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Feature tumbleweed 16.0 15.6 15.0 42.3 42.2 42.1 13.2 13.1 12.3 12.2 12.1 11.4 11.3 11.2 11.1 11.0 10.3 10.2 10.1 10.0 9.3 9.2 9.1 9.0 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.3 7.2 7.1 7.0 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.3 5.2 Feature
Release Date 2026-07-17 2025-10-01 2024-06-12 2018-05-25 2017-07-26 2016-11-16 2015-11-04 2014-11-04 2013-11-19 2013-03-13 2012-09-05 2011-11-16 2011-03-10 2010-07-15 2009-11-12 2008-12-18 2008-06-19 2007-10-04 2006-12-07 2006-05-11 2005-10-06 2005-04-15 2004-10-25 2004-04-23 2003-10-15 2003-04-07 2002-09-30 2002-04-22 2001-10-13 2001-06-15 2001-01-24 2000-09-27 2000-03-09 1999-11-05 1999-08-12 1999-04-07 1998-12-21 1998-09-10 1998-03-23 Release Date
End Of Life   2032 2026-04 2019-11 2019-06 2018-01 2017-05 2017-01 2016-01 2015-01                                                           End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 60 60 60 60 60 50 50 100 90 30 - 90 40 - 80 40 - 80 40 - 80 40 - 80 40 - 80 30 - 70 30 - 70                 Price (US$)
Image Size (MB)   600-4300 140-4300 100-3800 100-4500                                                                     Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISOs ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO FTP install FTP install FTP install FTP install FTP install FTP install FTP install FTP install -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Free Download
Installation Agama Agama YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST YaST           Installation
Default Desktop GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma GNOME, KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE Plasma KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE GNOME, KDE GNOME, KDE GNOME, KDE GNOME, KDE GNOME, KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE   Default Desktop
Default Browser                                                                               Default Browser
Package Format rpm (zypper) rpm (zypper) rpm (zypper) rpm (zypper) rpm (zypper) rpm (zypper) rpm (zypper) rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm Package Format
Package Management                                                                               Package Management
Release Model Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Fixed, Rolling Release Model
Office Suite Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, KOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o KOffice, OO.o KOffice, OO.o KOffice, OO.o KOffice, OO.o, StarOffice KOffice, StarOffice KOffice, StarOffice KOffice, StarOffice StarOffice StarOffice StarOffice           Office Suite
