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Why openSUSE? (reddthat.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Telorand@reddthat.com to c/linux@programming.dev

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First, let me be clear up front that I'm not promoting the idea that there should be one "universal" Linux distro. With all the various distros out there for consumers, there's lots of discussion about Arch, Debian, and Fedora (and their various descendant projects), but I rarely see much talk about openSUSE.

Why might somebody choose that one over the others? What features or vision distinguishes it from the others?

Edit: I love all the answers! Great stuff. Thanks to everyone!

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[–] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 16 points 8 months ago (14 children)

Opensuse tumbleweed is probably the most stable rolling release, so you get the newest software without everything breaking. Also Yast is an amazing utility that allows you to administer your system entirely with a GUI

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I used it a while ago in a VM, and I was impressed how it felt like everything just worked.

Plus, it's just fun that the CLI system update command is zypper up

[–] AncientMariner@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think for TW it's zypper dup. up is for leap.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 8 months ago

Could be! I have no idea, since I used it many years ago.

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