# SLES 11 SP4 vs OpenSuse?

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-11-sp4-vs-opensuse/30645>\
**Category:** SLES Install-Boot\
**Created:** [December 8, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-11-sp4-vs-opensuse/30645 "2017-12-08T01:26:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![susegecko111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@susegecko111](https://forums.suse.com/u/susegecko111)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-11-sp4-vs-opensuse/30645/1 "2017-12-08T01:26:51Z")

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We would like our software to include support for SLES 11 SP4. However, to save development costs we would like to develop/test against OpenSuse.  
With RedHat/CentOs, this is normally not an issue since CentOs is basically RedHat minus rebranding.

But with SUSE, it seems that this strategy would be risky because OpenSUSE runs newer versions of libraries. So it ultimately depends if our software uses libraries that don’t differ across OpenSuse, SLES.

Am I correct in this assessment?

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-11-sp4-vs-opensuse/30645/2 "2017-12-08T03:55:56Z")

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> On Thu 07 Dec 2017 11:34:02 PM CST, susegecko111 wrote:
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> We would like our software to include support for SLES 11 SP4. However,  
> to save development costs we would like to develop/test against  
> OpenSuse.  
> With RedHat/CentOs, this is normally not an issue since CentOs is  
> basically RedHat minus rebranding.
> 
> But with SUSE, it seems that this strategy would be risky because  
> OpenSUSE runs newer versions of libraries. So it ultimately depends if  
> our software uses libraries that don’t differ across OpenSuse, SLES.
> 
> Am I correct in this assessment?

Hi and welcome to the Forum 🙂  
Correct for the moment, especially with SLES 11 SP4. You will find more  
alignment between SLE and openSUSE LEAP going forward since they share  
the same core.

It also depends on what your developing (C, PHP etc), perhaps some more  
info will help.

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**Author:** ![thsundel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@thsundel](https://forums.suse.com/u/thsundel)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sles-11-sp4-vs-opensuse/30645/3 "2017-12-08T10:45:46Z")

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[QUOTE=susegecko111;40491]We would like our software to include support for SLES 11 SP4. However, to save development costs we would like to develop/test against OpenSuse.  
With RedHat/CentOs, this is normally not an issue since CentOs is basically RedHat minus rebranding.

But with SUSE, it seems that this strategy would be risky because OpenSUSE runs newer versions of libraries. So it ultimately depends if our software uses libraries that don’t differ across OpenSuse, SLES.

Am I correct in this assessment?[/QUOTE]

I’m unsure but my guess is that if you sign up as a isv/partner (free) there will be benefits: [https://www.suse.com/partners/isv/](https://www.suse.com/partners/isv/)

Thomas