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openSUSE Leap pros and cons

Vendor: openSUSE
4.5 out of 5
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PROS

openSUSE Leap's virtualization capabilities are highly valued.
Its backend is derived from FreeBSD, making it familiar and easy to use for those with experience in FreeBSD.
openSUSE Leap offers high stability once it is configured.
It facilitates the use of containers in Podman.
openSUSE Leap serves as the base for in-house Kubernetes clusters.

CONS

In the future, Active Directory could improve.
Better link integration with Windows is needed.
There is room for improvement in the console.
Initial system setup or network configuration is not straightforward and can be improved.
It would be helpful to easily switch from openSUSE Leap for testing to SUSE Linux Enterprise for production.
 

openSUSE Leap Pros review quotes

ES
Mar 16, 2021
The most valuable feature by far has been the virtualization capabilities of the operating system.
NK
Jun 17, 2024
The solution's most valuable feature is the BTRFS file system, which allows you to take snapshots.
AS
Mar 25, 2024
I use openSUSE Leap as the base for the Kubernetes cluster we run in-house.
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reviewer1486242 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 14, 2021
The solution is easy for me to use because the backend is derived from FreeBSD and this is something I have been using for over 20 years.
RZ
Feb 15, 2023
The solution is very stable after it is configured. It is hard to have a panel slow, a problem, misconfiguration, or any kind of loss function.
YF
Jun 16, 2023
openSUSE Leap has helped me with using containers in Podman.
reviewer1089627 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 11, 2019
Stable - it just runs without the necessity to reboot.
 

openSUSE Leap Cons review quotes

ES
Mar 16, 2021
Like most Linux-based operating systems, the biggest challenge Leap faces is the GUI.
NK
Jun 17, 2024
It would be helpful if we could easily switch from openSUSE Leap for testing to SUSE Linux Enterprise for production.
AS
Mar 25, 2024
The initial system setup or network configuration of the solution is not straightforward and can be improved.
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reviewer1486242 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 14, 2021
In the future, the Active Directory could improve.
RZ
Feb 15, 2023
I would like openSUSE Leap to have better link integration with Windows.
YF
Jun 16, 2023
There is room for improvement in the console.
reviewer1089627 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 11, 2019
Somehow the change from OS12.x via 13.x to Leap was a bit bumpy and some old issues seemed to reappear.