Processor Architecture i686, ppc64, x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, ppc, x86_64 i586, ppc, x86_64 i586, ppc, x86_64 i586, ppc, x86_64 i586, ppc, x86_64 i586, ppc, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586 i386 i386, ppc i386 i386, ppc i386 i386 i386 i386 i386 i386 i386 i386 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, XFS Btrfs, ext4, XFS Btrfs, ext4, XFS Btrfs, ext4, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext4, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS ReiserFS ReiserFS ReiserFS             Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes     Multilingual
Full Package List tumbleweed 16.0 15.6 15.0 42.3 42.2 42.1 13.2 13.1 12.3 12.2 12.1 11.4 11.3 11.2 11.1 11.0 10.3 10.2 10.1 10.0                                     Full Package List
Package tumbleweed 16.0 15.6 15.0 42.3 42.2 42.1 13.2 13.1 12.3 12.2 12.1 11.4 11.3 11.2 11.1 11.0 10.3 10.2 10.1 10.0 9.3 9.2 9.1 9.0 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.3 7.2 7.1 7.0 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.3 5.2 Package
alsa-lib (1.2.16.1) 1.2.16.1 1.2.14 1.2.10 1.1.5 1.1.4.1 1.1.2 1.0.29 1.0.28 1.0.27.2 1.0.26 1.0.25 1.0.24.1 1.0.24.1 1.0.23 1.0.21 1.0.18 1.0.16 1.0.14 1.0.13 1.0.11 1.0.9 1.0.8 1.0.6 1.0.3 0.9.6 0.9.0cvs 0.9.0cvs 0.9.0cvs 0.5.11 0.5.10 0.5.10 0.5.9 0.5.7 0.4.1d 0.3.0pre5 0.3.0pre5 -- -- -- alsa-lib (1.2.16.1)
amdgpu (25.0.0) 25.0.0 23.0.0 18.1.0 18.0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (25.0.0)
apparmor (5.0.2) 5.0.1 -- 3.1.7 2.12 2.10.2 2.10.1 2.10 2.9.0 2.8.2 2.8.1 2.8.0 2.7rc1 2.5.1 2.3.1 2.3.1 2.3.1 2.3 2.1 2.0.1 2.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apparmor (5.0.2)
apt (3.3.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 0.5.15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apt (3.3.1)
bash (5.3) 5.3.15 5.2.37 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.05b 2.05b 2.05b 2.05b 2.05 2.05 2.05 2.04 2.04 2.03 2.03 2.03 2.02.1 2.02.1 2.01.1 2.01.1 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.24) 9.20.24 9.20.11 9.18.24 9.11.2 9.9.9-P1 9.9.9-P1 9.9.6-P1 9.9.5-P1 9.9.3-P2 9.9.2-P1 9.9.1-P2 9.8.1 9.7.3 9.7.1 9.6.1-P1 9.5.0-P2 9.4.2 9.4.1-P1 9.3.2 9.3.2 9.3.1 9.3.1 9.2.4 9.2.3 9.2.2 9.2.2 9.1.3 9.1.3 9.2.0rc3 9.1.2 4.9.8 4.9.7 4.9.7 4.9.7 8.1.2 4.9.7 4.9.7 4.9.7 4.9.6 bind (9.20.24)
chromium (150.0.7871.124) 150.0.7871.124 -- 113.0.5672.126 66.0.3359.170 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (150.0.7871.124)
cinnamon (6.6.8) 6.4.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.6.8)
cups (2.4.19) 2.4.19 2.4.11 2.2.7 2.2.7 1.7.5 1.7.5 1.7.5 1.5.4 1.5.4 1.5.4 1.5.3 1.5.0 1.4.6 1.4.4 1.3.11 1.3.9 1.3.7 1.2.12 1.2.7 1.1.23 1.1.23 1.1.23 1.1.21 1.1.20 1.1.19 1.1.18 1.1.15 1.1.12 1.1.10 1.1.6 1.1.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cups (2.4.19)
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.47.3 1.47.0 1.47.0 1.43.8 1.42.11 1.42.11 1.42.11 1.42.12 1.42.8 1.42.6 1.42.4 1.41.14 1.41.14 1.41.11 1.41.9 1.41.1 1.40.8 1.40.2 1.39 1.38 1.38 1.36 1.35 1.34 1.34 1.28 1.28 1.26 1.24a 1.19 1.19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- e2fsprogs (1.47.4)
ffmpeg (8.1.2) 8-mini -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ffmpeg (8.1.2)
