openSUSE Aeon

openSUSE's polished, GNOME-based immutable desktop -- built on the MicroOS atomic-update core, using Flatpak for applications, and positioned as openSUSE's answer to Fedora Silverblue.

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Based on

openSUSE MicroOS

First released

2023

Package manager

transactional-update (rpm-based, atomic) + Flatpak (apps)

Desktop environments

GNOME

Aeon (previously known during development as 'openSUSE MicroOS Desktop: GNOME' before being given its own identity) packages the same immutable, transactionally-updated MicroOS base into a specifically desktop-tuned, GNOME-based experience, filling the same niche for openSUSE that Silverblue fills for Fedora. Applications are expected to come from Flatpak rather than native rpm packages, keeping the underlying immutable base untouched by day-to-day software installs. A KDE Plasma sibling project (openSUSE Kalpa) follows the same architecture for users who prefer Plasma over GNOME.

MirrorNest doesn't mirror distro ISOs — installation media should always come straight from the project's own official download page (linked above), so you get the correct checksum/signature to verify against.