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openSUSE

openSUSE is a free and Linux-based operating system for your PC, Laptop or Server.

GNOME desktop in openSUSE Leap 15.2.

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  • Free
  • Open Source

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  • Linux
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Comment summary: openSUSE is praised for its robust features like YaST for easy configuration, zypper for package management, and Tumbleweed for rolling updates. Users appreciate its stability, customization options, advanced features like SSD cache and RAID, and the ability to roll back to previous snapshots. While some mention slower updates on certain versions, others highlight Tumbleweed as having the latest updates. The community support is valued, and many find openSUSE as a reliable Linux distribution.
Top Positive Comment
Cora
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The very first time I ever experienced using Linux was with openSUSE back in mid-2006 at a friend's house whose father worked for SUSE. While I've used other distros for most of my time with Linux, SUSE is a very nice, solid distribution.

Top Negative Comment
ab1
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Most versions of openSUSE are quite slow in updating even the most important packages. Not good for my usage. Might be good for you...

RemovedUser
0

openSUSE has currently ended my distro-hopping journey (for now)

To me, it's the perfect mix of Debian, Fedora, and Arch Linux

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Positronic-Tomato
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Two major features are YaST (GUI configuration) and pre-configured automatic snapshots (if you install with btrfs file system). If something goes wrong in an update you can easily roll back to before the update. If you can't boot, you can select a read-only snapshot to boot into and then permanently roll back from the desktop.

ab1
1

Only openSUSE Tumbleweed has latest updates.

Robert Wang
0

openSUSE is perfect!

alcalde
0

Has every (good) feature of Windows plus can install on more hardware and on flash drives, customize every aspect of it, takes snapshot before updating or installing software and you can boot into a previous snapshot from the boot menu, easy to set up advanced features like SSD cache or RAID, default install comes with all the software average desktop users need, the rolling release version means you get improvements and features right away without having to wait for a "patch Tuesday".

I've been using OpenSUSE and then OpenSUSE Tumbleweed every day since July 18, 2010 and it's been phenomenally reliable. I have no regrets moving to it from Windows.

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What is openSUSE?

openSUSE is a free and Linux-based operating system for your PC, Laptop or Server.

The openSUSE distribution is a stable, easy to use and complete multi-purpose distribution.

It is aimed towards users and developers working on the desktop or server. It is great for beginners, experienced users and ultra geeks alike, in short, it is perfect for everybody! The latest release, openSUSE 13.1, features new and massively improved versions of all useful server and desktop applications. It comes with more than 1,000 open source applications.

openSUSE is also the base for SUSE's award-winning SUSE Linux Enterprise products.

The openSUSE project is a worldwide effort that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. openSUSE creates one of the world's best Linux distributions, working together in an open, transparent and friendly manner as part of the worldwide Free and Open Source Software community.

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Our users have written 11 comments and reviews about openSUSE, and it has gotten 355 likes

openSUSE was added to AlternativeTo by Valentin on and this page was last updated . openSUSE is sometimes referred to as SUSE.