openSUSE:Tumbleweed installation

openSUSE Tumbleweed can be installed either by downloading and launching an installation image to start from scratch or by upgrading from a stable release.

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:

• Verify Download
• Create Bootable USB Stick
• How to Boot From a USB Device

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
DVD Installation - x86_64	GPG signed SHA-256
Network Installation - x86_64	GPG signed SHA-256

LegacyX86 (i586)

Download	Signed checksum
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
DVD Installation - AArch64	GPG signed SHA-256
Network Installation - AArch64	GPG signed SHA-256

PowerPC (ppc64 and ppc64le)

Download
DVD Installation - ppc64
DVD Installation - ppc64le
Network Installation - ppc64
Network Installation - ppc64le

Raspberry Pis

See:

• Raspberry Pi 1
• Raspberry Pi 2
• Raspberry Pi 3
• Raspberry Pi 4

LiveCDs/Rescue CD

Warning: Please be aware that the Rescue CD cannot be used to upgrade an existing install!

The installer on the Live CDs requires an active network connection for downloading packages for installation. Use the full DVD if you do not want to depend on that.

x86_64

Download	Signed checksum
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