Is openSUSE compatible with RedHat?

Community-supported Linux distribution designed as an OpenSource version of RHEL and well suited for servers. Now sponsored by Red Hat….openSUSE-based.

Distribution	Description
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server	A server-oriented Linux distribution supplied by SUSE and targeted at the business market.

Is openSUSE leap good for server?

Re: openSUSE, how good for servers? Works fine. There’s nothing that says you have to run a GUI. When running as a console only server, it’s as good as any other Linux distro.

What package manager is used by openSUSE and SUSE Enterprise Linux?

zypper
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and openSUSE use zypper for package management and YaST for system administration.

What is openSUSE used for?

openSUSE ( /ˌoʊpənˈsuːzə/) is a project that serves to promote the use of free and open-source software. openSUSE is well known for its Linux distributions, mainly Tumbleweed, a tested rolling release, and Leap, a distribution with long-term support.

What is the difference between SUSE and RHEL?

RHEL prioritizes stability over everything else, which is probably one of the reasons why 90 percent of Fortune Global 500 companies depend on it. SLES also strives to be as stable as possible, but it includes a number of software tools intended to make the lives of system administrators easier.

Does openSUSE use yum?

openSUSE has an excellent system management tool called Yast, but the software package management tool in Yast is really slow to run. It is possible to install and use Yum instead on openSUSE and all of a sudden the slowness of running Yast’s package management goes away.

Does openSUSE use apt?

You do not use apt-get on openSUSE. The functionality is given by using YaST > Software > Sopftware management in the GUI (but yast also works with an NCURSES interface in the terminal and also has a command line interface), or you use zypper in the CLI (zie man-zypper).

Is CentOS the same as redhat?

By now, the difference between RHEL and CentOS should be clear: RHEL is an enterprise-grade Linux distribution with commercial support, and CentOS is a free and community-supported Linux distribution whose purpose is to drive forward development and adoption of next-generation open source projects.