The openSUSE Project


The openSUSE Project is a community project to create, promote, improve and document the openSUSE Linux distribution.

Project

The openSUSE Project develops free software and tools and has two main Linux distribution named and . The project is sponsored by a number of companies and individuals, most notably SUSE, AMD, B1 Systems, Heinlein Support and IP Exchange.

Activities

The openSUSE Project develops the openSUSE Linux distribution as well as a large number of tools around building Linux distributions like the Open Build Service, KIWI, YaST, openQA, , , and more. The project annually hosts free software events. The community's is held at a location in Europe and a summit at is held at a location in Asia.

Governance

The project is controlled by its community and relies on the contributions of individuals, working as testers, writers, translators, usability experts, artists and developers. The project embraces a wide variety of technology, people with different levels of expertise, speaking different languages and having different cultural backgrounds.
There is an which is responsible to lead the overall project.