Wondering about the flavours of Tumbleweed ISO images
Posted by jpluimers on 2021/05/28
The Tumbleweed ISO images have many flavours, none yet covered in a comprehensive list.
I found [WayBack] Get openSUSE , which only explains part of the puzzle:
- Installation: x86_64, i586, aarch64, ppc64le (for DVD/NET)
- Kubic x86_64 aarch64 (for DVD)
- Live x86_64 i686 (for )
I do get the processor/architectures:
- x86 is in [WayBack] Index of /tumbleweed/iso/ and can have
- i586 (32-bit Intel P5 Pentium Processor and up)
- i686 (32-bit Intel P6 Pentium Processor and up)
- x86_64 (64-bit AMD/Intel/Via for AMD Opteron and higher/Intel Prescott-2M and higher/VIA Nano and higher)
- ARM is in [WayBack] Index of /ports/aarch64/tumbleweed/iso/ and can have
- aarch64 (64-bit ARM for ARMv8-A and more recent)
- PowerPC is in [WayBack] Index of /ports/ppc/tumbleweed/iso/ and can have
- Z Systems is in [WayBack] Index of /ports/zsystems/tumbleweed/iso/ and can have
- s390x (64-bit Linux on z Systems)
README files:
- [WayBack] download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/README.FIRST
- [WayBack] download.opensuse.org/ports/aarch64/tumbleweed/iso/README.FIRST
- [WayBack] download.opensuse.org/ports/ppc/tumbleweed/iso/README.FIRST
- [WayBack] download.opensuse.org/ports/zsystems/tumbleweed/iso/README.FIRST
These all have the same content:
These ISO files are published automatically once a new snapshot finished. They haven't seen any kind of testing before publishing, so download on your own risk and cost. Most of the time they work, but there are times when they are broken. So visit (and edit if you reported a bug severe enough) http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Tumbleweed
But I could not find a single page explaining the difference between all these (and why some of them are not prefixed with Tumbleweed):
flavour | media name | architectures: x86 | architectures: ARM | architectures: PowerPC | architectures: Z Systems |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
openSUSE-Kubic | DVD | x86_64 | aarch64 | ||
openSUSE-MicroOS | DVD | x86_64 | |||
openSUSE-Tumbleweed | DVD | i586, x86_64 | aarch64 | ppc64, ppc64le | s390x |
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-GNOME | Live | i686, x86_64 | |||
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-KDE | Live | i686, x86_64 | |||
openSUSE-Tumbleweed | NET | i586, x86_64 | aarch64 | ppc64, ppc64le | s390x |
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Rescue | CD | i686, x86_64 | |||
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-XFCE | Live | i686, x86_64 |
I do not get why:
- some have a media name (especially not DVD: all of them are iso files, right?)
- the architecture lists is so different for most of them
- the rescue image is not i586
I know there are also non-ISO images for instance for Raspberry Pi or pure ARM at
- [WayBack] Index of /ports/armv6hl/tumbleweed/images/:
- openSUSE-Tumbleweed-ARM-JeOS-raspberrypi.armv6l-Current.raw.xz
- openSUSE-Tumbleweed-ARM-JeOS.armv6-rootfs.armv6l-Current.tar.xz
- [WayBack] Index of /ports/armv7hl/tumbleweed/images/
- Too long a list to fully categorise right now; limited categorisation:
- Flavours seem to be E20/GNOME/JeOS/KDE/LXQT/X11/XFCE
- Architectures seem to be a13olinuxino/a20olinuxinolime/a20olinuxinomicro/arndale/beagle/beaglebone/chromebook/cubieboard/cubietruck/cuboxi/efi/loco/midway/nanopineo/olinuxinolime/olinuxinolime2/panda/paz00/raspberry2/sabrelite/sinovoipbpimplus/socfpgade0nanosoc/udooneo/wga// all armv7zl flavoured
Then there is
- RISC-V is in [WayBack] Index of /ports/riscv/tumbleweed/images/ has an extra infix “-RISC-V-” and can have
- riscv64
- Flavours seem to be GNOME/JeOS-devel/JeOS/KDE/LXQT/X11/XFCE
I have questions on these too (:
The JeOS question got answered
When originally writing this in 2019, I could not figure out what JeOS was.
Now I know it is supposed to be pronounced as juice
and is meant to have “Just enough Operating System” to get a base system working:
- [Wayback] How to setup OpenSuse Tumbleweed JeOS (Just Enough Operating System) to be a fully functional linux system? : openSUSE
- [Wayback] Portal:JeOS – openSUSE Wiki
openSUSE Linux JeOS (pronounced /jo͞os/, just like “juice”) is a slimmed down form factor of openSUSE Leap and Tumbleweed that is ready to run in virtualization environment and cloud. With openSUSE Linux JeOS, you can choose the right sized option to fit your needs. JeOS provides ready to deploy server images for KVM/Xen Fully Virtualized, Xen Paravirtualized, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware, and OpenStack Cloud.
For Raspberry Pi 2, this was the image to use mid 2020 via [Wayback] HCL:Raspberry Pi2 – openSUSE Wiki and [Wayback] http://download.opensuse.org/ports/armv7hl/tumbleweed/images/:
- [Wayback 1/Wayback 2] http://download.opensuse.org/ports/armv7hl/tumbleweed/images/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-ARM-JeOS-raspberrypi2.armv7l-2020.06.15-Snapshot20200730.raw.xz
- [Wayback] http://download.opensuse.org/ports/armv7hl/tumbleweed/images/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-ARM-JeOS-raspberrypi2.armv7l-2020.06.15-Snapshot20200730.raw.xz.sha256
- [Wayback] http://download.opensuse.org/ports/armv7hl/tumbleweed/images/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-ARM-JeOS-raspberrypi2.armv7l-2020.06.15-Snapshot20200730.raw.xz.sha256.asc
The OpenQA shows the global build state, but not specific to Raspberry Pi models: [Wayback] https://openqa.opensuse.org/group_overview/3
–jeroen
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