OpenSUSE Information

OpenSUSE
SUSE Linux is a computer operating system. It is built on top of the open source Linux kernel and is distributed with system and application software from other open source projects. SUSE Linux is of German origin and mainly developed in Europe. The name “S.u.S.E” was originally a German acronym for “Software und System-Entwicklung”, meaning “Software and systems development”. However, the full name has never been used and the company has always been known as “S.u.S.E”, shortened to “SuSE” in October 1998 and more recently “SUSE”.

OpenSUSE
Open Software und System-Entwicklung

Checking OpenSUSE Version
cat /etc/SuSE-release
(or)
lsb_release

System Requirements
Processor – 32-bit i586 & 64-bit x86-64
CPU – Intel Pentium III 500 MHz or higher minimum & Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or any AMD64 or Intel64 CPU recommended.
RAM – 1 GB, 2 GB recommended
Hard drive –  3 GB for minimal system; 5 GB recommended for standard system
Starting with Leap 42.1 (after version 13.2), openSUSE will be built for 64-bit architectures only, and hence will not run on older hardware without 64-bit support.
Official support for PowerPC (PPC) processors was dropped after openSUSE 11.1

OpenSUSE Versions

Suse Linux 10.0 (Kernal Version 2.6.13)
Suse Linux 10.1 (Kernal Version 2.6.16)
OpenSUSE 10.2 (Kernal Version 2.6.18)
OpenSUSE 10.3 (Kernal Version 2.6.22)
OpenSUSE 11.0 (Kernal Version 2.6.25)
OpenSUSE 11.1 (Kernal Version 2.6.27)
OpenSUSE 11.2 (Kernal Version 2.6.31)
OpenSUSE 11.3 (Kernal Version 2.6.34)
OpenSUSE 11.4 (Kernal Version 2.6.37)
OpenSUSE 12.1 (Kernal Version 3.1.0)
OpenSUSE 12.2 (Kernal Version 3.4.6)
OpenSUSE 12.3 (Kernal Version 3.7.10)
OpenSUSE 13.1 (Kernal Version 3.11.6)
OpenSUSE 13.2 (Kernal Version 3.16.6)
OpenSUSE Leap 42.1 (Kernal Version 4.1)
OpenSUSE Leap 42.2 (Coming Soon)