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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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Reviews Aeon: DistroWatch
Tumbleweed: DistroWatchOrdinatechnicLWN
15: MichlFrankenDistroWatchDedoimedoDistroWatchDistroWatchDistrocrunchAll Things LinuxDedoimedoDistroWatchDedoimedoDistroWatchDedoimedoPro-Linux (German) • DistroWatchFOSS Adventures
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13.2: DedoimedoOrdinatechnicWordpress (Russian) • DedoimedoDistroWatchLinuxFRHeise (German)
13.1: BlogspotLinux.comTalLinuxDistroWatchDedoimedoBlogspotderStandard (German)
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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:
 • 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
 • 2022-11-28 openSUSE phasing out old 64-bit x86 support
 • 2022-11-08 openSUSE provides online manual pages
 • 2022-09-26 openSUSE talks about ALP prototypes
 • 2022-06-28 openSUSE seeks feedback
 • 2022-06-07 openSUSE Leap may be phased out
 • 2022-01-14 openSUSE 15.2 releases 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 2023-08-19 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 (1.2.9) 1.2.9 1.2.8 1.1.5
amdgpu (23.0.0) 23.0.0 18.1.0 18.0.1
bash (5.2.15) 5.2.15 4.4 4.4
bind (9.18.18) 9.18.18 9.16.38 9.11.2
chromium (116.0.5845.96) 116.0.5845.96 113.0.5672.126 66.0.3359.170
cups (2.4.6) 2.4.2 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 (116.0.3) 116.0.3 91.8.0 60.0
freetype (2.13.1) 2.13.1 2.10.4 2.9
gcc (13.2.0) 13.2.1 -- --
gimp (2.10.34) 2.10.34 2.10.30 2.8.22
glibc (2.38) 2.38 2.31 2.26
gnome-shell (44.3) 44.3 41.9 3.26.2
gnucash (5.3) 5.3 -- --
gnumeric (1.12.55) 1.12.55 -- --
grub (2.06) 2.06 2.06 2.02
gtk (4.12.0) 4.12.0 4 3.22.230
httpd (2.4.57) 2.4.57 2.4.51 2.4.33
inkscape (1.3) 1.3 1.0.1 0.92.2
k3b (23.04.3) 23.04.3 -- 17.12.3
kmod (30) 30 29 25
krita (5.1.5) 5.1.5 -- --
libreoffice (7.5.5) 7.6.0 7.4.3.2 6.0.4
linux (6.4.11) 6.4.9 5.14.21 4.12.14
lxpanel (0.10.1) 0.10.1 -- --
mariadb (11.0.3) 11.0.2 10.6.12 10.2.14
mate-desktop (1.26.1) 1.26.1 -- --
mesa (23.1.6) 23.1.5 20.2.4 18.0.2
mysql (8.1.0) -- -- --
nautilus (44.2.1) 44.2 41.5 3.26.2
NVIDIA (535.98) -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 -- --
openjdk (20.0.1) -- 11.0.15.0 10.0.1.0
openssh (9.4p1) 9.3p2 8.4p1 7.6p1
openssl (3.1.2) 3.1.2 1l 1.1.1d
perl (5.38.0) 5.38.0 5.26.1 5.26.1
php (8.2.9) 8.2.8 7.4.33 7.2.5
plasma-desktop (5.27.7.1) 5.27.7.1 5.18.6 5.12.5
postfix (3.8.1) 3.8.1 3.7.2 3.3.0
postgresql (15.4) 15.4 -- 10.3
Python (3.11.4) 3.9.17 3.6.15 2.7.14
qt (6.5.2) 5.15.10 5.15.8 5.9.4
samba (4.18.6) 4.18.5 4.17.7 4.7.6
systemd (254.1) 253.8 249.16 234
thunderbird (115.1.1) 102.14.0 102.10.1 52.7
vim (9.0) 9.0 9.0 8.0
vlc (3.0.18) 3.0.18 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 (21.1.8) 21.1.8 1.20.3 1.19.6

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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-11
Votes: 29


very professional system, really well buiilt, once you understand a few commands to use the package manager, your really flying with suse tumbleweed, they are, (to update repositories - sudo zypper ref) (to update packages, -sudo zypper update) (to install any security updates and bug fixes - sudo zypper patch) (to install newly reccomended - sudo zypper inr) - (then to install all other required codecs, - sudo zypper install opi and finally we run the command, opi codecs reboot the machine as usual between the updates and your good to go with the suse system, it is very good, very good quality, i couldn't fault it, once all is setup anyone can use this system and benefit, new user or old, really very good, responsive and beautifully presented,

my machine lenovo t480 thinkpad, 8gb ram, nothing special, but the distro runs perfectly, would recommend it to anyone,

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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-03
Votes: 20


I was curious about what immutable distros were and because I have experience with openSUSE I decided to try MicroOS / Aeon

After a couple of days I must say that I'm impressed, I didn't mind using flatpak only as my workflow IS flatpak only and it has been for a long while now, at first I was surprised because it is completely vanilla, like there is barely anything installed, aside from tweaks, extensions and Firefox I think there is nothing else installed

I was used to install codecs on any post install of openSUSE but it isn't needed on MicroOS / Aeon because codecs are included in most flatpaks, so I installed my usual work apps and here I am

Overall the experience can be considered as "boringly stable" because there isn't much going on, but I love it! I would compare an immutable distro to Debian stable, but of course if you like tinkering, customization and / or you depend on native packages this isn't for you of course

I think I haven't even used the terminal, as updates are mostly done with GNOME software but I still do sudo transactional-update dup (which is needed as Aeon does not use Zypper) from time to time and just restart your PC, It isn't needed to do it everyday and you can easily do it every week or two just like TW and you will not have any problems

If I had t give it some criticism it would be that it does not have YaST which is signature of openSUSE and that the installer while similar to TW and Leap it is a little different and with more of a focus on a Server (which I don't care about) but still does the job


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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-08-02
Votes: 7


I prefer rolling releases to "stable" distros (stable, yeah, but with an old kernel). I like that everything works, especially now that I have new hardware. I'm in love with Arch, but every time I put "pacman -Syu" I pray that the computer doesn't crash. Debian testing was working fine, but, as I often do with Debian, not quite right: I couldn't configure my scanner. Opensuse Tumbleweed has better hardware detectability, it's a rolling release and I don't have the feeling that the computer is going to crash after an update.

It took me a while to become friends with opensuse. Ubuntu and Arch were easy for me to set up, Debian was slow to set up and doesn't work very well on my hardware. Opensuse required knowledge to add codecs, repositories, etc. But most of the things I have installed by flatpak and I am happy with the distro. I began with Ubuntu/Debian, after i learned all about Arch and Gentoo, and my last distro has been Fedora/Opensuse. I like rpm's distro. Fedora its not rolling. Pclinuxos is a retro-wave, i prefer beautiful things.

Wine doesn´t run as well on opensuse as on ubuntu or debian. Mi old "Sid Meiers Civilization II" doesn´t run and its a pitty, i love old games. Other things work well. I ve installed tumbleweed on my desktop pc and on my laptop. Good Job, friends.


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