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they have a nice logo

"we are not microsoft, here use this shit made by micros... I mean .. novell, great great, did it break? what a shame, send all the bug reports, no we do not accept fixes to our components... come back tomorrow and buy SuSE support :^)"

distro for weirdos

I think the logo is bretty cool, that's it

My friend uses it. He doesn't mind YaST controlling everything, and remarked it'd probably be very useful in an enterprise scenario because of YaST controlling everything. I'd use it if not for the systemd.

>>539750

I think zypper's pretty dup

https://software.opensuse.org/package/kernel-grsec-desktop

KDE felt weird and unpolished.

so I killed myself

>>540175

KDE is the worst, well after GNOME. I don't know why people cling to garbage like it's sustenance.

>>539750

I've been using it for quite some time. It's very stable and gets updates very frequently, There's also a lot of software available for it.

>>539750

It's pretty good. One of the few distros I might recommend to a Linux virgin. YaST is a great tool. KDE, while a lot of more experienced Linux users hate it, is the most normie friendly desktop.

>>539750

BUGGY GARBAGE

YaST had always felt a bit sluggish and would use up a lot of CPU time for simple tasks. Nevertheless it is powerful and I always liked it for offering a way to configure the system other than edit files by hand.

10.0 was my first distribution and I still feel attached to it. Maybe I'm just more a traditional desktop user at heart.

>>539750

I fucked up the installation and I couldn't download packages AAAAA.

>>540371

>How is the package manger compared to apt? I'm tired of debian

apt is absolute cancer compared to zypper.

>>540472

sudo xbps-install -Syu is a lot better.

>>539750

used it for a couple years and never had an issue. kde support is top notch and zypper is pretty good. been thinking of giving tumbleweed a try but haven't gotten around to it.

>>539750

Suse, not just OpenSuse, compared to other distributions for various use cases like server, desktop, mobile or notebook is outright obsolete. For everything Suse claims to be, there are at least 5 distros which can do it better.

>>540702

explain?

>>540624

It can be a little glitchy, with systemd delaying shutdown times in some cases. Otherwise it's nice when it works.

systemd wrapper no. 3321234

>>540850

At least it's not SELinux

>>540850

At least it's not SELinux

Hello /tech/. Friend neighborhood openSUSE shitposter here.

I'm running Leap with XFCE. It's pretty good, but the compatibility with some older software is shit because Leap is 64-bit only on x86.

Pros

God-tier package manager. Zypper has the best CLI of package manager I've used. Has all the modern features you'd expect plus 'vendor locking''. Vendor locking is one of those things you can't live without after you try it. The only thing that comes close is aptitude which is TUI not CLI

openSUSE Build Service has a great package selection.

Full integration for the big 4 DEs (I use XFCE, but KDE is best-supported).

Good hardware compatibility with Chinkpads. Everything just werks^TM out of the box.

Yast is good for windows GUI configuration. Better than dicking around with a bunch of configuration files in /etc/.

btrfs as default even though I use LVM + ext4 on LUKS

Cons

SystemDick. I'm autistic enough to hate SystemD, but not enough to change distros yet.

The base repos are limited for software, but the OBS has got you covered.

Shit security requirements. You shouldn’t need a password to install a printer in $CURRENT_YEAR.

Compiling from source is a pain, as it is with all distros using binary packages.

Brian Lunduke uses openSUSE.

gstreamer is a shit because software patents, so you have to use the PackMan repos.

openSUSE is really geared for enterprise. If you are into heavily modifying your distro, don't use this distro.

Conclusion

openSUSE is good if you want the abillity to choose between GUI and file-based configuration. It's good for power users who are only slightly autistic. Great package manager. Torvalds' rant about openSUSE is still true because enterprise-quality software ;^)

It's good for some people, but not everyone so install gentoo

anyone here try Chromixium Linux? Using it right now as a live cd and its not that bad even though everything on here is Google

>>541037

>SystemDick

>Cons

Opinion discarded.

>>541037

Btrfs as default was the worst thing they ever did

>>539750

I tried to install it once. It wouldn't let me install it alongside any other operating systems, so I just backed out of that.

It wants to be the only OS on your computer, and generally when I hear about it, it's never anything good.

>>541457

Good answer

I've only ever heard nice things about it.

But until I'd ran arch I'd only ever heard nice things about arch.

blocking out the negativity came around to bite me in the arse; but I've got mates AFK that like SUSE alot and even shill for it. so there's that.

>>540472

this. rpm is a blessing to use, and so are all rpm-based package managers I've tried.

>>541037

>Shit security requirements. You shouldn’t need a password to install a printer in $CURRENT_YEAR.

hello linus

>>546764

OpenSUSE really has potential to be the best distribution, but it has rough edges all the time due to not enough manpower