firefox (152.0.6) 152.0.4 140.2.0 91.8.0 60.0 52.2 49.0.2 41.0.2 33.0 25.0 19.0 14.0.1 7.0.1 4.0b12 3.6.6 3.5.4 3.0.4 2.9.95 2.0.0.6 2.0 1.5.0.3 1.0.6 1.0.1 0.10.0 0.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- firefox (152.0.6)
flatpak (1.18.0) 1.18.0 1.16.0 1.14.6 0.10.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.18.0)
freetype (2.14.3) 2.14.3 2.13.3 2.10.4 2.9 2.6.3 2.6.3 2.5.5 2.5.3 2.5.0.1 2.4.11 2.4.9 2.4.7 2.4.4 2.3.12 2.3.9 2.3.7 2.3.5 2.3.5 2.2.1 2.1.10 2.1.10 2.1.9 2.1.9 2.1.7 2.1.4 2.1.3 2.0.9 2.0.8 2.0.4 2.0.1 2.0.1 1.3.1 1.3.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 freetype (2.14.3)
gcc (16.1.0) 16.1.1 15.1.1 -- -- 4.8.5 4.8.5 4.8.5 4.8.3 4.8.1 4.7.2 4.7.1 4.6.2 4.5.1 4.5.0 4.4.1 4.3.3 4.3.1 4.2.1 4.1.3 4.1.0 4.0.2 3.3.5 3.3.4 3.3.3 3.3.1 3.3pre 3.2 2.95.3 2.95.3 2.95.3 2.95.2 2.95.2 2.95.2 2.7.2.3 2.7.2.3 2.7.2.3 2.7.2.1 2.7.2.1 2.7.2.1 gcc (16.1.0)
gimp (3.2.4) 3.2.4 3.0.4 2.10.30 2.8.22 2.8.18 2.8.18 2.8.14 2.8.14 2.8.6 2.8.2 2.8.0 2.6.11 2.6.11 2.6.8 2.6.7 2.6.2 2.4.5 2.2.17 2.2.13 2.2.10 2.2.8 2.2.4 2.0.4 2.0.0 1.2.5 1.2.3 1.2.3 1.2.3 1.2.2 1.2.1 1.2.0 1.1.24 1.1.18 1.1.11 1.1.7 1.1.4 1.0.2 1.0.0 0.99.18 gimp (3.2.4)
git (2.55.0) 2.55.0 -- -- -- 2.13.1 2.10.0 2.6.2 2.1.2 1.8.4 1.8.1.4 1.7.10.4 1.7.7 1.7.3.4 1.7.1 1.6.4.2 1.6.0.2 1.5.4.5 1.5.2.4 1.4.3.4 1.2.4 0.99.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- git (2.55.0)
glibc (2.43) 2.43 2.40 2.38 2.26 2.22 2.22 2.19 2.19 2.18 2.17 2.15 2.14.1 2.11.3 2.11.2 2.10.1 2.9 2.8 2.6.1 2.5 2.4 2.3.5 2.3.4 2.3.3 2.3.3 2.3.2 2.3.2 2.2.5 2.2.5 2.2.4 2.2.2 2.2 2.1.3 2.1.3 2.1.2 2.1.1 99.4.14 2.0.7 -- -- glibc (2.43)
gnome-shell (50.3) 50.3 48.3 45.3 3.26.2 3.20.4 3.20.4 3.16.4 3.14.1 3.10.1 3.6.3.1 3.4.2 3.2.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (50.3)
grub (2.14) 2.14 2.12 2.12 2.02 2.02 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.99 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.96 0.95 0.95 0.94 0.93 0.93 0.92 0.91 0.5.96.1 0.5.96.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- grub (2.14)
gtk (4.22.4) 4.22.4 4.18.6 4.12.4 3.22.230 3.20.10 3.20.9 3.16.7 3.14.3 3.10.2 3.6.4 3.4.4 3.2.1 2.22.1 2.20.1 2.18.1 2.14.4 2.12.9 2.12.0 2.10.6 2.8.10 2.8.3 2.6.4 2.4.9 2.2.4 2.2.3 2.2.1 2.0.6 1.2.10 1.2.10 1.2.10 1.2.8 1.2.8 1.2.7 1.2.6 1.2.3 1.0.6 1.1.2 1.0.4 -- gtk (4.22.4)
httpd (2.4.68) 2.4.67 2.4.63 2.4.58 2.4.33 2.4.23 2.4.23 2.4.16 2.4.10 2.4.6 2.2.22 2.2.22 2.2.21 2.2.17 2.2.15 2.2.13 2.2.10 2.2.8 2.2.4 2.2.3 2.2.0 2.0.54 2.0.53 2.0.50 2.0.49 2.0.47 2.0.44 2.0.40 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.68)
hyprland (0.55.4) 0.55.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- hyprland (0.55.4)
inkscape (1.4.4) 1.4.4 1.4.1 1.0.1 0.92.2 0.91 0.91 0.91 0.48.5 0.48.4 0.48.4 0.48.3.1 0.48.2 0.48.1 0.47 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.45.1 0.44.1 0.43 0.42.2 0.41 0.39 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4.4)
kmod (34.2) 34.2 34.2 29 25 17 17 17 18 14 12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (34.2)
krita (6.0.3) 5.3.2.1 -- -- -- 3.1.4 3.0.1.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (6.0.3)
