One Month of Opensuse KDE: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

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[lovelaga]

Yes, I like KDE but is very difficult to operate. Think I'll go back to Peppermint & stop wasting time, which at 75, I don't have!!!

[TheFrozenMind]

I also had the slow boot-up on my OpenSuse Leap 42.1 - nice review man.

[WaltFrampusFrye]

As always, I enjoy your vids! I am currently using OpenSuse leap on my Dell laptop and love it. I am not a huge fan of KDE anymore but I need to use the proprietary graphics driver to play steam games. Fedora 24 and Solus lets me use steam with the free driver but can't get my gamepad to work in them. OpenSuse configures it the second I plug it in. I have been a Suse user way back when they use to include the codecs for video play etc. (Had to buy the boxed set since ISO weren't available back then) I also use a bluetooth mouse and openSuse automatically connects to it. Had to configure it first but with any reboot it starts up. Start up time is a little slow but I normally just leave my laptop running so it isn't a problem for me. I am probably going to stay with leap for now since everything that I need is working.

[geraldcragg]

hey blondie !!
+1 for staying with opensuse for 1 month.
i think after this amount of time with SUSE (i Know id be starting the computer with both eyes shut, hoping it was still working),
anything and everything will seem twice as easy.
i understand your recent G+ post now - 1 month of opensuse and your ready for the world....
keep em coming Mr Reissig, keep em coming

[Garbaz]

4:30
Why is it always the network managers?
I got a similar problem with my Debian+Gnome3 notebook, where the network manager just hangs for a while on bootup.

[srinidhiskanda]

tanx for the video i am beginner to linux destro currently i am using
ubuntu not satisfied with it i want to switch to other distro. i narrow
down to opensuse and arch. i am student i do lot of code mostly python
and java. if i choose any one of this destro will it support ides or
text editor. is it true that opensuse has more support communities
compare to arch linux or should i stay with ubuntu.

[rodolfomarques]

9:23 also you could type F4 and the terminal is shown in the Dolphin window, nicely integrated with the latter.

[danhardisty]

Thanks for posting. I was wondering about this.

[Knightjp]

Open Terminal, go into Sudo and then type Yast. You will be amazed at what you see.

[johnmal]

Nice review. I have similar problems with the monitor situation. Love kde its a slick looking environment very modern. I have been using the kde neon I gotta say they did a nice job. They don't put much on it but I would rather add only what I want. Had to add the nividia driver, libre office etc.. works real well so far. I have not had much luck with kde on this old ibm thinkpad but with neon it runs real smooth. I want to try open suse kde I have always liked there distros.

[AnassEljondy]

The next distro, isn't the one you talked about on Linux & WhatNot ?

[harshphysik]

I currently use Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon. I wish to know that if to choose from Fedora & OpenSuse, which is easy to install and use?
I'm not a techie or power user.
I switched to mint because I didn't like gnome on Ubuntu 18.04
Do these allow different DEs during installation & third party apps like easytag, clipgrab, Clementine etc?

[josehawkins]

I'd like to see a review of Bodhi and GeckoLinux, also, what happened to Window Maker?

[ashgupta]

I have tried KDE a couple of times in the past but I was always turned off by stability issues and the fact that it is a resource hog. Did these issues come up with OpenSUSE KDE? Thanks.

[arnorobinwerkman]

can you make a review about gecko linux?
its a spin based on open suse but with aditional repos and all media codecs already installed, and you can get leap or tumble weed based.

[jackroom]

Do you get an error message when you update? something about the installation medium?

[srobart]

I just turn off wicked and use NetworkManager when I run OpenSuse. Wicked is good if you need a ton of features, but for 99.9% of people, NM is fine. NM allows for DHCP, partial DHCP or static addresses, configuration of DNS servers and basic proxy settings and that's really all I need (and all most people need).

I like Tumbleweed, but I require nvidia drivers because I use OpenCL apps and it's a pain in the butt to keep everything up-to-date, having to rebuild nvidia modules with every kernel update, which sometimes requires patching the kernel, too, so it's just not worth it for me. DKMS is available, but it tends to screw up and when it breaks, you really have a mess to try to fix. Arch is my home, it's where I feel comfortable. I can't even recall the last time I had to go looking outside the Arch ecosystem (repos/AUR) for software, it's got everything I need AND everything I want, plus it's blazing fast.

I agree with you about KDE and especially Dolphin, it's fantastic. If a person loves to configure their desktop to their own personal desires, KDE is THE best for that. Most of the apps I use are GTK based, so I tend to stick with cinnamon or gnome (although Deepin could be in my future, if they fix a few things). OpenSuse probably has the best KDE setup, imo.

[someonethatisachristian]

what about solydk ? you didnt mention that one ... what happened?

[pietrodantuono]

KMail is not that nightmare as you said in the video.
KMail->Tools->Account Wizard. Now a new window called Account Assistant will open and the other operations are similar to the other e-mail managers.

Some other beautiful functions you didn't mention:
-Krunner, which is the KDE version of Spotlight, very useful to find files and/or applications
-Kate, awesome advanced text editor, with tons of available plugins
-Amarok
-KWallet, (KDE version of keychain keychain) to store your passwords

Moreover, there is the possibility to automatically set the same set of shortcuts for all the KDE applications...pretty smart thing to me.

For the rest, nice video man!

[garth]

Have you tried WMail as long as all your accounts are gmail it's a godsend A.J