openSUSE:Communication channels
- Read news
- Contact other openSUSE users, to ask questions, and discuss openSUSE and Linux
News portals

- openSUSE News is a news portal that provides the latest openSUSE news.
- opensuse-announce mail list. Important announcements about openSUSE.
- Planet openSUSE The news aggregation of the community blogs.
Mailing lists

Main mailing lists
- project@lists.opensuse.org - The mailing list where non-technical aspects of the openSUSE project, distribution and community are discussed. Join us!.
Subscribe - Unsubscribe - Help - Archives
- factory@lists.opensuse.org - This is the list for technical discussions related to the development of the openSUSE Distributions..
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- support@lists.opensuse.org - This is the list for user support when using an openSUSE Distribution..
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All mailing lists
- List of mailing lists contains name, short intro and links for easy subscription, un-subscription, help and link to archives of that list. They are the most frequently asked for.
- Mailing lists subscription explains all available subscription options and gives technical background on subscribing, leaving (unsubscribing) and more.
- Mailing list netiquette is article that explains customs on our mailing lists that help new users to get help.
Instant chat (IRC)

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a great way to connect with openSUSE community members in real time chat and for support. IRC uses popular client software, such as Konversation, Kvirc, X-Chat or instant messenger clients that support the IRC protocol like Pidgin. All are included in openSUSE. Although chatting occurs in a group forum, you can also privately chat with online individuals.
If you are a new to IRC take a look at the IRC for the newbies.
Some important IRC channels you might want to visit:
Or check out our complete list of IRC channels here.
Online forums

Forums are a way to actively interact with a community. You can discuss issues with other community members, ask questions, and share experiences. You can access forums easily via your web browser.
- The official openSUSE forums contain the combined knowledge and expertise of the community of previously independent forums which have merged into the openSUSE project. The forums now have a number of subforums in other languages.
- For a list of all other web forums, see Forums list.
Head over and jump right into the discussions. We welcome your participation.
Websites

openSUSE offers a number of websites to fit your needs. Here are the most relevant ones:
Blogs

A blog, or a weblog, is a web sites where openSUSE community members post related to openSUSE:
- openSUSE Lizards mainly openSUSE members blogs related to technical aspects of distribution and included software.
- Planet SUSE main aggregation point of openSUSE developers and contributors blogs. Some technical, some not, in any case interesting reading.
Social networks

Contact Info

- Journalists can reach our press team via email.
- To report a problem with this site or openSUSE infrastructure, contact admin@opensuse.org. Please note, this is not a tech support email address. Use one of the options shown above if you need tech support.
- To request promotional DVDs or materials, visit our PromoDVD page.
- To find an openSUSE representative in your area, check out our Ambassador List page.
Other methods

There are plenty of other ways to communicate with openSUSE users or to get support:
- Telegram
- Discord
- Matrix Community and Matrix Space
- Usenet (Newsgroups).
- Jabber Multi-User-Chat (MUC).
- Wikis, a great source of documentation. See in particular openSUSE.org (this site) and the openSUSE-Community.org website.