How did you install openSUSE Leap/Tumbleweed

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Tried this Reliable And Safe Recipe

  1. Fetch latest and greatest:
erlangen:~ # wget https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-NET-x86_64-Current.iso
--2023-07-09 08:22:34--  https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-NET-x86_64-Current.iso
Resolving download.opensuse.org (download.opensuse.org)... 2001:67c:2178:8::13, 195.135.221.134
Connecting to download.opensuse.org (download.opensuse.org)|2001:67c:2178:8::13|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-NET-x86_64-Snapshot20230707-Media.iso [following]
--2023-07-09 08:22:34--  https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-NET-x86_64-Snapshot20230707-Media.iso
Reusing existing connection to [download.opensuse.org]:443.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://mirror.de.leaseweb.net/opensuse/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-NET-x86_64-Snapshot20230707-Media.iso [following]
--2023-07-09 08:22:34--  https://mirror.de.leaseweb.net/opensuse/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-NET-x86_64-Snapshot20230707-Media.iso
Resolving mirror.de.leaseweb.net (mirror.de.leaseweb.net)... 2a00:c98:2030:a034::21, 37.58.58.140
Connecting to mirror.de.leaseweb.net (mirror.de.leaseweb.net)|2a00:c98:2030:a034::21|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 233832448 (223M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘openSUSE-Tumbleweed-NET-x86_64-Current.iso’

openSUSE-Tumbleweed-NET-x86_64-Current.iso                 100%[========================================================================================================================================>] 223.00M  6.54MB/s    in 34s     

2023-07-09 08:23:09 (6.54 MB/s) - ‘openSUSE-Tumbleweed-NET-x86_64-Current.iso’ saved [233832448/233832448]

erlangen:~ #
  1. Double check device path:
erlangen:~ # findmnt /media/9597-1A97 
TARGET           SOURCE    FSTYPE OPTIONS
/media/9597-1A97 /dev/sdb1 vfat   rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gid=100,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,showexec,utf8,flush,errors=remount-ro
erlangen:~ #
  1. Create USB stick
erlangen:~ # dd if=openSUSE-Tumbleweed-NET-x86_64-Current.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M oflag=direct status=progress
205520896 bytes (206 MB, 196 MiB) copied, 4 s, 51.2 MB/s233832448 bytes (234 MB, 223 MiB) copied, 4.23052 s, 55.3 MB/s

55+1 records in
55+1 records out
233832448 bytes (234 MB, 223 MiB) copied, 4.25983 s, 54.9 MB/s
erlangen:~ # 

erlangen:~ # fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 29.82 GiB, 32023511040 bytes, 62545920 sectors
Disk model: Ultra Line      
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x5608805f

Device     Boot Start    End Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1         264   9587    9324   4.6M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
/dev/sdb2  *     9588 456703  447116 218.3M 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
erlangen:~ # 

erlangen:~ # findmnt /media/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-NET-x86_64 
TARGET                                SOURCE    FSTYPE  OPTIONS
/media/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-NET-x86_64 /dev/sdb2 iso9660 ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,nojoliet,check=s,map=n,blocksize=2048,uid=1000,gid=100,dmode=555,fmode=444,iocharset=utf8
erlangen:~ #