# SLED 16 release date
**URL:** https://forums.suse.com/t/sled-16-release-date/45993
**Category:** SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
**Created:** [November 4, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sled-16-release-date/45993 "2025-11-04T18:59:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@dnla](https://forums.suse.com/u/dnla)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sled-16-release-date/45993/1 "2025-11-04T18:59:43Z")
What is the release date of SLED 16?
Today being the release SLES 16, so I went to the website and I find that SLED is still at version 15.7. I was expecting the release to be at the same day.
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### Author:  [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sled-16-release-date/45993/2 "2025-11-05T03:04:15Z")
@dnla Hi and welcome to the Forum 😄
There is no Desktop for the 16.0 series…. SLES + Desktop extension AFAIK…
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### Author:  [@cliff\_dugal](https://forums.suse.com/u/cliff_dugal)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sled-16-release-date/45993/3 "2025-11-09T01:21:59Z")
That seems to be confirmed in [https://documentation.suse.com/sles/16.0/html/SLE-differences-faq/index.html#sle16-differences-faq-desktop](https://documentation.suse.com/sles/16.0/html/SLE-differences-faq/index.html#sle16-differences-faq-desktop). I guess it’s time to jump ship.
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### Author:  [@apeter](https://forums.suse.com/u/apeter)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sled-16-release-date/45993/4 "2025-11-11T16:45:40Z")
Will there a desktop version? Anyone knows?
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### Author:  [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sled-16-release-date/45993/5 "2025-11-11T17:01:02Z")
@apeter No desktop version AFAIK, you install SLES and add the dektop extension…