SUSE Linux GmbH

SUSE is a German-based, multinational, open-source software company that develops and sells Linux products to business customers. Founded in 1992, it was the first company to market Linux for the enterprise. It is also the primary sponsor of the community-supported openSUSE Project which develops the openSUSE Linux distribution. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Micro Focus International.

SUSE Linux ( or ; ) is a computer operating system. It is built on top of the open source Linux kernel and is distributed with system and application software from other open source projects. SUSE Linux is of German origin, basically an acronym of “Software und System-Entwicklung” (software and systems development), and was mainly developed in Europe. The first version appeared in early 1994, making SUSE one of the oldest existing commercial distributions. It is known for its YaST configuration tool.

Suse or SUSE may refer to:

• Fort Suse, in Iraq
• Sus, Azerbaijan
• Suse Heinze (born 1920), a German diver
• SUSE, a software business unit of Micro Focus International
  • SUSE Linux distributions
  • openSUSE
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop