# SUSE Linux 28 Hacker News commenters recommended SUSE Linux and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 10 of 13 months; owners who said how long report a median of 28 years (4 owners). It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Recommended as an easy-to-install Linux distribution with a long history, especially in enterprise and European public-sector discussions. Critics say it is not mainstream and that it can be complicated to use. ## Why people recommend it - Easy to install and use (6 comments): "Yes. It was as easy to use as Windows was like 30 years ago. It's still easy to use." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47722703)) "I remember SUSE not being harder to use then any other desktop distribution." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47722933)) "I had good memories of how was easy to install stuff with YaST" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47224769)) - Respected enterprise distro with support (3 comments): "If your answer doesn't include either Debian, Red Hat, Canonical or Suse it is probably the wrong choice." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46183031)) "SuSE is about the 2nd most used distro in the enterprise" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47333116)) "they offer much better support compared to Canonical" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46093087)) - Seen as European digital sovereignty option (3 comments): "it would sound like a good deal for the Netherlands and Luxembourg/Germany if Netherlands would uses SUSE" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49892626)) "demand all EU government systems transition to SUSE or compatible forks in the next 10 years" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49896188)) "an already existing industry proven OS the EU already has domestically" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49891937)) - Stable with good packaging (2 comments): "Ditto with SuSE, which had a golden stability." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48569911)) "had really nice packaging and media artworks" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50017366)) ## What people warn about - Hard to use or complicated (2 comments): "uniquely complicated for no good reason" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47722018)) "I had been struggling with Suse" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48740474)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Ubuntu](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ubuntu.md): 560 recommend - [Debian](https://hackerapproved.com/p/debian.md): 552 recommend - [Fedora Linux](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fedora.md): 437 recommend - [Arch Linux](https://hackerapproved.com/p/arch-linux.md): 362 recommend - [Linux Mint](https://hackerapproved.com/p/linux-mint.md): 277 recommend ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "SUSE Linux", https://hackerapproved.com/p/suse-linux/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).