Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-11-15
Votes: 5
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Recently installed this, my most recent encounter with Suse, given that I was fiddling with them years ago too. Back when I went over the border to Washington state to buy (yes . . .) a copy of early Suse in a box, when you got a little metal Suse badge for your computer, or car, . . .
And I've done Leap 42.x since.
This Leap 15 installed without issue on my 2009 Lenovo Thinkpad T500, Intel T9600 processor, 8 GB RAM.
And it's great - it's just working flawlessly so far. These are early days, but it boots fully in about 100 seconds, and everything is running very nicely and as fast as this older hardware can manage, which is very acceptable as my second machine.
The package management is great, and Gnome is an old friend, looking forward to switching to KDE/Plasma next. No lack of applications in the standard release, so far.
Back to learning more Linux on this very stable and reasonably fast distro; given that OpenSuse doesn't call itself a light install, I'd say that this is certainly working faster than I thought it would.
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Version: 15
Rating: 5
Date: 2018-11-15
Votes: 0
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I have had difficulty with Leap 15.1. Firewall rules have changed in Yast. Setting up samba drives and printers did not work correctly. Plus setting up Samba under Yast changes firewall to disable ports.
I Tried using KVM virtual machines with no success. Actually has to reinstall the os I had caused something to keep crashing and couldn't find any information on where vms were stored or how to delete them.
Laptop crashes after a while while desktop crashes less often. This is unacceptable and I will probably never upgrade to 15 from 42.3. Glad I tried this before my Leap 42.3 machine needs to be updated. Looking for something else.
Leap 15.1 install is troubling. Had to manually assign drives in order to override all of the existing os. That always takes me a while as I only upgrade when I have too. So every two years I have to go through all of this again.
Still a lot of work to get video running. Did not have issues with wifi or Ethernet. A lot of the applications I use are available for Leap 15.1 though not all of them and many of them are old. Old versions are problematic when you are looking up how to do something and then you find out your version does not support that.
Leap 42.3 was much better. Yast in 42.3 worked much better. Not a fan of changes. Half hearted changes that are incomplete are not what I am looking for.
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Version: 15
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-11-15
Votes: 0
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Solid, stable, up to date, professional: very good LTS OS.
Highly recommended.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-11-07
Votes: 1
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Fine distro.
Pros:
1. Comes in two editions: the regular release Leap edition and the rolling release Tumbleweed edition.
2. A simple and easy to use graphical system configuration and package management front-end and system installer, YaST.
3. openSUSE Build Service (OBS) treats it as a first-class citizen, meaning repos for it tend to get updated the fastest. The OBS provide users a way of building and distributing their own packages (for a variety of distros) for free.
4. If OBS repositories are included the number of packages available for it is quite significant.
5. Experimental repositories providing, among other things, the latest Firefox and developmental releases of GNOME and KDE are available.
Cons:
1 On my newer PCs getting IPv4 sites to work (IPv6-compatible sites like Facebook work fine, out-of-the-box (OFTB)) can take some fiddling with YaST, which is more effort than it takes with Arch, Fedora and Void.
2. ZYpp is a slow package manager, largely because package downloads can take a while and the terrible thing is that ZYpp cannot downloaded multiple packages at a time, unlike APT and DNF.
3. DVD install media are larger than most distro's install media. You can use a smaller net install iamge, but this means your system's packages will need to be downloaded, which can get tedious, per con (2).
4. YaST doesn't give you a lot of options to customize what packages come pre-installed on openSUSE. You're given a choice of desktop, but not much choice beyond that. It is also quite slow at installing the system, even when the DVD medium is used.
5. Strict on open-source, so if you need OFTB support for graphics cards and WiFi chips that need proprietary drivers you will not be in luck. That being said there are third-party repositories that provide these, but still this can get complicated when you rely on the WiFi chip for your internet connection.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-31
Votes: 18
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OpenSUSE is a Professional Distro!
Very well done, the repos is very easy to add packman and Nvidia etc etc
Great tool YAST
10/10
ThankYou!
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-31
Votes: 1
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An elegant, fast, stable and secure system.
After installation, you need to familiarize yourself with Yast.
1.Aktualizacja,
2. Adding the Packman repository.
3. Management software-repositories-packman repository- switch system packages.
4. Adding media codecs 4. In the terminal as root: zipper ref, zipper update and use at will.
There is no system where everything works as it should. There are always problems. In my experience, the opesuse leap deserves 10
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Version: 15
Rating: 3
Date: 2018-10-30
Votes: 0
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I have been a long-time though not very intensive SuSe user. All my previous versions have been very stable and I like YaST, because command line was ok when I started with Xenix in 1986, but it is no longer acceptable tody in my view.
However, this openSuSe Leap 15 is extremely disapointing and I found several bugs especially in conjunction with VNC. VNC does NOT WORK with the standard sddm display manager and KDE. But this is extremely well hidden in a phrase, which does not clearly say this or warn a user how to properly use it
I have spend about 5 x 12 hrs searching on forums and docs for a solution but there seems to be none. I found one patch but it does not help either.
Further on: They change many many things but only partially. For example: I changed the default desplay manager in YaST sysconfig to lightdm but nothing changed after rebooting, there was still sddm.
They have a tiny little well-hidden note saying that from Leap 15 on this cannot be done in YaST or sysconfig but in a much more complicated way. BUT they LEFT YaST without any info or warning.
I feel betrayed by such user unfriedly changes and missing clear docs!
The remote installation did not work either. I brought the installer to crash five times at different occaisions.
