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openSUSE Leap

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What is openSUSE Leap?

German company SUSE supports the Linux distribution, openSUSE. Leap is the stable and regular release option for installing openSUSE. New and experienced Linux users get the most usable Linux distribution and stabilized operating system with openSUSE’s regular release. Receive updates and harden the OS with openSUSE’s latest major distribution. Presented as the platform of choice for Linux developers, administrators and software vendors.

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openSUSE Leap is an enterprise grade stability for community

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

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use openSUSE Leap to run virtual web, proxy, database etc. servers and also we use it as Docker container base image for most containers we run in Kubernetes clusters. It covers our needs in both cases – servers and containers run stable and have a wide range of software packages already precompiled and available in default repositories.

Pros

  • Small footprint.
  • Software packages are well maintained.
  • Wide range of software packages available in default repositories.
  • Predictable release cycle.

Cons

  • Software packages are not always the latest version.

Most Important Features

  • Enterprise grade stability and reliability.
  • Easy to manage.
  • Small base footprint.
  • Wide variety of precompiled software packages in base repositories.

Return on Investment

  • + We have unified Linux system for virtual servers and Docker containers which makes administrator's maintenance and debugging tasks easier.
  • - If all your systems run the same operating system and vulnerability is discovered in it, you have to update all systems in minimum period of time. But we are willing to take this risk in favour of ease of administration of openSUSE Leap. This is the risk you have to weight individually for your company.

Alternatives Considered

AlmaLinux OS, Ubuntu Linux and CentOS Linux

Other Software Used

NGINX, Laravel PHP Framework, Symfony, Gunicorn

openSUSE Leap - rock-stable and feature-full

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

Pros

  • Low maintenance security updates
  • Stability
  • Variety of packages available out of the box
  • Easily extensible by using the Open Build Service

Cons

  • Commercial packages not always available
  • Stable packages sometimes lag behind the latest releases

Most Important Features

  • Zypper package manager
  • Saltstack integration
  • Open Build Service

Return on Investment

  • Delivers on stability and features with good community support
  • Supports the business with low-maintenance setups

Other Software Used

Kubernetes, Salt Open Source Automation Engine

openSUSE Leap for development and production

Verified User
Employee (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use openSUSE Leap as the operating system for both the development of new applications and for production servers. It is very stable and requires much less time to maintain compared to Windows operating systems. Using YaST it is very easy to install additional open-source packages including development environments. The online update mechanism allows the system to be kept up to date with all the patches etc. The stability is great, and it is also easy to perform distro upgrades to the new versions of openSUSE Leap. The system works on laptops as well, so the usage of new packages in the production environment can be easily tested in the development environment.

Pros

  • Maintenance of software packages using YAST
  • Availability of patches when a vulnerability is discovered
  • Distribution upgrades

Cons

  • Faster adoption of latest versions of packages

Most Important Features

  • Stability, reliability
  • Easy maintenance
  • Compatibility with the latest hardware

Return on Investment

  • More effective maintenance means a smaller headcount needed for running the production servers.
  • The easiness of deployment means more time we can spend on software development of company-specific applications.
  • Great community support and overlap with other Linux systems mean that an answer to nearly any problem is usually one google query away.

Other Software Used

Windows Server, Ubuntu Linux