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The openSUSE project is a community program sponsored by SUSE Linux and other companies. Promoting the use of Linux everywhere, this program provides free, easy access to openSUSE, a complete Linux distribution. The openSUSE project has three main goals: make openSUSE the easiest Linux for anyone to obtain and the most widely used Linux distribution; leverage open source collaboration to make openSUSE the world's most usable Linux distribution and desktop environment for new and experienced Linux users; dramatically simplify and open the development and packaging processes to make openSUSE the platform of choice for Linux developers and software vendors.



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openSUSE Summary
Distribution openSUSE (formerly SUSE Linux)
Home Page https://www.opensuse.org/
Mailing Lists https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Communication_channels
User Forums https://forums.opensuse.org/
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Documentation https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Documentationhttps://manpages.opensuse.org/
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Screencasts
Download Mirrors https://get.opensuse.org/
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Bug Tracker https://bugs.opensuse.org/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2023-06-07: Distribution Release: openSUSE 15.5
 • 2023-02-22: Development Release: openSUSE 15.5 Beta
 • 2022-06-08: Distribution Release: openSUSE 15.4
 • 2022-05-17: Development Release: openSUSE 15.4 RC
 • 2022-03-02: Development Release: openSUSE 15.4 Beta
 • 2021-12-02: Development Release: openSUSE 15.4 Alpha
 • 2021-06-02: Distribution Release: openSUSE 15.3
 • 2021-04-28: Development Release: openSUSE 15.3 RC
 • 2021-03-03: Development Release: openSUSE 15.3 Beta
 • 2020-12-16: Development Release: openSUSE 15.3 Alpha
 • 2020-07-02: Distribution Release: openSUSE 15.2
 • 2020-05-30: Development Release: openSUSE 15.2 RC
 • More openSUSE releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2024-01-15 openSUSE plans for Leap 16
 • 2023-12-21 openSUSE ships full disk encryption and systemd-boot
 • 2023-12-06 openSUSE 15.4 nears its end of life
 • 2023-12-05 openSUSE planning to rebrand
 • 2023-09-11 openSUSE unveils Slowroll branch
 • 2023-09-05 openSUSE shares survey results about the direction of the distribution
 • 2023-06-06 openSUSE plans for version 15.6 Leap
 • 2023-03-15 openSUSE sees a surge in downloads
 • 2023-02-21 openSUSE and SLE beta testing new updates
 • 2022-11-30 openSUSE 15.3 Leap nears its end of life
 • More openSUSE headlines...

