Red Hat Enterprise Linux vs openSUSE

Overview

openSUSE

Stacks111

Followers160

Votes13

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Stacks355

Followers236

Votes3

openSUSE vs Red Hat Enterprise Linux: What are the differences?

Developers describe openSUSE as "The makers' choice for sysadmins, developers and desktop users". The openSUSE project is a worldwide effort that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. openSUSE creates one of the world's best Linux distributions, working together in an open, transparent and friendly manner as part of the worldwide Free and Open Source Software community. On the other hand, Red Hat Enterprise Linux is detailed as "Secure Operating System and Platform for Enterprise Hybrid Clouds". Red Hat Enterprise Linux includes military-grade security technologies—from network firewall control to secure containers for application isolation—to prevent intrusions and protect your data.

openSUSE and Red Hat Enterprise Linux can be categorized as "Operating Systems" tools.

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openSUSE	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
The openSUSE project is a worldwide effort that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. openSUSE creates one of the world's best Linux distributions, working together in an open, transparent and friendly manner as part of the worldwide Free and Open Source Software community.	Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the industry-leading Linux that provides the foundation for next-generation architectures, with support for all major hardware platforms and thousands of commercial and custom applications.
Statistics
Stacks 111	Stacks 355
Followers 160	Followers 236
Votes 13	Votes 3
Pros & Cons
Pros 4 Stable 3 Lightweight for server 2 Reliable 2 Snapshot 2 Rolling release	Pros 1 Well known 1 Learning curve 1 Paid sense of security Cons 1 Glibc based with many complicated hacks 1 Subcription fees 1 Tools and package manager change over time 1 Anaconda 1 Default Install is lvm

What are some alternatives to openSUSE, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)?

Ubuntu

Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning ‘humanity to others’. It also means ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’. The Ubuntu operating system brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of computers.

Debian

Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel or the FreeBSD kernel. Linux is a piece of software started by Linus Torvalds and supported by thousands of programmers worldwide. FreeBSD is an operating system including a kernel and other software.

Arch Linux

A lightweight and flexible Linux distribution that tries to Keep It Simple.

Fedora

Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that provides users with access to the latest free and open source software, in a stable, secure and easy to manage form. Fedora is the largest of many free software creations of the Fedora Project. Because of its predominance, the word "Fedora" is often used interchangeably to mean both the Fedora Project and the Fedora operating system.

Linux Mint

The purpose of Linux Mint is to produce a modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use.

CentOS

The CentOS Project is a community-driven free software effort focused on delivering a robust open source ecosystem. For users, we offer a consistent manageable platform that suits a wide variety of deployments. For open source communities, we offer a solid, predictable base to build upon, along with extensive resources to build, test, release, and maintain their code.

Linux

A clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance.

CoreOS

It is designed for security, consistency, and reliability. Instead of installing packages via yum or apt, it uses Linux containers to manage your services at a higher level of abstraction. A single service's code and all dependencies are packaged within a container that can be run on one or many machines.

Gentoo Linux

It is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need.