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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Even with the automated testing, Tumbleweed will still sometimes introduce problems with updates. They mitigate the risk of that with Snapper, so you can rollback to a previous state if things get borked.

Personally, though I've tried it a few times, I just can't get on with openSuse distros.

Updating is really slow since Zypper does one task at a time, compared to DNF or Apt which can download and install multiple packages at once
Updating is particularly slow in the US, since most opensuse servers are in the EU
Yast is powerful for enterprise/sysadmins, but is damn clunky to use for everyday normal stuff (IMHO).

I'd honestly just go for Fedora if you want up-to-date packages, perhaps Nobara if you want it more pre-setup for gaming and codecs. It's much more slick overall.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Your Fedora vs. OpenSUSE comparison is amusing to me, as I've had exactly the opposite experience. Fedora 40 DNF was hella slow for me, fedora broke regularly, etc.

My experience with Fedora (about 2 years of daily driving) has lead me to almost hate it, while my experience with Tumbleweed (approx. 6 months daily driver) has lead me to live it dearly. And I've never even used YAST!

Well, I guess a lot of this really depends on what packages you use, how you configure your OS, etc. — it's good to know both sides of the coin no matter what.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Your Fedora vs. OpenSUSE comparison is amusing to me, as I’ve had exactly the opposite experience. Fedora 40 DNF was hella slow for me, fedora broke regularly, etc.

Fedora 41 has DNF5 now, pretty fast.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, that's why I specified fedora 40. I guess eventually I'll need to try fedora again

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Fedora hasn't been all roses for my particular setup either, since they fully dropped X11 in the latest version, but my hardware combo isn't viable yet with Wayland, ultimately making me land on Linux Mint (which has been pretty dang nice).

I also tried OpenSUSE slowroll before trying Fedora, which I love the concept of, but an update on that seemed to bork my system (second monitor would remain blank upon booting), which made me a bit skeptical of its claims of extra stability over normal Tumbleweed.