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Updated: 8 June, 2023

by FreeFind

Here are some of the ways of acquiring openSUSE.

You can download openSUSE free of charge. Just go to:
https://get.opensuse.org/leap/

The full DVD (4.7 GB) provides the most smooth and complete experience. You don't have to use a DVD, it can also be put on a USB stick (see next chapter).

There are many webshops that offer to sell unofficial media (DVD, USB-stick) with openSUSE very cheap. This is of course absolutely legal, as we're dealing with free software.

This saves you the trouble of downloading and burning the media yourself, and the subsequent risk of errors. See for example:
OSDisc.com
Ixsoft.de
Thelinuxshop.co.uk

There are companies selling openSUSE in a (German language) box with support, and additional goodies included, see:
http://en.opensuse.org/Buy_openSUSE


Some vendors offer some or all of their laptops or PCs with openSUSE pre-installed. This way you know the hardware works with GNU/Linux, you save the trouble of downloading and installing openSUSE yourself and you support GNU/Linux friendly vendors.

For example check out these vendors:
https://www.tuxedocomputers.com
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/
https://slimbook.es/


You can find the source code for all the free packages in openSUSE here, in the form of source RPM files:
http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/leap/15.5/repo/oss/src/