openSUSE Leap is an enterprise grade stability for community
August 16, 2022

openSUSE Leap is an enterprise grade stability for community

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with openSUSE Leap

We use openSUSE Leap to run virtual web, proxy, database etc. servers and also we use it as Docker container base image for most containers we run in Kubernetes clusters. It covers our needs in both cases – servers and containers run stable and have a wide range of software packages already precompiled and available in default repositories.
  • Small footprint.
  • Software packages are well maintained.
  • Wide range of software packages available in default repositories.
  • Predictable release cycle.
  • Software packages are not always the latest version.
  • Enterprise grade stability and reliability.
  • Easy to manage.
  • Small base footprint.
  • Wide variety of precompiled software packages in base repositories.
  • + We have unified Linux system for virtual servers and Docker containers which makes administrator's maintenance and debugging tasks easier.
  • - If all your systems run the same operating system and vulnerability is discovered in it, you have to update all systems in minimum period of time. But we are willing to take this risk in favour of ease of administration of openSUSE Leap. This is the risk you have to weight individually for your company.
openSUSE Leap has wide variety of already precompiled software packages in default repositories. It even has some specific packages in official repositories that are not available in other Linux distribution repositories. It is also very stable and reliable distro - we can predict when new versions will be released and when we should make system upgrades.

Do you think openSUSE Leap delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with openSUSE Leap's feature set?

Yes

Did openSUSE Leap live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of openSUSE Leap go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy openSUSE Leap again?

Yes

OpenSUSE Leap is well suited for just about any Linux task. Especially I like to use it as Docker base image for my software deployments, because it has a wide variety of software packages available already precompiled and packages are well maintained - vulnerable software versions are patched in reasonable time. OpenSUSE Leap is rpm based system, and it wouldn't install Debian or other systems packages. If your software is not an rpm package then OpenSUSE Leap would not be suitable for your system.