The partitioner crashed repeatedly when I was mounting additional disks and it crashed the entire installation. All was freezing. After the 4th install I mounted the disks via command line and this went well.
There are lots of more annoying details and bugs etc.
This is the by far most immature, most buggy and disappointing SuSe release I have ever come about.
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Version: 42.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-10-30
Votes: 0
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I have been very happy with SuSE over the years compared to other distros. I have been a fan since the late '90s. However, that doesn't mean they haven't made mistakes. Currently I am running several instances of 42.3 and an installation of Leap. The Leap/v15 changes from about a year ago has caused some great incompatibility in libraries. I'm hoping things will be a bit more settled in 15.1.
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Version: 15
Rating: 3
Date: 2018-10-29
Votes: 0
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I have been a long-time though not very intensive SuSe user. All my previous versions have been very stable and I like YaST, because command line was ok when I started with Xenix in 1986, but it is no longer acceptable tody in my view.
However, this openSuSe Leap 15 is extremely disapointing and I found several bugs especially in conjunction with VNC. VNC does NOT WORK with the standard sddm display manager and KDE. But this is extremely well hidden in a phrase, which does not clearly say this or warn a user how to properly use it
I have spend about 5 x 12 hrs searching on forums and docs for a solution but there seems to be none. I found one patch but it does not help either.
Further on: They change many many things but only partially. For example: I changed the default desplay manager in YaST sysconfig to lightdm but nothing changed after rebooting, there was still sddm.
They have a tiny little well-hidden note saying that from Leap 15 on this cannot be done in YaST or sysconfig but in a much more complicated way. BUT they LEFT YaST without any info or warning.
I feel betrayed by such user unfriedly changes and missing clear docs!
The remote installation did not work either. I brought the installer to crash five times at different occaisions.
The partitioner crashed repeatedly when I was mounting additional disks and it crashed the entire installation. All was freezing. After the 4th install I mounted the disks via command line and this went well.
There are lots of more annoying details and bugs etc.
This is the by far most immature, most buggy and disappointing SuSe release I have ever come about.
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-19
Votes: 6
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Very happy with OpenSuse Leap 15.
I've been using the *buntus and their derivatives for the last few years but recently encountered a problem during installation at the bootloader stage. That is to say, I could install eg, Linux Mint through the BIOS/MBR route but not UEFI/GPT. Not sure why that is and I'm still figuring it out but that's another story. Suffice to say I needed something to continue working - software development - and that's what led me to Suse.
This is a great distro. I suppose it's not as user friendly as some distros - we'll call it "intermediate" (some Linux knowledge would be helpful) - but it's not compiling Gentoo from source! The Gnome desktop seems less resource intensive than I remember. Yast is still very good for package management but I was surprised to see I could use apt from the command line. That was a happy accident (I like apt): after I installed the OS I instinctively opened a terminal, typed sudo apt update etc, and off it went. A few minutes later I thought, 'Hey shouldn't that be zypper?!' Proof as if you needed it that all things Linux are in a constant state of flux. Happy days, though.
I'm not sure what else to add here. If you're using Leap 15 then you probably have some idea of what it's all about. If you're reading this and wondering 'should I bother?' well my answer would be yes. it's very polished, stable, has a great selection of software available, and chugs along happily on a laptop with:
2GHz dual core processor, 4Gb ram, 1Tb hard-drive, constant, constant usage...
I opted for the Gnome desktop option because, get this, my 14yr old daughter says KDE sucks :)
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-15
Votes: 10
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My system: Desktop: Xfce 4.12.4 Distro: openSUSE Leap 15.0
SAMSUNG product: 300E4C / 300E5C / 300E7C v: 0.1 serial: N / A
Graphics: Card-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
Card-2: NVIDIA GF117M [GeForce 610M / 710M / 810M / 820M / GT 620M / 625M / 630M / 720M]
I fully subscribe to the evaluation of September 29, 2018 regarding version 15.
As for the codecs, you have to add the Packman repo and turn it on to install the codecs for displaying movies. No movie player works (compare to Debian stable there works at startup but again you have to work with gmtp so that you can rip files from your mobile phone )
As for printers, there are problems in every system, even on windows. And strangely, my Laserjet P1102w Laserjet Hewlett Packard was installed the first time without a problem, which rarely happens. Currently, I do not see other systems except Debian and OpenSuse Leap.
Both very stable, fast and secure.
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-10-08
Votes: 2
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Very stable GNOME desktop. I use it for samba development.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 5
Date: 2018-10-08
Votes: 0
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Nice version for experimenting and see what's new or developing.
However, probably due to "Cutting Edge" updates, the system is not stable enough for daily use.
One could work around this by not installing every update by default.
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-09-29
Votes: 49
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Its been an excellent experience so far but this is not a newbie friendly distro. The installer is excellent but Calamares would be a better option for inexperienced users, but for me it was an excellent tool. The install went fine but the issue for many, will be the codecs that are missing to play videos/multimedia. You end up having to install the Packman repos which is documented in the guide to Leap http://opensuse-guide.org/codecs.php but its not that easy for newbies who dont understand it completely.
The desktop experience is excellent, very fast and low resource usage at 432mbs at GUI. The feature to enable repos during install was great but once I got into the actual install it appears some werent enabled so be sure to check. Included apps are fine and didnt have to add many to fit my needs. If Yast seems a bit daunting for updates, Discover is included for newer users.
This is a distro that requires some experience to use but if you want to do a bit of research and use it as your first learning experience, it offers you a chance to understand more about Linux.
