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openSUSE Joins End of 10

If you've not heard of it yet, End of 10 (https://endof10.org/) is a collective of developers and others who are trying to help Windows 10 transition to Linux. With the Windows 10 end-of-life (EOL) on the horizon, it was only matter of time before something like this arrived onto the scene. From the End of 10 site comes this gem: "If you bought your computer after 2010, there's most likely no reason to throw it out. By just installing an up-to-date Linux operating system you can keep using it for years to come."

Recently, it was announced that openSUSE would be joining the initiative. In fact, openSUSE has decided to transition its Upgrade to Freedom campaign to the End of 10 movement (https://news.opensuse.org/2025/05/05/utf-campaign-shifts-to-eot/). Douglas DeMaio says, "A new initiative called End of 10 has launched that shares the purposes and origin of openSUSE's Upgrade to Freedom efforts. As the #endof10 initiative also intends to help people extend the life of devices that would otherwise become e-waste, rather than dilute the messaging and narrative, members of openSUSE marketing have decided to transition the Upgrade to Freedom campaign to joining the End of 10 initiative."

At the same time, openSUSE announced (https://security.opensuse.org/2025/05/07/deepin-desktop-removal.html) it would be dropping support for the Deepin Desktop Environment. Matthias Gerstner (from openSUSE) states, "Recently, we noticed a policy violation in the packaging of the Deepin desktop environment in openSUSE. To get around security review requirements, our Deepin community packager implemented a workaround which bypasses the regular RPM packaging mechanisms to install restricted assets." Gerstner continues to say, "As a result of this violation, and in the light of the difficult history we have with Deepin code reviews, we will be removing the Deepin Desktop packages from openSUSE distributions for the time being."

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