Package tumbleweed 16.0 15.6 15.0 42.3 42.2 42.1 13.2 13.1 12.3 12.2 12.1 11.4 11.3 11.2 11.1 11.0 10.3 10.2 10.1 10.0 9.3 9.2 9.1 9.0 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.3 7.2 7.1 7.0 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.3 5.2 Package
LibreOffice (26.2.4) 26.2.5 25.2.5 7.4.3.2 6.0.4 5.3.3 5.1.5 5.0.2 4.3.2 4.1.2 3.6.3 3.5.4 3.4.2 3.3.1 3.2.1 3.1.1 3.0.0 2.4.0 2.3.0 2.0.4 2.0.2 1.9.125 1.9.79 1.1.3 1.1.1 1.1 1.0.2 1.0.1 641c -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LibreOffice (26.2.4)
libselinux (3.11) 3.11 3.8.1 3.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.1.13 2.1.9 2.0.91 2.0.91 2.0.91 2.0.91 2.0.80 2.0.71 -- -- -- -- 1.23.11 1.21.7 1.16 1.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- libselinux (3.11)
linux (7.1.3) 7.1.3 6.12 6.4 4.12.14 4.4.76 4.4.27 4.1.12 3.16.6 3.11.6 3.7.10 3.4.6 3.1 2.6.37.1 2.6.34 2.6.31.5 2.6.27.7 2.6.25.5 2.6.22.5 2.6.18.2 2.6.16.13 2.6.13 2.6.11.4 2.6.8 2.6.4 2.4.21 2.4.20 2.4.19 2.4.18 2.4.9 2.4.4 2.2.18 2.2.16 2.2.14 2.2.13 2.2.10 2.2.6 2.0.36 2.0.35 2.0.33 linux (7.1.3)
mariadb (12.3.2) 12.3.2 11.8.2 10.11.6 10.2.14 10.0.30 10.0.27 10.0.21 10.0.13 5.5.33 5.5.29 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (12.3.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) 1.28.2 -- -- -- -- -- 1.10.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (26.1.5) 26.1.4 24.3.3 20.2.4 18.0.2 17.0.5 11.2.2 11.0.2 10.3.0 9.2.2 9.0.2 8.0.4 7.11 7.10.3 7.8.2 7.6 7.2 7.0.3 7.0.1 6.5.1 6.4.2 6.8.2 6.8.2 -- 4.3.99.902 4.3.0.1 5.0 4.0.3 4.0.1 3.4.2 3.4.1 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.6 2.6 mesa (26.1.5)
nautilus (50.2.2) 50.2.2 48.3 45.2.1 3.26.2 3.20.3 3.20.3 3.16.2 3.14.0 3.10.0 3.6.3 3.4.2 3.2.1 2.32.2.1 2.30.1 2.28.0 2.24.1 2.22.2 2.20.0 2.16.1 2.12.2 2.12.0 2.10.0 2.6.3 2.4.2 2.2.4 2.2.1 2.0.3 1.0.6 1.0.4 1.0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (50.2.2)
NVIDIA (610.43.03) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (610.43.03)
openjdk (26.0.1) -- -- 11.0.15.0 10.0.1.0 8u131 8u101 8u60 8u40 7u6 7u6 7u147 6b22 6b20 6b17 6b16 6b11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (26.0.1)
openssh (10.4p1) 10.3p1 10.0p2 9.6p1 7.6p1 7.2p2 7.2p2 6.6p1 6.6p1 6.2p2 6.1p1 6.0p1 5.8p2 5.8p1 5.4p1 5.2p1 5.1p1 5.0p1 4.6p1 4.4p1 4.2p1 4.1p1 3.9p1 3.9p1 3.8p1 3.7.1p2 3.5p1 3.4p1 3.0.2p1 2.9.9p2 2.9p1 2.5.1p1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openssh (10.4p1)
openssl (4.0.1) 3.5.3 3.5.0 3.1.4 1.1.1d 1.0.2j 1.0.2j 1.0.1 1.0.1i 1.0.1e 1.0.1e 1.0.1c 1.0.0e 1.0.0c 1.0.0 0.9.8k 0.9.8h 0.9.8g 0.9.8e 0.9.8d 0.9.8a 0.9.7g 0.9.7e 0.9.7d 0.9.7d 0.9.7b 0.9.6i 0.9.6g 0.9.6c 0.9.6b 0.9.6a 0.9.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openssl (4.0.1)
perl (5.44.0) 5.42.1 5.42.0 5.26.1 5.26.1 5.18.2 5.18.2 5.18.2 5.20.1 5.18.1 5.16.2 5.16.0 5.14.2 5.12.3 5.12.1 5.10.0 5.10.0 5.10.0 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.7 5.8.6 5.8.5 5.8.3 5.8.1 5.8.0 5.8.0 5.6.1 5.6.1 5.6.0 5.6.0 5.5.3 5.5.3 5.5.3 5.5.3 5.5.2 5.5.2 5.4.4 5.4.4 perl (5.44.0)
