Background Information

OpenSUSE is a free, open-source, community-driven Linux distribution developed by the openSUSE Project and is backed by SUSE Linux and Novell. While SUSE has always been considered to be open source, openSUSE opens the development process up to both users and developers. Prior development was accomplished by SUSE's in-house developers.

Technical Specifications

General Information

  • Developer: openSUSE Project
  • Licensing: GNU General Public Lincense
  • OS Family: Linux (Unix-like)
  • Initial Release Date: August 4, 2005
  • Latest Release Date: June 12, 2024

Availability Information

  • Languages: Multilingual
  • Platforms: i686 (Tumbleweed), x86-64, ARM (aarch64, armv6hl, armv7hl), S390, IBM Z, RISC-V, Power-PC (PPC64, PPC64le)

System Information

  • Working State: Current
  • Source Model: Open Source
  • Update Method: Rolling Release (Tumbleweed)
  • Package Manager: ZYpp (standard), YaST (GUI or curses front-end), zypper (command-line front-end), RPM (low-level)
  • Userland: GNU
  • Default Installable User Interfaces: KDE Plasma 5, GNOME, XFCE, IceWM
  • Other User Interfaces: Cinnamon, MATE, Enlightenment, LXDE, LXQt, Pantheon

Additional Information