OpenSUSE facts for kids
openSUSE 12.2 with KDE 4.8.4
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| Company / developer | openSUSE Project |
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| OS family | Unix-like (based on SUSE Linux) |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | December 2006 |
| Latest stable release | Leap 42.1 / November 4, 2015 |
| Marketing target | Consumer, Small Business, Development, Developers |
| Available language(s) | English, German, Russian, Italian, many others |
| Update method | ZYpp (YaST) |
| Package manager | RPM Package Manager |
| Supported platforms | IA-32, x86-64 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Default user interface | KDE Plasma Desktop |
| License | Free software licenses (mainly GPL) |
| Official website | www.opensuse.org |
openSUSE (pronounced /ˌoʊpɛnˈsuːzə/) is a community project, sponsored by Novell and AMD, to develop and maintain a general purpose Linux distribution. After taking over SUSE Linux in January 2004, Novell decided to release the SUSE Linux Professional product as a 100% open source project, involving the community in the development process. The initial release was a beta version of SUSE Linux 10.0, and as of Janury 2016 the current stable release is openSUSE Leap 42.1
System requirements
OpenSUSE 11.1 has full support for 32-bit i586 and 64-bit x86-64 PC hardware, as well as PowerPC (PPC) processors. The basic requirements for non-PPC hardware is as follows:
- CPU: Intel—Pentium 1-4 or Xeon; AMD—Duron, Athlon, Athlon XP, Athlon MP, Athlon 64, Sempron or Opteron
- RAM: 256 MB minimum, 512 MB recommended
- Hard drive: 500 MB for minimal system; 3 GB recommended for standard system
Older processors that still belong to the i586 family can be used, for example the AMD K6/2. When extra language/translation files and documentation are removed and X is not needed, decent console-based router systems can be made using 300 MB disk space. Most console workloads also cope with 128 MB of RAM at the cost of increased swap activity in tight situations.
Package
OpenSUSE's official software package repository includes, for example, UNetbootin.
Images for kids
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SuSE Linux 7.1, released January 24, 2001, with the older KDE 1.1.2 desktop
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SUSE Linux 10.0, released October 6, 2005, was the first release of the openSUSE Project.
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WebYaST
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GNOME 3.26 under openSUSE 15.1. openSUSE Leap's GNOME implementation has used Wayland by default since version 15.0.
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ncurses
See also
In Spanish: OpenSUSE para niños
