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Compare Linux Mint and openSUSE Tumbleweed 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (54.3% of reviews)
Small-Business (53.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Linux Mint
Star Rating
(181)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (54.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Linux MintopenSUSE Tumbleweed
Star Rating
(31)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (53.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about openSUSE TumbleweedLinux Mint vs openSUSE Tumbleweed
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found them equally easy to use. However, openSUSE Tumbleweed is easier to set up and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with openSUSE Tumbleweed overall.
- Reviewers felt that openSUSE Tumbleweed meets the needs of their business better than Linux Mint.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that openSUSE Tumbleweed is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Linux Mint over openSUSE Tumbleweed.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Linux Mint
No pricing availableopenSUSE Tumbleweed
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Linux Mint
No trial information availableopenSUSE Tumbleweed
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.9
144
9.0
15
Ease of Use
9.0
143
9.0
15
Ease of Setup
9.1
61
9.6
9
Ease of Admin
8.7
37
9.0
8
Quality of Support
8.2
136
8.5
16
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.2
34
8.5
8
Product Direction (% positive)
8.2
139
6.7
14
Features by Category
Memory Management - Operating System
9.4
17
Not enough data
Device Management - Operating System
9.0
15
Not enough data
Backup and Recovery - Operating System
7.4
15
Not enough data
Error Detection - Operating System
7.6
15
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Linux Mint and openSUSE Tumbleweed are categorized as Operating System
Unique Categories
Linux Mint has no unique categories
openSUSE Tumbleweed has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Linux Mint
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
openSUSE Tumbleweed
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
26.4%
Computer Software
21.3%
Computer & Network Security
5.7%
Newspapers
4.6%
Consumer Goods
4.6%
Other
37.4%
Information Technology and Services
17.9%
Computer Software
14.3%
Computer & Network Security
10.7%
Program Development
7.1%
Computer Networking
7.1%
Other
42.9%
Discussions
Is Linux Mint still supported?
2 Comments
VP
Very well, It supports older hardware as well as newer. Pleasant experience while coding...Read more
how can i make partitions of my hard drive ?
1 Comment
SR
Yes, you can do it. sending you a link please check...Read more
Virtual box
1 Comment
DC
Are you sure that it is Linux Mint defect and you were able to install it correctly? That might not be specific to Linux Mint. It is based on Debian, did you...Read more
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