No issues with hardware except the printer, as the printer setting and HP device manager wouldnt work and had to install the HP printer with Yast. Installed driver HPLIP, then click auto configuration under printer in Yast and its installed. Wifi is Broadcom and was seen with no issues.
Gave it a ten because its a great distro for experienced users and definitely worth a look.
I used the KDE Plasma version which is really nice for Windows crossover users.
Works great on older hardware as I run a Dell E6400 laptop with E series dock.
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-09-22
Votes: 6
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I used Fedora for almost 2 years on my business laptop. After an upgrade from Fedora 27 to 28 it finally rendered unusable, crashing Gnome Shell, freezing after suddenly the RAM was completely filled up although not running too many heavy things - very annoying.
At that time Leap 15 was not yet released and I wanted a stable system for business use instead of Tumbleweed - although it ran great on a few systems I had it installed on.
So I nonetheless opted rather for the Leap 15 beta instead of anything else and was surprised by it's stability and how polished it was even though being still in beta. So I kept it, still have it installed and it's still running rock solid even though I started with the beta.
Sure, openSUSE is not perfect. There are a few shortcomings as well:
- installing a printer which was easily installed on Fedora 27 Gnome became a real hassle, I still have not figured out what the problem is and not yet got it installed
- the update utility sometimes tries to refresh the package repositories before a network connection is established which results in an error message, not a problem but annoying
Although the above mentioned annoyances do exist, the bistro itself is the best bistro I have used so far - and I tested and used a whole lot of distros. If you need and want a stable distro with quite up to date packages and software that looks beautiful and integrates the KDE Plasma desktop better than any other distro: openSUSE Leap 15 might be as well your primary choice!
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Version: 15
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-09-20
Votes: 2
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I'm surprised how well openSUSE Leap (XFCE) works on my older hardware. It is stable, fast, polished and up to date. After initial configuration, everything works just fine.Running SUSE for the first time, I have still to explore it. Maybe I will put it on my new laptop and try the KDE version.
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Version: 42.3
Rating: 2
Date: 2018-09-12
Votes: 0
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cons:
- no codecs
- difficult installer
- cpu on turbo mode
- no Broadcom driver for vanilla kernel
- too big iso image
pros:
- fast and good-looking plasma
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-09-11
Votes: 3
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Since Tubleweed became more and more reliable this year, OpenSuse is on it's best way to reconquer lost market shares.
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-08-25
Votes: 14
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Very Very STABLE running on my HP probook. I like both KDE and Gnome, while lxqt, openbox, windowmaker are also run well.
For my usual work, I can install all softwares I need on it. YaST is so handful.
openSUSE is just like a friend of a newer, I love the feeling.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-08-25
Votes: 2
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Simply the best !
Even Manjaro doesn't reach the same stability
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-08-20
Votes: 2
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Even if it is a rolling release it is stable e Gnome is running smoothly
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-08-19
Votes: 9
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Polished distribution which is easy to use, stable and should be more widely adopted.
Personally enjoying it on my desktop, MacBook Pro and server so I highly recommend it!
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-08-18
Votes: 1
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After years using openSuse and alongside testing other distros I'm keeping OpenSuse on my pc's for a long time!
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-08-15
Votes: 7
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distro hopped for years but found Opensuse just has the edge - stable as debian but Yast is great as a centralised admin tool, and snapper is brilliant as a system backup that easy lets you restore to a previous point after updates when using btrfs rather than ext4 fs (not that i've ever needed to as it has never crashed to date). Tumbleweed has the latest KDE desktop and for a bleeding edge distro., its just so stable.
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-08-14
Votes: 1
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I put leap 15 on my new Dell Latitude 7480 running KDE. The experience was fantastic. Were was a slight issue with the printer setup CUPs, but it appears that's a systemd issue. I might switch over to Tumbleweed on another machine, but being able to work on leap and being able to migrate to the enterprise version from suse is appealing.
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Version: 15
Rating: 7
Date: 2018-08-13
Votes: 0
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I have put leap 15 with KDE on my new Lenovo desktop. I really, really wanted to use Linux Mint KDE, which I have used on my other 2 PCs for several years. They have been stable, are easy to use and understand (now on 17.3 and 18.3). As mint is stopping the KDE version I have tried several KDE (and XFCE) on my new desktop before going with Leap 15. All had positives and negatives, but overall Leap 15 seems well put together. Sure it has taken a little while to get used to, and to set it up as I like. Sometimes the settings seem to revert back to the US ones (I am in the UK) when installing updates. I've had to reset my language and date format a couple of times for no apparent reason. I hope these things don't continue.
KDE 5.12 is great, and I like the way Leap asks before making changes. Printer set up is not so easy. It took ages to get by Brother all in one laser set up - now OK, and so many times in quick succession to enter my password. I know it is security conscious but this is ridiculous!
Even little things, like restoring from suspend (to ram). I hit any key and it comes up. Early versions of Mint behaved like Leap 15, in that the first keypress appears in my password box. It's easy to get around (press escape, or any non-displaying key) but the easiest is the spacebar. My password doesn't start with a space. Mint's cracked this little annoyance for several years now. Leap 15 feels a step backwards. I suppose I'll get used to it.
Anyway, things for a great distribution, one of the better KDE I found (didn't like Kubuntu - too "noddy", Manjaro was 2nd in line but too bleeding edge. I do like my systems to be stable. I just coudn't get on with raw Debian. Opensuse has it.
