openSUSE:Tumbleweed installation
Installation
To install openSUSE Tumbleweed download the latest Tumbleweed ISO below, verify the download, write it to an USB stick and launch the installation from there after a reboot:
Installation ISOs – Recommended for Installation & Upgrades
For systems with RAM less than 4 GiB install OS on XFS or ext4 file systems. Systems with insufficient amount of RAM work too slow with BTRFS. To free RAM on systems with built-in graphics you can reduce amount of RAM dedicated to iGPU.
BTRFS has enormously high write amplification. You can destroy weak media without wear leveling using BTRFS, such as SD cards and USB thumb drives.
x86_64
Download | Signed checksum |
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DVD Installation - x86_64 | GPG signed SHA-256 |
Network Installation - x86_64 | GPG signed SHA-256 |
LegacyX86 (i586)
Download | Signed checksum |
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DVD Installation - i586 | GPG signed SHA-256 |
Network Installation - i586 | GPG signed SHA-256 |
A number of components hard-require the presence of SSE2, especially e.g. Mesa and librsvg. Programs may just terminate with SIGILL. Because of this, there is a limit to how much of a Tumbleweed system, particularly programs requiring a graphical environment, can be exercised on an old CPU.
AArch64 (arm64)
Download | Signed checksum |
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DVD Installation - AArch64 | GPG signed SHA-256 |
Network Installation - AArch64 | GPG signed SHA-256 |
PowerPC (ppc64 and ppc64le)
Download |
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DVD Installation - ppc64 |
DVD Installation - ppc64le |
Network Installation - ppc64 |
Network Installation - ppc64le |
Raspberry Pis
See:
LiveCDs/Rescue CD
x86_64
Download | Signed checksum |
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GNOME Live CD - x86_64 | GPG signed SHA-256 |
KDE Live CD - x86_64 | GPG signed SHA-256 |
Rescue CD - x86_64 | GPG signed SHA-256 |
Network booting the installer
There is a fine guide for netbooting the installer here PXE boot
Upgrade
In the context of this article 'Upgrade' means 'moving from an older openSUSE release (eg. openSUSE Leap 15.2) to Tumbleweed.
You can read more on the Tumbleweed Upgrade Page