php (8.5.8) 8.5.8 8.4.10 7.4.33 7.2.5 5.5.14 5.5.14 5.5.14 5.6.1 5.4.20 5.3.17 5.3.15 5.3.8 5.3.5 5.3.2 5.3.0 5.2.6 5.2.5 5.2.4 5.2.0 5.1.2 5.0.4 5.0.3 4.3.8 4.3.4 4.3.3 4.3.1 4.2.2 4.1.0 4.0.6 4.0.4pl1 4.0.4pl1 4.0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.5.8)
plasma-desktop (6.7.3) 6.7.2 6.4.2 5.18.6 5.12.5 5.8.7.1 5.8.2 5.4.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.7.3)
postfix (3.11.5) 3.11.5 3.10.2 3.8.4 3.3.0 3.2.0 2.11.8 2.11.6 2.11.0 2.9.6 2.9.6 2.8.11 2.8.5 2.7.2 2.7.1 2.6.1 2.5.5 2.5.1 2.4.5 2.3.2 2.2.9 2.2.5 2.2.1 2.1.5 2.0.19 2.0.14 2.0.6 1.1.11 1.1.4 20010228 20010228 20001212 19991231 19991231 19990906 19990317 19990317 -- -- -- postfix (3.11.5)
postgresql (18.4) 18.4 -- -- 10.3 9.6.3 9.4.9 9.4 9.3.5 9.2.4 9.2.3 9.1.1 9.1.1 9.0.3 8.4.4 8.4.1 8.3.5 8.3.1 8.2.4 8.1.5 8.1.3 8.0.3 8.0.1 7.4.5 7.4.2 7.3.4 7.3.2 7.2.2 7.2 7.1.3 7.0.3 7.0.3 -- -- -- -- -- 6.4beta4 -- -- postgresql (18.4)
Python (3.14.6) -- 3.13.5 3.6.15 2.7.14 2.7.13 2.7.12 -- 2.7.8 2.7.5 2.7.3 2.7.3 2.7.2 2.7 2.6.5 2.6.2 2.6.0 2.5.2 2.5.1 2.5 2.4.2 2.4.1 2.4 2.3.4 2.3.3 2.3 2.2.2 2.2.1 2.2 2.1.1 2.0 2.0 1.5.2 1.5.2 1.5.2 1.5.2 1.5.1 1.5.1 1.5.1 1.5 Python (3.14.6)
qt (6.11.1) 6.11.1 6.9.1 5.15.12 5.9.4 5.6.2 5.6.1 5.5.0 4.8.6 4.8.5 4.8.4 4.8.1 4.7.4 4.7.1 4.6.3 4.5.3 4.4.3 4.4.0 3.3.8 3.3.7 3.3.5 3.3.4 3.3.4 3.3.3 3.3.1 3.2.1 3.1.1 3.0.5 3.0.3 2.3.1 2.3.0 2.2.3 1.45 1.45 1.44 1.44 1.44 1.33 1.33 1.32 qt (6.11.1)
samba (4.24.4) 4.24.3 4.22.3 4.19.5 4.7.6 4.6.5 4.4.2 4.2.4 4.1.12 4.1.0 3.6.12 3.6.7 3.6.1 3.5.7 3.5.4 3.4.2 3.2.5 3.2.0 3.0.26a 3.0.23d 3.0.22 3.0.20 3.0.12 3.0.7 3.0.2a 2.2.8a 2.2.7a 2.2.5 2.2.3a 2.2.1a 2.2.0a 2.0.7 2.0.7 2.0.6 2.0.6 2.0.5a 2.0.3 1.9.18p10 1.9.18p10 1.9.18p3 samba (4.24.4)
systemd (261.1) 260.3 257.7 254.10 234 228 228 210 210 208 195 44 37 18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (261.1)
thunderbird (152.0.1) 140.12.1 -- 102.10.1 52.7 52.2.1 45.4.0 38.3.0 31.2.0 24.1.0 17.0.3 14.0 7.0.1 3.1.7 3.0.5 3.0b4 2.0.0.18 2.0.0.12 2.0.0.6 1.5.0.8 1.5 1.0.6 1.0 0.8 0.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (152.0.1)
vim (9.2) 9.2 9.1 9.1 8.0 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.0 6.0av 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.3 4.6 4.6 vim (9.2)
vlc (3.0.23) 3.0.23 3.0.21 3.0.20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.23)
wayland (1.26.0) 1.25.0 1.24.0 1.22.0 1.14.0 1.13.0 1.9.0 1.9.0 1.6.0 1.2.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.26.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.2) 4.20.2 4.20.1 4.18.1 4.12.4 4.12.2 4.12.2 4.12.2 4.10.2 4.10.2 4.10.0 4.10.0 4.8.3 4.8 4.6.1 4.6.1 4.4.3 4.4.2 4.4.1 4.2.3 4.2.3 4.2.2 4.0.5 4.0.5 3.8.18 3.8.18 3.8.16 3.8.16 3.8.14 3.8.5 3.8.0 3.6.3 3.4.3 3.2.5 3.1.1 -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.2)
xorg-server (21.1.24) 21.1.21 -- 1.20.3 1.19.6 1.18.3 1.18.3 1.17.2 1.16.1 1.14.3 1.13.2 1.12.3 1.10.4 1.9.3 1.8.0 1.6.5 (7.4) (7.3) (7.2) (7.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xorg-server (21.1.24)