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-08-11
Votes: 18
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I have been an openSUSE fan since version 12.3 (2014). Though I have tried many other distros, I think openSUSE is my dish. As it is a very stable system and provides a huge list of available software.
I would recommend it for unbiased or experienced users.Very stable distribution with lots of fun (I like their words in text mode, "Have a lot of fun."). I really like and trust openSUSE.
I love openSUSE, just because I am willing to tolerate its shortcomings, for I know each distro has its own shortcoming.
Great openSUSE, Go ahead!
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-08-09
Votes: 1
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It is potentially complex, allowing a variety of users to do their job brilliantly.
It is incredibly simplified, allowing all users to organize their processes according to their work.
It does a lot of seemingly superfluous, but also very effective things, which makes it very friendly to the user.
I like their logic, and I like the green lizard.
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-08-08
Votes: 3
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Great Distribution!
YaST & zypper are both great tools that can help me to control my computer, and organize my documents.
I like KDE, Gnome, Xfce, openbox, and windowmaker, all of them work well. I'm under the openbox now, I like it's simple and reaction speed.
I'm working on perl, python3, and R language.
For some important things to deal, I trust openSUSE.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-08-08
Votes: 0
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runs solid and really userfriendly with yast and zypper. One of the best distro ever with Fedora. KDE looks great and i have no bug exept ACPI (like all others) on my laptop.
Optimus need optimisation to switch automaticly but i have more than 4 hours to use on battery.A great job.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-08-01
Votes: 6
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After months of distrohopping between Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Peppermint, Q4OS, Fedora, Arch, and Debian, I've settled with OpenSUSE for now. It's a good rolling release distro, has customizable netinstall, and can look and feel like Windows. I'm using the LXDE desktop environment, and I really like how it looks. The Package Manager isn't that bad, and overall OpenSUSE might actually let me get something useful done. I think I'm going to stick with this for a while.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 3
Date: 2018-07-28
Votes: 0
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Installed well, but was slow, laggy, and the installation tools are unintuitive. Could work if you don't mind the lag, but it's really a deal breaker for me.
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-07-19
Votes: 9
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yast as good as ever, easy to install repos, kde looks superbe, runs solid and well
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-07-19
Votes: 4
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It just works, it's hassle free, an underrated Linux distribution
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-07-16
Votes: 0
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Very good Configuration;
quick response;
easy to use
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-07-09
Votes: 1
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Strong, stable, fast, and reliable, with many customization options and cutting edge software. Runs smoothly and meets the needs of power users as well as the novice. Should you find any trouble, there's amazing community support at the OS forums. I am especially awed at YaST, a top quality tool that can simplify settings and changes in configuration swiftly and professionally. I can't recommend OSTW enough.
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-07-07
Votes: 9
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A very great distro.
Stable, reliable, especially for commercial use, and this will be a key factor for choosing it. And it is easy to use, while looks very nice.
The installation process with the YaST2 tool is very easy and quick.
It's a powerful release.
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-07-04
Votes: 11
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With a little Linux under your belt this is simply the best distro. Rock solid, great admin tools [Yast] very professional look and feel. Works fast even on my low specced notebook.
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-07-04
Votes: 1
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Started off with the Beta of Leap 15. Since it never let me down I have decided to keep the Beta with updates alive rather than installing the release version from scratch. No regrets so far - solid!
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Version: 42.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-06-29
Votes: 5
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OpenSUSE is the best distro I ever work with. Secure, fast and tidy.
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-06-26
Votes: 9
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Arguably the best OS for regular usage. As stable as CentOS and Debian, but gets updated far more faster than either of them. Works great out of the box on all my systems. YAST is extremely convenient for managing all the settings and configurations from one place. Plasma looks beautiful.
The only issue is that the installation could be made easier for newbies. For everything else, it is rock solid.
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Version: 15
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-06-19
Votes: 3
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Very good OS! The only cons is the partioner module during the installation, that is not so clear and above all it doesn't recognize in default mode the home directory of a previous installation
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Version: 15
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-06-13
Votes: 4
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Using it on my HP Probook 4540s since launch.. no problem
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Version: 15
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-06-12
Votes: 6
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So far so good. I like the look and feel of the KDE environment. Only issue I have had was me being to lazy to read. System freeze during video playback. Easy fix, install video drivers.
Everything else is great.
Thanks!
LB
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-06-12
Votes: 2
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I have been using various OSes, from Windows to MacOS and finally (and definitely I think) Linux (Ubuntu and some of its derivatives). My first impression after having begonnen with openSUSE was Wow!!! I was totally impressed with how gut, stable and reliable this OS was.
Being a normal user, I was able to find every application I wanted to fulfill all my needs. Getting used to it was simple and I was able to find a solution online for every issue I had as a beginner. Furthermore, this OS gives me a great sense of security as I work online.
Having begonnen with Leap 42.3, I find Leap 15 a great step forward in the sense of stability, security and (why not) fun.
I find KDE beautiful, but the kombination with openSUSE makes it possible to take the best of it.
It is a pity that the people behind openSUSE appreciate the publicity so little.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-06-12
Votes: 0
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Tumbleweed user here since 2016, the gecko is working good on my computer.
I'm using xfce so desktop is rock solid, yet the applications are getting updates very fast (about 3-4 snapshots per week)
I've never seen critical bugs making my system broken, there has been some theme bugs but no big deal (fix next day)
So far so good, Tumbleweed is pretty solid on desktop, for servers, i go with leap.
