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Because 10 years ago ubuntu supported way more configurations out of the box and was more user friendly for laptops and desktops. And now nobody wants to spend

Because 10 years ago ubuntu supported way more configurations out of the box and was more user friendly for laptops and desktops. And now nobody wants to spend time trying something new: don't fix what's not broken. I have no incentive to ever install anything else than Ubuntu on my laptop given the investment I've done to get used to it. And on servers, I use Ubuntu just because I know it.

phjesusthatguy3 8y ago
^this plus literally 1999 was my first Debian install. Three floppy disks, what could be the problem? It installed on the first machine I threw at it (thank you 3Com and Intel). And it solved enough problems that I knew I could throw it at the next system I installed. & etc.
baldfat 8y ago
I think a little Distro hopping is good for the soul. I have certainly had my time with Arch and Fedora but I have settled with OpenSUSE because it is to me the perfect distro. You can get OpenSUSE Leap a typical disto with release cycles and then there is OpenSUSE Tumbleweed which is a rolling release. By far the best cli installer with zypper and that they make it super easy to build and install with their own build system and uses repos is just best in class. All done online and can be one click just makes me wonder why the community still avoids them. https://software.opensuse.org/find https://software.opensuse.org/find
- porker 8y ago
  Ahh SUSE... the one I wanted to use 2001-2005 but didn't because it was a big greedy commercial company behind it. The idiocies of youth. Now I kinda wish I'd made that commitment. Must check it out again.
- ilovecaching 8y ago
  Can you sell me on SUSE a little bit more?
- stirfrykitty 8y ago
  SUSE was my first distro in college back in the late 90s. My first job was my exposure to Debian, and I've been on it since. Distro hopping is fun. The issue with OpenSUSE is it's huge unless you do a minimalist install. yast is a great tool, however. Debian should have something like this. I agree zypper is a nice package manager, and it's fast.

phjesusthatguy3 8y ago

^this plus literally 1999 was my first Debian install. Three floppy disks, what could be the problem? It installed on the first machine I threw at it (thank you 3Com and Intel). And it solved enough problems that I knew I could throw it at the next system I installed. & etc.

baldfat 8y ago

I think a little Distro hopping is good for the soul. I have certainly had my time with Arch and Fedora but I have settled with OpenSUSE because it is to me the perfect distro. You can get OpenSUSE Leap a typical disto with release cycles and then there is OpenSUSE Tumbleweed which is a rolling release. By far the best cli installer with zypper and that they make it super easy to build and install with their own build system and uses repos is just best in class. All done online and can be one click just makes me wonder why the community still avoids them. https://software.opensuse.org/find https://software.opensuse.org/find

porker 8y ago
Ahh SUSE... the one I wanted to use 2001-2005 but didn't because it was a big greedy commercial company behind it. The idiocies of youth. Now I kinda wish I'd made that commitment. Must check it out again.
ilovecaching 8y ago
Can you sell me on SUSE a little bit more?
stirfrykitty 8y ago
SUSE was my first distro in college back in the late 90s. My first job was my exposure to Debian, and I've been on it since. Distro hopping is fun. The issue with OpenSUSE is it's huge unless you do a minimalist install. yast is a great tool, however. Debian should have something like this. I agree zypper is a nice package manager, and it's fast.