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Distribution
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Bottom line
MicroOS is a riscv64 variant of the same project (there is a kvm-and-xen qcow2 image), not a downstream derivative.
- Based on
- Independent
- Upstream
- RISC-V sits in the download.opensuse.org/ports/ port tree (ports/riscv/) as a community port, not an openSUSE primary architecture; only Tumbleweed and MicroOS exist — there is no Leap riscv64.
- Versions
- Tumbleweed (rolling, current ISO Snapshot20260924) · MicroOS 16.0.0 (riscv64, Snapshot20260924)
- Doc languages
- en
- Checked
- 2026-11-01
Boards
- QEMU virt (virtual machine) Official The Tumbleweed riscv64 DVD/NET ISO installs directly in QEMU (generic image)
- SiFive HiFive Unmatched Community No board images; generic ISO + the board's UEFI/U-Boot
- StarFive VisionFive 2 Community There is third-party footage of a real-hardware install, but openSUSE has no official board image
- LicheePi 4A Partial No official TH1520 support
- Milk-V Meles Partial No official TH1520 support
- SpacemiT K3 (Pico-ITX / CoM260) Partial No official SpacemiT K3 support
- Zhihe A210 (XuanTie MelonPi dev board) Partial No official support
- Canaan K230 (Kendryte K230 / CanMV-K230) Partial No official support
- Milk-V Megrez (ESWIN EIC7700X) Community Generic image + board UEFI; unconfirmed
- Milk-V Titan (UltraRISC DP1000) Community Generic image + board UEFI; unconfirmed
- Milk-V Pioneer (SG2042, server-oriented) Community Generic image + board UEFI; unconfirmed
- Orange Pi RV2 (Ky X1) Community Generic image + board UEFI; unconfirmed
- Banana Pi BPI-F3 (SpacemiT K1) Community Generic image + board UEFI; unconfirmed
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Docs and videos
Pitfalls
- ISOs are auto-published snapshots with zero testing; README.FIRST says: "They haven't seen any kind of testing before publishing... there are times when they are broken"
- Rolling only (Tumbleweed/MicroOS); there is no stable Leap release
- No board images; everything relies on the board's UEFI/U-Boot firmware
- Official RISC-V docs live mostly on the en.opensuse.org wiki, which returns 403 to automated fetching, so it can't be machine-checked
RuyiSDK test reports4
Hands-on records from RuyiSDK, board by board. Open a report for the full install steps and verdict.
| Boards | Status | Versions | Last tested | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | ◐ Basic | 20250527 | 2025-05-29 | Open report |
| SiFive HiFive Unmatched | ◐ Basic | — | 2024-06-21 | Open report |
| VisionFive | ◐ Basic | — | 2024-06-21 | Open report |
| StarFive VisionFive 2 | ◐ Basic | — | 2024-10-25 | Open report |
Status meanings: good — fully usable (desktop boots); basic — basic system (serial console works); part — partial functionality; cft — image exists, needs verification; cfh — documented as supported but fails to boot; cfi — claimed supported, no image; wip — announced only.
Sources10
- download.opensuse.org/ports/riscv/tumbleweed/iso/
- download.opensuse.org/ports/riscv/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-riscv64-Current.iso
- download.opensuse.org/ports/riscv/
- doc.opensuse.org/
- youtube.com/watch
- matrix.ruyisdk.org/reports/Mars/openSUSE/README/
- matrix.ruyisdk.org/reports/Unmatched/openSUSE/README/
- matrix.ruyisdk.org/reports/VisionFive/openSUSE/README/
- matrix.ruyisdk.org/reports/VisionFive2/openSUSE/README/
- matrix.ruyisdk.org/
The full source list and how each claim is judged: Sources