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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 2
Date: 2026-07-16
Country: Norway
Votes: 0


OpenSUSE was my distro many years ago. I thought of giving Tumbleweed a shot just to see how it behaves compared with the more "modern" distros. Out of the box it appears unfinished and old. Installing it was a pain. I tried the "guided" approach on a separate SSD. It looked OK until I saw it choose to use the existing swap on another disk even though I specified to use one SSD only. I had to go into "expert" mode and manually create a swap on the correct SSD, then unmount the chosen swap.

Chose the correct keyboard layout only to find the installed version used the US keyboard map. Again, a PITA when entering the password on boot up.

KDE Plasma looks great on most distros, but even that looks old and pale on Tunbleweed. The nail in the coffin was when arranging monitors. I got the primary in front and the "secondary" on the left. When changing to correct layout, it appears correct at first glance, but the mouse still "believes" it's the old layout. I have seen this on some other distros as well. It sort itself out when installing NVIDIA drivers from NVIDIA. At that moment my patience was already gone. Too much pain already.

No real show stoppers for a person used to Linux, but the point is, it just doesn't work out of the box. 20 years ago, no problem, but in 2026 this isn't good enough. If I wanted "Linux from scrach" I wouldn't chose OpenSUSE.

As a desktop OS, OpenSUSE isn't ready for prime time. There are other distros that are way better with zero pain. A big disappointment. OpenSUSE doesn't really seem to have evolved at all in the last 20 years. It seems old and largely unfinished.


