# Add OPENSUSE MicroOS

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/add-opensuse-microos/13716
**Category:** Tool Suggestions
**Tags:** invalid
**Created:** 2023-08-22T17:12:52Z
**Posts:** 4

## Post 1 by @brivacy — 2023-08-22T17:12:52Z

if we can offer silverblue or kinote why not promote a similar kind of ditro like opensuse MicroOS though they are going to change the name of it but it is immutable distro.

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## Post 2 by @xe3 — 2023-08-22T19:04:01Z

I think MicroOS has a lot of promise (I am more interested in the server version, but I can see the appeal of the desktop spins as well).

That said, I have heard that full disk encryption is not yet officially supported and neither desktop version is production ready in the eyes of the OpenSUSE team (The KDE version is in Alpha and the Gnome version is a Release Candidate–so close but not there yet).

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## Post 3 by @purplecactus — 2023-08-22T21:41:42Z

Check out past discussion:

> [@Aeon Desktop (formerly MicroOS Desktop)](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/opensuse-microos-desktop/12012):
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> MicroOS Desktop is basically openSUSE’s equivalent to Fedora Silverblue/Kinoite, just imho a bit better. Immutable system Based on the rolling openSUSE Tumbleweed (so it should be even more up to date than Fedora which has a new release every 6 months) Automatic daily updates without needing user input/approval Automatic rollbacks if a system update went wrong (based on btrfs + snapper I think, so relatively space-saving way of keeping the old system image) Choice of GNOME and KDE Plasma GUI a…

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## Post 4 by @anon73250778 — 2023-08-23T11:15:52Z

The download says it is release candidate but it is still very much feeling like early beta for me. I tried it somewhat recently.

Also it has been renamed Aeon for some time now.

Fedora despite the drama, sadly, is still a more superior product. I wouldnt push Aeon/MicroOS to more casual users.

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## Post 5 by @redoomed1 — 2025-05-31T16:56:37Z

Duplicate of the thread linked above