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-06-11
Votes: 1
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Stable and reliable as always. I have been using SuSE on numerous machines as the main work horse since version 8.0 (2002/2003).
Because recent versions of Leap (the long-term support branch of openSUSE) have been based on SLES/SLED, bug reports quickly receive professional attention and bugs are fixed in notime. The close ties to SuSE's enterprise products also make building a productive infrastructure based on openSUSE Leap and a subsequent migration to their enterprise counterparts really appealing.
KDE desktop integration & support is good. There are always issues with KDE, no matter what distribution you run - but those are upstream issues and usually related to some KDE madness and/or broken proprietary graphics drivers and shout be reported in the KDE bug tracker and to your graphics card's manufacturer ... The folks at SuSE invest a lot of time to make your experience as smooth as possible, though. If you're looking for a perfectly stable desktop without silly effects, run openSUSE with Xfce.
The official (written) documentation is excellent, although it requires a minimum of understanding of Unix-like/Linux systems.
If your required software is not part of the core distribution, there is always a repository / sub-project with a dedicated group of maintainers offering what you need - the package search engine on opensuse's website will help you find it.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-06-11
Votes: 1
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Considering Tumbleweed is a rolling release, it's stabilty on my hardware is incredible, the software selection in the distribution repositories huge. It allows me to have both KDE and GNOME installed alongside and run the DE's native apps when using them: Kontact on KDE, Evolution on GNOME. Both desktops bring a smoothly polished environment, containing everything I need to do my daily work.
The whole concept of building updates - building new snapshot images - testing them in openQA - release when passed OK in openQA is one that has proven it's success. I can fully understand SUSE's decision to base their next SLE release on Tumbleweed.
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Version: 15
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-06-11
Votes: 1
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In my opinion openSUSE Leap 15 is the best LTS distro available if you wish to run KDE Plasma on the desktop. It is aligned with the SUSE Linux Enterprise codebase which results in a reliable foundation. Personally I want this stable core, but with the latest apps such as Firefox and Darktable. This is possible by enabling repositories specific for those apps which will allow me to enjoy the latest apps, on a stable LTS core, for the lifetime of Leap 15 (up to 3 years!).
I find the distro needs some work out of the box to get it functional and attractive, but this is no different to any other distros I've tried. The online help for openSUSE is very good as are the support forums so you'll find the answer to most questions quite easily.
If you haven't tried openSUSE for a while, or never at all, then I highly recommend it especially if you wish to run KDE Plasma on the desktop.
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-06-11
Votes: 2
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I do not know what to write. It's just the best distro for me. The most original of all.
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Version: 15
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-06-06
Votes: 6
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OpenSUSE 15 continues this distribution's excellent track record.
What I like:
- Best implementation of KDE anywhere, period.
- Ontop of that, a lot of attention to detail for the desktop user even with GNOME. Most distributions don't seem to care about the desktop user that much. However, the default list of desktop applications should include GNUCash because many home users switching to Linux will be leaving Quicken behind and need an alternative.
- Good security out of the box, and delivering prompt security patches.
- Large package selection, its easy to find / try different applications based on searching the package manager is YAST. Easy to build a system that serves multiple purposes (home internet desktop, office applications, music and photos, software development...)
- The YAST system manager saves a lot of time trying to figure out how to do stuff, and YAST really works well.
- Online help, forums, documentation
Why this didn't get a "10":
- Same comment many folks made about multimedia. I happen to know how to get all that working, but there should be a dedicated topic in the Release Notes titled "Many multimedia features will not work out of the box; here's what is missing and here's how to get them." The amount of hunting you need to do to figure this out is silly and will cause some users to give up on using this distro out of frustration.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-06-05
Votes: 0
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After adding pacman repo and making it to the system source everything works like a charm. As I use nvidia I also have to add this drivers. I run tumbleweed now for over a year and only like 2 times I had to solve some problem by hand. nvidia related problems. Opensuse I use since it was spawning from slackware. It was always my main system. Absolutely nothing in the linux world can compete with yast. It is just outstanding. I would have given 10 from 10 but I was having some problems with multipath and iscsi setups which was needing some manual config of dracut. Anyway, there is nothing better on the market. I forget I am using KDE as desktop. And as I use always lvm I don't use btrfs on my main system but I use it on some VMs and I miss some warnings about snapshots filling up the disc.
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Version: 15
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-06-04
Votes: 3
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Everything just worked out of the box.Easy to install, configure and the software.opensuse.org site has everything that I need that isn't in the default repos. For people coming from a Windows or MacOS world, YAST provides graphical tools to administer the system so one doesn't need to resort to the CLI. And Snapper allows easy roll backs if I mess up something or in the rare case an update breaks.
The only things keeping it from a 10 is having to add the root password to setup up a printer (although it automatically finds my WIFI printer without any user intervention) and Gnome doesn't get updated to the next release (which is understandable since it is based on SUSE enterprise product).
Rock solid and actually kind of boring since everything just works. Good for beginners or advanced users, alike.
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Version: 15
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-06-04
Votes: 1
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Rocksolid and fast after some fiddling (for example, installing the packman packages for media support); without snapper no bogdowns at all. Very convenient installer.
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Version: 15
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-05-30
Votes: 5
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I tested OpenSUSE KDE v15 on an oldish Dell laptop with a core i5 processor and 4 GB of RAM and it runs quite well.
First surprise is that there is no live disc option, it boots into a screen fro which you can do the install only.
The install is slick and easy to follow, although quite different to Debian or Redhat installers.
