openSUSE Tumbleweed
A rolling release that tests itself before it reaches you. Fresh without most of the roulette.
Facts
- Family
- suse
- Based on
- independent
- Release model
- Rolling, gated by openQA tests
- Current
- rolling
- Init system
- systemd
- Default desktop
- Plasma
- NVIDIA
- NVIDIA's own repository, added by hand.
- Systemd-free
- No
- 32-bit support
- No
- As of
- 2026-10-09
How the chooser scores it
Scores run from 1 to 5, and 5 is best for the user. They are opinion with a spreadsheet.
- StabilityStability: 4 out of 5
- Easy installEasy install: 3 out of 5
- Daily comfortDaily comfort: 3 out of 5
- Docs and helpDocs and help: 3 out of 5
- Fresh softwareFresh software: 5 out of 5
- GamingGaming: 4 out of 5
- DevelopmentDevelopment: 5 out of 5
- Old hardwareOld hardware: 2 out of 5
- ControlControl: 4 out of 5
- LightnessLightness: 4 out of 5
- NVIDIA, recent cardsNVIDIA, recent cards: 4 out of 5
- NVIDIA, older cardsNVIDIA, older cards: 3 out of 5
Caveats
- Large updates arrive often. Use zypper dup as documented.
- Learn the Snapper snapshot rollback before the day you need it.
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