When comparing Ubuntu Server ARM vs openSUSE Tumbleweed, the Slant community recommends Ubuntu Server ARM for most people. In the question“What are the best Linux distributions that run on ARM architecture?” Ubuntu Server ARM is ranked 5th while openSUSE Tumbleweed is ranked 10th. The most important reason people chose Ubuntu Server ARM is:
The ubuntu system on arm devices is quite stable on android phones, works well if cpu is 64-bit ARMv8-A similar to raspberry pi. By default it has a gui gnome3 supports, also kde plasma 5 and kde plasma neon (wayland) for better use on touch screens.
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Pros
Pro Can be used without root supports easy proot and chroot mode lts support
The ubuntu system on arm devices is quite stable on android phones, works well if cpu is 64-bit ARMv8-A similar to raspberry pi. By default it has a gui gnome3 supports, also kde plasma 5 and kde plasma neon (wayland) for better use on touch screens.
Pro Stable
Tumbleweed is stable enough to use every day. Updates are OpenQA tested to ensure stability before being released for Tumbleweed. Bleeding edge untested software can be tried using OpenSUSE factory.
Pro Easy installation and cutting edge apps
Pro A large amount of software
Pro Tumbleweed + OpenSUSE Build Service
Pro Good selection of preinstalled applications
Pro User friendly + Good support
Active and friendly user community, updates come fast
Cons
Con Little / no third-party support
Like it or not, most third parties don't want to deal with less-popular distros. So most of them only support Ubuntu LTS and those versions of RHEL/CentOS that are still supported.