The only tricky bit was the network setup where each interface must be setup and the default seems to be a static IP address which seems like an odd default. It is easy to follow however and worked as advertised.
The hostname cannot be changed though. This is also odd behavior.
The default theme is very nice looking and consistant and the only irritations I had were the usual KDE things I don't like. It is KDE however, so I can change the setup to suit myself, which is nice.
OpenSUSE comes with YaST2 which might be the best control panel of any Linux distro. It is clearly laid out and easy to follow, and I'm sure I could have completely broken my install if I had a mind to.
The default install has a very sane set of software, with all the basic tools needed. If you find YaST2 difficult to navigate when installing new software, their is also the standard KDE Discover which works well and is easy to use.
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Version: 15
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-05-29
Votes: 0
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I'd give 10, as everything runs very smooth, but I still think that more apps should be available in official repos without a need to add some via [genius, but hard to use if you want to BUILD packages] OBS system.
OBS is easy to use if you need to install additional apps, though, which is a big plus.
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Version: 42.2
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-05-28
Votes: 0
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Downloaded opensuse for my mobile website. It works great. Thanks to the development team.
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Version: 15
Rating: 4
Date: 2018-05-27
Votes: 0
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Cons:
- Intel i5 all the time on turbo speed, on vanilla kernel is ok
- linux 4.12? Why? Whta's that?
- live images don't work. I fired up the one with KDE and after Leap logo jumped for some minutes,
I saw a black screen with some informations which I generally see at start of every linux but nothing happened,
the system just got stuck then I had to use hard reset. I don't know what their live isos are for.
- of course no codecs, no drivers. I have no interet cable so I cannot download a driver
- still to big iso imgae, 3.6 GB, please change your politics, who can afford this image?
- complicated or rather too advanced installer. Most of us will give up, I guess. You must be a sort of an expert to handle partitioning, etc.
Pros:
- I believe, it's stable. I've used 13.2 and it was, so I guess it should be even more stable because its based on enterprise version so I say that.
- lightweight, it's important for most of us
- Plasma 5 is good, well polished and adjusted, comparing with the ones from Debian or Fedora, we're here in much higher league. Very quick, really, windows open more quickly than in the others.
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-05-27
Votes: 2
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Downloaded iso used upgrade from SUSE 42.3 and it went flawlessly auto reboot all system apps spot on
Well impressed.
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-05-27
Votes: 0
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Thank you! openSUSE 15 is the finest distro to date.
It was not easy to update from Leap 42.3, so I had to reinstall from scratch. Other than that it performs flawlessly and is what I expected from the developers.
Thanks again for making openSUSE one of the premier O/S's that I depend on to be productive in my development environment.
All the Best!
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-05-26
Votes: 0
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I use openSUSE since version 13.2. Before i had several other Linux distributions, but openSUSE is the perfect operating system for me.
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Version: 42.3
Rating: 2
Date: 2018-05-26
Votes: 0
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Opensuse is the the only distro I have never being able to install!!!!!!
I am not certain my rating is right because I've never used it.
I must have install 15 or 20 different distros and tried them.
Opensuse installs for a couple of minutes then nothing or will not even install (Downloaded the ISO a few times).
LONG LIVE DEBIAN
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Version: 13.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-05-25
Votes: 0
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I use it nowadays. Very good. It fills all my necessities.
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-05-25
Votes: 6
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And the Oscar goes to SUSE.
Using it since the last development phase in the beta status and all updates went smooth. What openSUSE Leap 15 puts in the lead is a complete, matured and to the last detail professional open source Linux system that serves all purposes well: server, desktop, complex business solutions. It is now possible to switch back and forth between full service enterprise (SLE) and Leap. A new procedure, so called atomic/transactional updates, offer an unmatched insurance against breakage.
Leap is running fast and stable. Leap 15 KDE boots fast. On my testing system with only 4GB RAM it is on par with distros listed in the Top 10 here on DistroWatch. The security features make it to one of the most secure systems available.
It must be said that new users have to get used to Yast. Good documentation helps. It is not difficult. Good idea: Leap 15 KDE integrates Discover, so KDE users will have a good start.
I enjoy other distros as well but SUSE conveys a solid feeling in every sense.
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Version: 15
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-05-25
Votes: 0
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Very good distribution! Stable as concrete! Stable as steel! Packages are not the latest, but provide a pleasant user experience! AMD processor and video card is running perfectly. It recognizes every hardware!
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-05-18
Votes: 6
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Very solid, the only distro, I know that can run wayland without a hiccup, even Fedora Gnome has hiccup, from time to time.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-05-18
Votes: 4
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Very stable and polished. It is the only rolling distro that I would recommend for day to day use (unless you want to do distro testing and keep fixing stuff after updates). Very user friendly and easy to manage.
Installs a wide variety of applications by default. But if you don't want the bloat, you can easily uninstall those applications and turn it into a lean distro.
Highly recommended!!
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Version: 42.3
Rating: 5
Date: 2018-05-16
Votes: 4
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Cons:
- CPU on trubo frequency all the time, due to some bad patch in a default kernel.
Still not fixed, it's present in 15 beta, too
- no live iso
- more than 4 gb to download? No one will do it
- you have t have an interne tcable to download WL Broadcom dirver, so installation is impossible in most cases
- if ou don't have internet cable you have to configure connnection manually during installation which requires technics knowledge
- partitioning is very difficult, too many technics names
Pros:
- yes, it's stable
- does not need much resources
- nice plasma, nothing ornearly breaks
- smells professionalism
To sum up, it's a system for specialists, not for a common Joe.