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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 7
Date: 2026-06-28
Country: Brazil
Votes: 0


openSUSE has always been my favorite distro. I used it from version 9.2—back when it was just SUSE—all the way up to 15.6 (openSUSE Leap). In between, I occasionally tried Tumbleweed, but it felt like an untamable beast on my Optimus (Intel/Nvidia) laptop.

After the update to version 16, I migrated to Fedora 42 (a story for another day).

Recently, I got nostalgic and decided to give openSUSE Tumbleweed another shot. It’s a beautiful, fast distro as always, but for my specific needs, it was a disappointment. There were too many little issues to resolve. The bootloader didn't detect Windows; I didn't notice this at first and installed systemd-boot, but after reinstalling with grub2-efi, it finally picked it up. The system snapshots created a massive list at boot, and even after configuring it to clean them up and show fewer entries, it didn't work. I also ran into some keyboard issues, though that seemed to be a bug in the newly released Plasma 6.7.

Snapshots are a major highlight of openSUSE, but relying on them isn't really viable; the goal is to need snapshots as little as possible, expecting updates to go smoothly and without surprises.

That’s what made me stick with Fedora—now on version 44. I spend a bit of time on initial setup, but after that, it’s been smooth sailing: no system breakage and everything working exactly as it should. But, as I said, that’s a story for another time...


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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 2
Date: 2026-05-03
Country: Switzerland
Votes: 0


openSUSE Tumbleweed 20260430 – The Fossil That Refuses to Evolve
Reviewer: LegacyWorkstationUser
Hardware: HP Z600, Dual Xeon X5675, 80 GB RAM, NVIDIA Quadro P5000, Legacy BIOS
Rating: 2/10
I really wanted to like Tumbleweed. After coming from CachyOS, I was hoping for a stable rolling release with strong NUMA support for my dual-Xeon workstation and decent legacy NVIDIA Pascal support. Instead, I got a frustrating lesson in how openSUSE still manages to alienate users in 2026.
Installation: All Promise, No Delivery
The installer looks modern and detects my hardware perfectly — it even correctly identifies the Quadro P5000 as needing the proprietary driver. But that’s where the help ends. There is no option during installation to enable third-party repositories or install proprietary NVIDIA drivers. You get Nouveau by default, even though the system clearly knows better.
In 2026, virtually every other distribution (Pop!_OS, Nobara, Bazzite, even plain Ubuntu) offers a simple checkbox for proprietary drivers. Tumbleweed still forces you to do everything manually after installation.
The Post-Install Experience
After installation I booted into a broken X11 session with an ancient kernel (7.x series) and no Wayland. Nouveau was installed instead of the proper driver. The system showed me a long list of available drivers during setup — many incompatible — but then installed the one that makes gaming impossible.
Flatpak support is messy, repositories needed manual fixing, and my German keyboard layout reset to US English. Simple things that work out-of-the-box on other distros require terminal commands here.
The Philosophy Problem
openSUSE seems more interested in ideological purity than user experience. They detect your hardware correctly but refuse to make it work properly during installation. This isn’t freedom — it’s forcing users to jump through hoops.
Verdict
Tumbleweed has excellent technical foundations (great NUMA performance, good BTRFS snapshots, polished KDE Plasma), but the user experience on legacy hardware with NVIDIA is actively painful. If you love tinkering and have modern AMD hardware, it might be great. For legacy BIOS + older NVIDIA + “I just want it to work” users, it feels stuck in the past.
Pros:
• Strong NUMA / multi-CPU performance
• Good BTRFS + snapshots
• Polished KDE Plasma when it works
Cons:
• No proprietary driver option during installation
• False hope from hardware detection
• Terminal-heavy post-install workflow
• Wayland disabled by default (Nouveau)
• Broken repository setup out of the box
• Keyboard layout bugs
• Generally unfriendly for 2026 users who expect convenience
Final Score: 2/10
Avoid on legacy workstation hardware unless you enjoy suffering. openSUSE still hasn’t learned that the user, not the ideology, should come first.



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