SUSE

Overview

German open-source software company specializing in Linux enterprise distributions, Kubernetes, and infrastructure management.

Key Facts

  • Founded: 1992 (as SuSE Linux)

  • Headquarters: Nuremberg, Germany

  • Status: Public (NASDAQ: SUSE)

  • CEO: Christian Hohnstein

  • Founded as SuSE Linux in Germany; “SuSE” stands for “Software- und System-Entwicklung”

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is a major enterprise Linux distribution

  • openSUSE is the community-driven upstream project

  • YaST is SUSE’s unique system administration tool

  • Certified for SAP workloads (a key enterprise differentiator)

  • Owns Novell and SUSE Linux Enterprise products

Products Mentioned in Wiki

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