From one side solid, butfrom another one a normla man will be lost among all configurations
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Version: 42.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-05-15
Votes: 4
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Rock solid. Opensuse puts together a great release. I can’t wait to update to 15.0.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-05-07
Votes: 9
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Opensuse is the best for me.
Thanks to Opensuse's Team.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-04-30
Votes: 6
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I have being using openSUSE tumbleweed for more than a year. Its (LEAP or Tumbleweed) kernel is probably the best well-polished one. Better integration with KDE Plasma. Snapper is a must tool for rolling-release distros and a great plus for LTS distros. Yast is a very comprehensive and useful tool for anyone that want to know and to easily configure the OS. You may find a very limited number of apps that do not work on openSUSE via .rpm or https://software.opensuse.org/search
The only one that I couldn't make it work on opensuse was grive-tools. An software manager (or webased) with a classification and rating scores, comments, etc is missing in openSUSE. It would be a great addition.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-04-25
Votes: 5
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Very complete, user-friendly operating system. Tends to require more resources than other distros, but on the other hand has a lot of features that make administration quite easy. Most importantly, it ships Snapper (a fully automated snapshot tool) and YaST (a comprehensive setup tool).
I found the repositories pretty complete (especially in comparison to "user" software that is often not found in CentOS's repos), and the release model (rolling for Tumbleweed) fits my needs.
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Version: 42.3
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-04-21
Votes: 5
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I use the system only as a host for my VMs.
Microsoft ended the support of Windows 7 after year 2020. So I searching for an alternative. Of course I get an Ubuntu-based distro. But Meltdown & Spectre changed all rules. I don't liked how slowly the maintainer of my distro works. I use VMware Workstation Pro because I don't like VirtualBox's quality of 3D support. The problem is VMware doesn't support so much host systems.
By the time only Red Hat and SUSE provide a fix of the Meltdown & Spectre problem. I just don't like the level of support of some proprietary things on CentOS/Fedora plus, sorry, but I don't like be a Beta tester with Fedora. Maybe it is very stable, but I think so. So I try OpenSUSE and can say if you wanna a stable secure system. However, I can't say this is easy like Ubuntu.
The system for people who know what to do.
Pros:
- Works very well with Secure Boot, no problems.
- Has the official nVidia repository and drivers.
- Supports QEMU, XEN, VirtualBox, VMware Workstation.
- Has many desktop environments (KDE, Mate, XFCE, etc).
- YAST and Zypper is just amazing for everyone.
- Easy to update and autoupdate (yast2-online-update-configuration).
- Snapshots can help you if something go wrong.
- Helpful manuals about everything on the wiki site.
Cons:
- No default video codecs.
- Not so many apps at all.
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Version: 42.3
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-04-19
Votes: 3
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OpenSuse 42.3 KDE is very stable and OK for business. It needs a bigger software list like Ubuntu.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-15
Votes: 4
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Distro, that just works.
Pros:
- surprisingly stable, even with KDE (probably the only distro, that is stable with KDE)
- has quite good installer, that is good for 'newbies', as well as 'professionals'
- has neat YaST utility, that allows to set a lot of things without diving into console and config files.
- packages are quite fresh
Cons:
- some people don't like systemd, so I guess it is a con.
- definitely 'bloated' and not recommended for old machines with not much RAM. (but it is not a light-weight distribution)
- had some issues with DNS settings, but those were easy to fix, and I think they've fixed it in next updates.
In conclusion, it is good distribution for everyone, for newbies, for advanced users. And it feels like German engineering and quality.
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Version: 42.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-12
Votes: 16
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In a word, it's a great distro.
Stable, reliable is the most important feature. Especially for commercial use, this will be a key factor affecting the performance. I think the opensuse has been doing it well enough.
And it is also very easy to use, while the appearance looks very nice.
When I want to have a try on the i3-wm, it supports well, and the installation process with the zypper / YaST tool is easy and quick.
All-powerful release I think it is. And I trust the quality of Germany.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 7
Date: 2018-04-08
Votes: 2
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Beatyfull and professional installer, interface (Xfce, what else?) en system tools. Yast is a huge and at the same time very manageable tool for all sorts of system management. The softwaremanager seems a little more advanced and userfriendly than synaptic. After three weeks of usage and updates I didn't encounter a single problem. Tumbleweed is really with PCLos the only rolling distro to recommend.
There're some negative points, at least for me: libreoffice was not in my native language, I had to install the language packs by myself, installing multimedia and drivers was very difficult, some codecs when installed didn't function, some programs I don't use and uninstalled were installed when the system updated, in rare cases a program installed and was nowhere to be found in the systen (e.g. Freedoom).
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed had plenty of merits as a desktop for professionals. But sadly as I home user I will return to my custom daily driver.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-05
Votes: 12
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Advantages :
Very professional performance. Very professional interface. Possibility of getting packages from any other distro. Very customizable. Perhaps the most stable OS. You can try a live image with "linux kamarada".
Other distros have a lot of derivatives. It seems that nobody is quite satisfied with the original one and tries to modify it. This is not the case of opensuse. Everybody is satisfied and nobody tries to build a derivative improving it.
Disadvantages:
I can't find one.
I quote everythinks!
