suses

SUSEs refer to the family of Linux distributions developed under the SUSE brand, historically rooted in Germany. The line encompasses both community and enterprise offerings, with openSUSE serving as the community edition and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) as the commercially supported edition for data centers, clouds, and mission-critical workloads. The openSUSE project itself maintains two main tracks: Leap, a regular release aligned with SLE, and Tumbleweed, a rolling release.

Historically, SUSE was founded in 1992 in Nuremberg as S.u.S.E. Software und System-Entwicklung. The company grew as a key player in the Linux ecosystem, was acquired by Novell in 2003, and later became part of Micro Focus in 2014. In 2019–2020, SUSE was spun out as an independent company owned by a private equity consortium led by EQT and SUSE’s management, with operations focusing on open source and enterprise Linux solutions.

Key components and technologies in the SUSE family include the YaST administration tool and the Zypper package manager, which manage RPM-based software. SUSE emphasizes stability and enterprise features, such as the Btrfs filesystem with Snapper for snapshots and rollback, centralized management through SUSE Manager, and the Open Build Service for building and distributing packages. SUSE also supports cloud and container deployments through SUSE Kubernetes Engine and related cloud-native tools.

Usage and markets cover enterprise data centers, SAP environments, and cloud deployments, as well as developers and enthusiasts in the openSUSE community. SUSE distributions are known for strong support for enterprise workloads, interoperability with various hardware and cloud platforms, and a long-standing emphasis on open source collaboration.