I can confirm that symlink. sh@balrog-leap-15-3:~> ls -l /etc/os-release lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 8. Nov 2021 /etc/os-release -> ../usr/lib/os-release sh@balrog-leap-15-3:~> cat /usr/lib/os-release NAME="openSUSE Leap" VERSION="15.3" ID="opensuse-leap" ID_LIKE="suse opensuse" VERSION_ID="15.3" PRETTY_NAME="openSUSE Leap 15.3" ANSI_COLOR="0;32" CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:opensuse:leap:15.3" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.opensuse.org" HOME_URL="https://www.opensuse.org/"