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openSUSE Leap vs. Linux Mint

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricopenSUSE Leap

by SUSE

Linux Mint

by Linux Mark Institute

Overall rating4.34.5
Review count36189
Ease of use8.49.1
Ease of setup8.79.3
Quality of support8.08.6
Meets requirements9.29.1
NPS48.57142974.731183
Small Business40.0%54.9%
Mid-Market31.4%32.1%
Enterprise28.6%13.0%
Total page views196687
Total LLM citations3202,110

openSUSE Leap

The openSUSE Project is a worldwide effort that promotes the use of free and open source software wherever possible, and well known for its GNU/Linux based operating systems. openSUSE Leap is the keystone community distribution that offers unmatched choice by being binary-compatible with the commercially-available SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE). openSUSE Leap combines SLE quality with the amazing ecosystem of openSUSE, which offers thousands of additional community-maintained software packages.

Pros

  • Speed/Performance
  • Ease of Use
  • Lightweight Size
  • Easy Installation
  • Free/No Cost
  • Easy Setup

Linux Mint

Linux Mint is a community-driven Linux distribution that aims to provide a modern, elegant, and comfortable operating system that is both powerful and easy to use. Based on Ubuntu and Debian, it offers full multimedia support out of the box and comes bundled with a variety of free and open-source applications. The default desktop environment is Cinnamon, developed by the Linux Mint team, with MATE and Xfce available as alternatives. Linux Mint is available for x86-64 systems.

Pros

  • User-Friendly
  • Stability
  • Linux/Ubuntu OS
  • Speed/Performance
  • Ease of Use
  • Lightweight Size