Comments on: openSUSE Linux: 20 Years Strong https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-linux-20-years-strong/ All things Linux & Open Source Sun, 24 Aug 2025 11:55:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: RetiredIT https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-linux-20-years-strong/#comment-77458 Sun, 24 Aug 2025 11:55:50 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=181844#comment-77458 The origins of SUSE Linux goes all the way back to September 1992 in Noremberg, Germany when Roland Dyroff, Burchard Steinbild, Hubert Mantel and Thomas Fehr founded the Software and Systems Development Corporation. The name alludes to the inventor of the modern computer, Konrad Zuse whose greatest achievement was the world’s first programmable computer; the functional program-controlled Turing-complete Z3 became operational in May 1941. In spite of those who say IBM invented the first computer it was actually Zuse who was the brains behind it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse

So, in reality, SUSE is about 33 years old come September 2025!

]]> By: RetiredIT https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-linux-20-years-strong/#comment-77455 Sun, 24 Aug 2025 11:43:22 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=181844#comment-77455 In reply to Ricardo.

Jurix:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurix

]]> By: Ricardo https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-linux-20-years-strong/#comment-75683 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 18:44:23 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=181844#comment-75683 In reply to Phil.

I think you got a couple of thing backwards:
openSUSE is not a rolling release distro precisely.

There’s openSUSE Leap which is not a testbed for commercial SUSE but a community clone of it. Think of it like an official Alma Linux for RHEL.

Then there’s Tumlbeweed and Slowroll which are rolling but I don’t think they have much influence on the development of SUSE.

On the other hand, I always “knew” that the original S.u.S.E. was based on Slackware + RPM but I don’t remember ever hearing about Jurix, that’s a nice tip!

]]> By: Phil https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-linux-20-years-strong/#comment-75629 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 10:19:28 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=181844#comment-75629 Suse has existed since 1993. Its previous version was based on Slackware, since 1995 it has been based on Jurix (which she was discontinued in late 1996/early 1997).

Suse, which is 32 years old today, has always been available for free download and without limitations. I used their distribution at the time, after the bankruptcy of Mandrake Linux, aka Mandriva. And from my memory, they were the first to introduce 3D desktop effects around 2005.

Open Suse is simply a rolling release of Suse Enterprise, it is developed and maintained by Suse.

It prefigures the software releases of Suse Enterprise, in the same way that Redhat uses Fedora for this purpose.

The idea is that the Fedora & Open Suse user community works voluntarily for the developers of these operating systems, reporting bugs and other issues they encounter… and then the fruits of their labor are integrated into Redhat and Suse Enterprise.

In my opinion, this isn’t really an anniversary to celebrate… even for fans of this OS.

Regards.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Linux_Distribution_Timeline.svg

]]> By: Anonymous https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-linux-20-years-strong/#comment-75602 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 05:15:04 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=181844#comment-75602 Absolutely agree! openSUSE is great – even a bit undervalued in some ways. Congrats, openSUSE!

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