SUSE S.A.
Former headquarters of SUSE in Nürnberg (2007) | |
| SUSE S.A. | |
| Company type | Privately held (Société Anonyme) |
| ISIN | LU2333210958 |
| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | Fürth, Germany (2 September 1992) |
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Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen (CEO) |
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| Revenue | 450,000,000 United States dollar (2020) |
Number of employees | 2,300 (2023) |
| Parent | EQT AB |
| Website | www |
SUSE S.A. (/ˈsuːsə, ˈsuːzə/ SOO-sə, SOO-zə, German: [ˈzuːzə]) is a German 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 enterprise. It is the developer of SUSE Linux Enterprise and the primary sponsor of the community-supported openSUSE Linux distribution project.
The openSUSE "Tumbleweed" variation is an upstream distribution for both the "Leap" variation and SUSE Linux Enterprise distribution. Meanwhile, its branded "Leap" variation is part of a direct upgrade path to the enterprise version, which effectively makes openSUSE Leap a non-commercial version of its enterprise product.