Which openSUSE Live image would you recommend for a Ryzen 8600G? I’m looking for something that works out of the box with this APU. Also, it would be great if the image had Memtest pre-installed.
To me, that can be interpreted in different ways.
Are you asking which openSUSE distro?
Such as Tumbleweed, Leap, Leap Micro, MicroOS??
And of course, there are a few GUI environments to choose, such as KDE, GNOME, XFCE, etc.
I’d say the above options are a personal choice, depending on your needs and wants.
Although there are architecture choices, it’s obvious the one dedicated for your CPU 
The only Live images I am aware of are Tumbleweed images, available here (check the last few pages).
As to which Desktop Environment to choose, that is a matter of personal preference or habit, any would do its job on a Ryzen 8600G.
Personally, I would provide a URL that provides a few desktop environment options (Live ISO) … vs pointing the user to a very specific ISO using GNOME.
For example, this “base” URL below provides many TW Live ISO choices, for KDE, GNOME, XFCE … for my browser view, I clicked on Page 9 (then Page 10) to see the full list of Live TW ISOs.
Thanks for the replies. I’m looking for a Live version that boots from a USB, and I’d prefer KDE. I downloaded the Live KDE image from https://get.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/?type=desktop#download, but unfortunately, it just boots to a black screen.
I also tried Fedora and it works perfectly fine from the USB, but I’d still prefer OpenSuse. Ideally, I’m looking for a Live version with persistence so I can save my changes to the USB drive.
I’ll test the image from this site https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/ and let you know if it works.
@rilicek Hi, whilst you can install packages to the Live USB (persistent), save files etc. The kernel/boot does not update.
You might be better off creating your own image on the openSUSE Build Service to suit your needs?
https://studioexpress.opensuse.org/
Try adding nomodeset to the kernel boot line (at the boot screen hit E for “edit”, then look for the line beginning with “linux”).
I don’t recall if adding the AMDGPU driver to the persistent memory after the first boot should work or not though.
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openSUSE-Tumbleweed-KDE-Live-x86_64-Snapshot20260419-Media.iso from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/
I’m just getting a black screen with a mouse cursor. When I try to log in as root in the console, it hangs. I think I’ll stick with Fedora in this case.