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openSUSE Leap
A stable, fixed-release distribution that shares its core package base with SUSE's commercial enterprise product, giving it unusually well-tested packages for a community distro.
Based on
Independent (shares a codebase with SUSE Linux Enterprise)
First released
2014
Package manager
Zypper (.rpm)
Desktop environments
KDE Plasma, GNOME
openSUSE Leap's defining trait is where its packages come from: rather than building everything from scratch each cycle, Leap binary-compatible with SUSE Linux Enterprise's core, inheriting a level of package testing normally reserved for paid enterprise software. That makes it a popular choice for small businesses and power users who want Ubuntu-like stability with a different governance model (SUSE, a European company, rather than Canonical). It's built and managed with YaST, SUSE's long-running unified system-configuration tool, which covers everything from partitioning to firewall rules in one graphical interface. It offers official KDE Plasma and GNOME desktop options at install time, and its rolling-release sibling, openSUSE Tumbleweed, targets users who want the same tooling with continuously updated packages instead.
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