openSUSE is billed as the makers’ choice for sysadmins, developers and desktop users.
It is available in two versions: Tumbleweed, an upstream rolling release distribution, and Leap, a stable release distribution which is sourced from SUSE Linux Enterprise.
Tumbleweed is based on Factory, openSUSE’s main development codebase. Tumbleweed is updated once Factory’s bleeding edge software has been integrated, stabilized and tested. Tumbleweed contains the latest stable applications and is ready and reliable for daily use. Tumbleweed packages are verified to be bit-by-bit reproducible.
Leap uses source from SUSE Linux Enterprise, which gives Leap a level of stability unmatched by many other Linux distributions, and combines that with community developments to give users, developers and sysadmins a stable Linux experience.
| Working state: | Active |
| Desktop: | GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce |
| Init Software: | systemd |
| Package Management: | RPM |
| Release Model: | Fixed, Rolling |
| Platforms: | i686, ppc64, x86_64, ARM, S390, RISC-V |
| Home Page: | www.opensuse.org |
| Developer: | openSUSE Project |
| This article is part of our Big List of Active Linux Distros which is currently under development. |
What's a Linux distribution ("distro")? |
| A distro provides the user with a desktop environment, preloaded applications, and ways to update and maintain the system. Each distro makes different choices, deciding which open source projects to install and provides custom written programs. They can have different philosophies. Some distros are intended for desktop computers, some for servers without a graphical interface, and others for special uses. Because Linux is an open source operating system, combinations of software vary between Linux distros. |