novell doesn't own SUSE anymore, it's owned by Microfocus, who acquired Attachmate
Just by adding SuSE and having the OS tested for Common Criteria, FIPS, and other compliance items will help get it in the door, although ARM servers are still an odd man out in the enterprise, for the most part.
Unless you exist in the System z world. SUSE is the king on integrating with z/VM and runs some of the world's most critical middleware applications and databases (Visa, AMEX etc.) So while you may not be aware of its place in the Enterprise that doesn't mean it doesn't have one.