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Interesting to see OpenSUSE performing so well. It was one of my first distros way back in the late 90s (when it was just SuSE Linux) but it seems to have falle

Interesting to see OpenSUSE performing so well. It was one of my first distros way back in the late 90s (when it was just SuSE Linux) but it seems to have fallen by the wayside somewhat and I certainly haven't looked at it for a long time - I'm a full time Fedora user now. I'm going to have to revisit it soon.

opless 8y ago
I wouldn't bother. It's still quite horrid.
- Bootvis 8y ago
  At least explain why you think it's horrid.
  - yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago
    Personally, I tried it and had issues with package availability. It reminds me of RHEL without EPEL. Granted, there might be an equivalent that I didn't know about. EDIT/PS: this was particularly unfortunate, because ironically I really liked the package manager itself and the rest of the system was pretty decent.
    - cyphar 8y ago
      Have you looked at Packman (one of the more well-known unofficial repos), or OBS (https://build.opensuse.org/ https://build.opensuse.org/)?
    - diffeomorphism 8y ago
      I thought it has quite a bit of software but splits it into more repositories (and handles many repositories better): https://software.opensuse.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=steam https://software.opensuse.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=steam
- krylon 8y ago
  I run openSUSE on three desktop machines at home (2x Tumbleweed, 1x Leap), and I am mostly very happy with it. Hardware support is relatively good, and the system is fairly stable. Tumbleweed breaks things sometimes, but I would say that is to be expected on a rolling release distro. Thanks to snapshots, I can always roll back to a working state if something does break. To get a fully usable multimedia-capable desktop, one has to add a few package repositories, but that happens on other distros, too.
paulcarroty 8y ago
Used openSUSE ~5 months and finally switched to Fedora. - SUSE was sold 1 month ago and current owners doesn't have IT business - will surely be sold again - many small bugs - Red Had community is much more bigger and active
- madspindel 8y ago
  > current owners doesn't have IT business What do you mean by that? I see several tech companies here: https://eqtventures.com/companies/ https://eqtventures.com/companies/

opless 8y ago

I wouldn't bother. It's still quite horrid.

Bootvis 8y ago
At least explain why you think it's horrid.
- yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago
  Personally, I tried it and had issues with package availability. It reminds me of RHEL without EPEL. Granted, there might be an equivalent that I didn't know about. EDIT/PS: this was particularly unfortunate, because ironically I really liked the package manager itself and the rest of the system was pretty decent.
  - cyphar 8y ago
    Have you looked at Packman (one of the more well-known unofficial repos), or OBS (https://build.opensuse.org/ https://build.opensuse.org/)?
  - diffeomorphism 8y ago
    I thought it has quite a bit of software but splits it into more repositories (and handles many repositories better): https://software.opensuse.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=steam https://software.opensuse.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=steam
krylon 8y ago
I run openSUSE on three desktop machines at home (2x Tumbleweed, 1x Leap), and I am mostly very happy with it. Hardware support is relatively good, and the system is fairly stable. Tumbleweed breaks things sometimes, but I would say that is to be expected on a rolling release distro. Thanks to snapshots, I can always roll back to a working state if something does break. To get a fully usable multimedia-capable desktop, one has to add a few package repositories, but that happens on other distros, too.

paulcarroty 8y ago

Used openSUSE ~5 months and finally switched to Fedora. - SUSE was sold 1 month ago and current owners doesn't have IT business - will surely be sold again - many small bugs - Red Had community is much more bigger and active

madspindel 8y ago
> current owners doesn't have IT business What do you mean by that? I see several tech companies here: https://eqtventures.com/companies/ https://eqtventures.com/companies/