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  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the "nautilus" and "gnome-shell" packages. The Apache web server is listed as "httpd" and the Linux kernel is listed as "linux". The KDE desktop is represented by the "plasma-desktop" package and the Xfce desktop by the "xfdesktop" package.
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.
Feature tumbleweed 15.5 15.0
Release Date 2024-02-04 2023-06-07 2018-05-25
End Of Life   2024-12 2019-11
Price (US$) Free Free Free
Image Size (MB)   140-4300 100-3800
Free Download ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical, Text Graphical, Text Graphical
Default Desktop GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma
Package Management RPM (zypper) RPM (zypper) RPM (zypper)
Release Model Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling
Office Suite Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice
Processor Architecture i686, ppc64, x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, XFS
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes
Asian Language Support Yes Yes Yes
Full Package List tumbleweed 15.5 15.0
abiword (3.0.5) 3.0.5 -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.11) 1.2.10 1.2.8 1.1.5
amdgpu (23.0.0) 23.0.0 18.1.0 18.0.1
bash (5.2.21) 5.2.26 4.4 4.4
bind (9.18.21) 9.18.21 9.16.38 9.11.2
chromium (121.0.6167.139) 120.0.6099.224 113.0.5672.126 66.0.3359.170
cups (2.4.7) 2.4.7 2.2.7 2.2.7
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.2.P1 4.3.6-P1 4.3.5
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.47.0 1.46.4 1.43.8
firefox (122.0) 122.0 91.8.0 60.0
freetype (2.13.2) 2.13.2 2.10.4 2.9
gcc (13.2.0) 13.2.1 -- --
gimp (2.10.36) 2.10.36 2.10.30 2.8.22
glibc (2.39) 2.39 2.31 2.26
gnome-shell (45.3) 45.3 41.9 3.26.2
gnucash (5.5) 5.5 -- --
gnumeric (1.12.56) 1.12.56 -- --
grub (2.12) 2.12 2.06 2.02
gtk (4.12.5) 4.12.4 4 3.22.230
httpd (2.4.58) 2.4.58 2.4.51 2.4.33
inkscape (1.3.1) 1.3.2 1.0.1 0.92.2
k3b (23.08.4) 23.08.4 -- 17.12.3
kmod (31) 31 29 25
krita (5.2.2) 5.2.2 -- --
LibreOffice (24.2.0) 7.6.4 7.4.3.2 6.0.4
linux (6.7.3) 6.7.2 5.14.21 4.12.14
lxpanel (0.10.1) 0.10.1 -- --
mariadb (11.1.3) 11.2.2 10.6.12 10.2.14
mate-desktop (1.26.2) 1.26.2 -- --
mesa (24.0.0) 23.3.4 20.2.4 18.0.2
mysql (8.3.0) -- -- --
nautilus (45.2.1) 45.2.1 41.5 3.26.2
NVIDIA (545.29.06) -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 -- --
openjdk (21.0.2) -- 11.0.15.0 10.0.1.0
openssh (9.6p1) 9.3p2 8.4p1 7.6p1
openssl (3.2.1) 3.1.4 1l 1.1.1d
perl (5.38.2) 5.38.2 5.26.1 5.26.1
php (8.3.2) 8.2.15 7.4.33 7.2.5
plasma-desktop (5.27.10) 5.27.10 5.18.6 5.12.5
postfix (3.8.5) 3.8.5 3.7.2 3.3.0
postgresql (16.1) 16.1 -- 10.3
Python (3.12.1) 3.9.18 3.6.15 2.7.14
qt (6.6.1) 5.15.12 5.15.8 5.9.4
samba (4.19.4) 4.19.4 4.17.7 4.7.6
systemd (255.3) 254.8 249.16 234
thunderbird (115.7.0) 115.7.0 102.10.1 52.7
vim (9.1) 9.1 9.0 8.0
vlc (3.0.20) 3.0.20 3.0.18 --
wayland (1.22.0) 1.22.0 -- --
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.18.1 4.18.1 4.12.4
xorg-server (21.1.11) 21.1.11 1.20.3 1.19.6


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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-02-04
Votes: 5


I've used many Linux Distros over the years, Ubuntu, Fedora, Manjaro etc, so decided to give Opensuse a try as it had been a long time since I'd last used it.
Nicely surprised by how well it runs, everything works great although making sure its up to date you'll set up a reminder or just check it yourself every so often.
Discover included is a good idea despite what some say and I've not experienced any crashes, or slowdowns or incompatibility at all.
Plays my online games very well, and am currently playing Roblox with it with no issues.
I'll stick with Opensuse for a while to see how it goes, and if it succeeds then I'll keep it for as long as it works well for me.



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Version: 15.5
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-02-02
Votes: 17


Running Leap for months now on my main desktop since I moved from Antergos, doing work, game and other stuff. Blazing fast, boots almost instantly (not considering the time my motherboard takes to complete POST). YaST is insanely easy to use, and so is zypper. Never had any issues with it, everything just works. Graphical performance is excellent, UI is buttersmooth, system is extremelly responsive and overall seems to be the best distro I've ever used in terms of performance and stability. What else can I say? Repositories are based on SUSE Linux Enterprise, so it's as stable as it gets.


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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 5
Date: 2024-01-31
Votes: 0


I sure wanted this to work (again!). What mess. Crashing default apps (yast software, lightdm gtx, etc). Unexplained slowdowns. I can't write an extensive review, only to say that I have installed so many good distros on this same machine over the past year, and opensuse is one that just seems lacking in solid functionality every darned time.

I'll check back with a version in a year or so, I guess. In the mean time, I'll try the Leap version for a while and see if maybe there are positive differences.


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