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openSUSE Tumbleweed

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What is openSUSE Tumbleweed?

openSUSE is a Linux distribution. The Tumbleweed distribution is a pure rolling release version of openSUSE containing the latest "stable" versions of all software instead of relying on rigid periodic release cycles. It includes the Linux kernel, SAMBA, git, desktops, office applications and many other packages. Tumbleweed is offered to Power Users, Software Developers and openSUSE Contributors. According to the community, if the user requires the latest software stacks and Integrated Development Environment or need a stable platform closest to bleeding edge Linux, Tumbleweed is the best choice.

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Best choice for developers and desktop users to work.

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Engineering (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Using openSUSE Tumbleweed as a host for cluster in processing data on spark engine, It is helping to easily use ssh to reach the cluster and submit the jobs and also to track the logs.

Pros

  • uses hardware too wisely.
  • easy to setup machines.
  • easy to ssh the machines hosted.

Cons

  • Software packages are not always the latest version.
  • Some are following EU and non-GPL regulations very strict.
  • another distro that fell victim to systemd.

Most Important Features

  • It is the USER who decide how a server or desktop should look like. NOT someone with some influence with the distro-organisation.
  • you are not stuck to the delivery scheme of the release.
  • on SUSE’s OBS, you can build for any hardware and for any distro.

Return on Investment

  • Easy to get into the cluster and track logs.
  • Easy to configure.

Alternatives Considered

CentOS Linux, Fedora Linux and IBM LinuxONE

Other Software Used

Apache Spark, Windows Server, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)

openSUSE Tumbleweed keeps rolling, never breaks

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Engineering (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

<div>openSUSE Tumbleweed is used as a workstation product for developers. It is suitable for us as it offers a wide range of software packages, tested, and close to the latest release.</div><div>It allows us to stay on top of the latest hardware support and also make it simple and painless to develop containerised workloads, in comparison to alternative operating systems.

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Pros

  • Frequent software updates
  • Simplified rollback in case of upgrade problems
  • Great container-based development support

Cons

  • Frequent package updates sometimes break proprietary programs

Most Important Features

  • Transactional updates
  • Up-to-date kernel versions
  • Podman for containers support

Return on Investment

  • Faster turnaround in container-based development
  • Less effort in integrating the latest versions of development tools

Alternatives Considered

openSUSE Leap

Other Software Used

Podman.io, Docker, K3s Lightweight Kubernetes

openSUSE Tumbleweed: latest and greatest software forever

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use openSUSE Tumbleweed for development and hosting systems which require latest software versions which are not yet available in openSUSE Leap. With Tumbleweed you install a server and you never have to make version to version upgrades - you just make routine system package updates and you always have the latest software versions. Forever.

Pros

  • Latest package versions
  • Never need to make version to version upgrades
  • Works stable

Cons

  • Sometimes after system update old software configuration does not work

Most Important Features

  • Newest software versions
  • Stable
  • Small (in size) Docker image

Return on Investment

  • Easier development
  • Access to latest software

Other Software Used

openSUSE Leap, CentOS Linux, AlmaLinux OS