openSUSE: Is it Good?

Today I talk about openSUSE Tumbleweed and what makes it special.
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0:00 Intro
0:42 What is openSuse?
1:21 First Look
2:04 Install Shenanigans
3:59 First Impressions
4:13 What Makes it Different?
4:23 YaST
6:58 btrfs
7:38 Zypper
12:20 Software Availability
13:19 Open Build Service
19:12 Package Management Wrap Up
19:41 Is openSUSE Good?
24:26 Goodbye

#opensuse #linux #thelinuxcast

[themroc]

I am so glad you are liking OpenSuse. The work they have been doing for decades now is objectively excellent, and it has been one of the most underrated and underestimated distributions forever. Having an influential figure like you (did that make you blush? But it's true.) feature their distribution on his channel is important for them.

[JureRepinc]

Open Build Service is one of the hidden gems from OpenSUSE. They should promote it much much more as it would be useful to so many opensource projects to build packages for all the major distros at once. Too bad hardly anyone knows about it and then they do not provide packages for so many distros.

[Spicysauced]

I use Tumbleweed since 2 years now full time. Could not be happier. What does it for me is Yast and Snapper. Imagine an up to date rolling OS without the need for manual intervention or error solving, being as stable as MacOS or Windows, just ready for everyday use - and with an inbuilt safety mechanism that lets you roll back to the last working state with literally one click in the unlikely case something goes wrong. That is Opensuse.

I dont understand why nobody else uses Snapper like Opensuse does stock, after all its open source. They all should do it, Fedora for example. Instead they use (if at all) other weird implementions of snapshotting/rebasing like rpm-ostree, that although Silverblue and Kinoite use BTRFS dont make use of it at all.

[kikotomaz]

been using openSUSE with gnome as my laptop daily driver and honestly it's the best "just works" distro i've tried

[curtdawe]

Yes, Matt, please do a full YAST video. I've never installed openSUSE, but now looking at this video, I'm really liking the possibilities that this distro might hold for me as an end user. Looks quite promising, actually...

[smarkson]

Tumbleweed feels more stable than most of stable distros due to dedication of testing team before release (culture). BTW, openSUSE/KDE user here since 2005.

[JanSteen]

one thing about the installer is that after you choose everything you get a summary of whats going to be installed.
There you still can change a lot.
What software you want to install, or not installed.
Network settings, firewall, etc.
This installer looks old, but has more options then most installers

[Electrodudimanche]

I often use the discover app when i'm looking for a package. It's like an appstore. Not everything is in there, but it helps a lot when you want a software for something and want more than just the description of the package and its depedencies, there's user feedback, ratings, screenshots. Realy helpful stuff.

[ArniesTech]

As a German, I of course say: "Zis is weri gut!" ❤

[wantgoodvibes]

Thanks, I switched to Tumbleweed a few months ago, really been impressed with everything overall. Like any new/different setup it does take some time to figure out how to do certain things, . Made some mistakes here and there setting some things up, but so many of the odd weird smallish issues I noticed and dealt with while working on other distributions just vanished on OpenSUSE. Been refreshing to be using such decently up to date(rolling release) stuff, yet minus the other problems that can occur. No issues at all so far except ones I created.

[xrZt]

The main reason OpenSUSE is not as advertised as other main distros is that people who actually use it are busy getting things done.
Leap and TW are rock solid and don't stand in your way to do your work. I've been running Leap (now TW) on my main machine for years and I've only had few issues (mostly Nvidia related) but could always revert to a snapshot and fix it later when I had free time off work.

OpenSUSE is very solid distro, anyone should at least try it.

P.S.
OpenSUSE cured my distrohoping...

[eriksiers]

Suse was one of my very first distros, back in 1998. A few days ago, another Youtuber talked about openSUSE Micro OS and I downloaded it, with the intention of trying it out when I'm done with my current projects.

[cassyettetape]

Outside of some small issues I had getting games to work, OpenSuse has been one of the best distros I’ve ever tried

[MrKasenom]

great video! I'd love to see a video on YAST

[flogginga_dead_horse]

Started using Suse in about 1996. Using MXLinux these days but used it for many years.

[PedroRosado]

Being on Tumbleweed for about 5 years (Linux user since 2007) as my main desktop. I use it for my work when I want to avoid getting my work laptop and for my personal stuff.

[kensmalley]

An other Yes, Matt. A dedicated video on YaST would be appreciated. As you stated, so many of the Distros have desktop similarities, but this is one, I believe, many should be exploring.

[gimcrack]

I always like openSUSE. I used openSUSE Leap with KDE and it's the best KDE default setup I think. The same as Netrunner having a great KDE default setup.

[anonx]

Funny that this was released today, I just returned to Tumbleweed after distrohopping a trillion times including Vanilla Arch, I just love Opensuse and yast.

[exja]

You must have read my mind, just yesterday I was searching whether you had a video on OpenSuse!