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-04-02
Votes: 8
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I had tried Ubuntu and Mint in the past, but found myself bored or frustrated with the system almost immediately and gave it up for several months, but I decided to give it another shot after the release of Windows 10. Being new to Linux, I found openSUSE to be easy to pick up and fun to learn. I started with Tumbleweed, using the KDE Plasma interface and found myself tweaking my GUI for hours. Now, having used it for the greater part of a year, I have only ever had to reinstall the system once, simply due to my inexperience with Linux, overall. The more I use openSUSE, the more I realize how versitile it is out of the box. I can't recommend it enough.
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Version: 42.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-31
Votes: 4
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I have used the linux for about 3 years in total, while the opensuse more than 2 years.
I think it's beautiful, simple to use and it's really very useful.
What impressed me most was its stability, and the work in detail optimization.
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Version: 42.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-25
Votes: 19
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Advantages :
Very professional performance. Very professional interface. Possibility of getting packages from any other distro. Very customizable. Perhaps the most stable OS. You can try a live image with "linux kamarada".
Other distros have a lot of derivatives. It seems that nobody is quite satisfied with the original one and tries to modify it. This is not the case of opensuse. Everybody is satisfied and nobody tries to build a derivative improving it.
Disadvantages:
I can't find one.
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Version: 42.3
Rating: 7
Date: 2018-03-22
Votes: 10
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Advantages:
- stable
-Plasma is more reposnsive than in any other distro
-low RAM and CPU usage, I thought that rpm distros are havy but I see they're not
Disadvantages:
-too big iso image
-no live version
-no automatic codecs and drivers installation
-difficult installation of proprietary driver for other kernel than the default one,
no matter what I did Broadcom driver does not work on a different kernel
-Yast is designed for a Linux administrator and is useless for a home user
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-03-21
Votes: 6
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I may be an insufficiently experienced Linux user to write the Tumbleweed review that follows, but have time to kill, so here goes:
Advantages:
- I feel that I compute more securely while supported by the obviously expert users who participate in SUSE mailing list discussions and in the SUSE forums. Like Arch, Tumbleweed may attract the cognoscenti. I'd likely miss bad practices; they won't.
- A big league, deep rooted distro with everything I need in the repositories. I haven't hitched my computing fate to a flash in the pan, a potential fading star. SUSE should be around for many tomorrows to come.
- A rolling distro that works. Despite the hiccups to be mentioned below, Tumbleweed still rolls successfully on my system after many months.
- Configurable with many desktops, at least with an effort.
Disadvantages:
- A few updates have left my system inoperable. I had to restore back-ups, troubleshoot new problems. I believe that others using rolling distros deal with similar issues, doubt that Tumbleweed is worse than Arch in this way. I might be wrong.
- Tumbleweed can only be properly updated / patched through the command zypper dup. This is NOT at all adequately explained, amounts to a giant patch of quicksand for new users.
- Maybe it's not an essential, but I'd like to see the openSUSE team pay more attention to artwork. Linux Mint and Manjaro both offer more attractive LightDM wallpapers. (And how trivial a complaint is _that_?!)
I like Tumbleweed a lot overall, intend to keep using it, recommend it to other enthusiasts. Leap is probably a better bet for most users, but I've only tinkered with it in a virtual machine, nothing more.
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Version: 42.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-13
Votes: 16
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In openSuse, KDE can be easily configured obtaining a desktop like Mac or Linux mint, or Elementary-OS etc., but richer in widgets (plasmoids). However, if you visit any forum, people repeat as a mantra that elementary OS is the most beautiful, linux-mint is the most.....Ubuntu the friendliest, etc. From Slackware up to Solus I have tasted a lot of distros. To work seriously and very comfortable, openSuse is the best. Paradoxically, it is underrated. Perhaps it does not know how to publicize itself. Perhaps this is its weakness.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-11
Votes: 6
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The only distribution I've found that handles video without lockups.
Their was a bit of a learning curve to get through the hardware configuration process, but once completed, this distro has run flawlessly.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-03-09
Votes: 7
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Advantages:
Everythin goes smoothly, it does not need much RAM, only about 400 on idle, same regarding CPU usage.
The computer works quietly.
It's very stable, a proprietary Broadcom driver works well after every kernel upgrade.
IPlasma 5 is very responsive, is unmatched in this area.
Everything above makes it a very good choice.
It's a very underrated system, I see that Linux society is drew by fashion not by a real state of things, nowadays, that's why this system is underrated.
Disadvantages:
-too big iso image
-too many updates
-no codecs or propriteray drivers by default,
it's not a very big problem but I wish some day it will be changed
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-03-04
Votes: 13
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I was a proud Windows user during I try a linux. I started my journey with Ubuntu and i tried a lot of distributions.... arch, fedora, mint, debian, sabayon, suse, kaos, chakra, manjaro..... for me majnaro was my TOP until I had a problem with my bumblebee drivers. I waste a lot of time to finding a solution and i failed.
Then I decided to try something maybe better and I found PERFECT PROJECT - opensuse tumbleweed.
this suse works on my dell 7720 perfectly, without any problems
+ the most packages in repos (more then debian) - more then 70 000 !!!
+ managed by skilled company and really big team
+ everything works
+ perfect installer, perfect configuration system (yast), im able to configure almost everything easily using GUI
+ perfect with combination with KDE (major desktop)
+ after boot really fast system without lags atc
+ perfect actual manuals on webpage
+ focused for begginers and skilled persons
+ uses progressive techniques (like btrfs + xfs etc.)
- in comparation with manjaro the boot is a bit slower
- a lot of unnecessary packages - but there is option to build your own distro (not so easy for beginners)
totaly from me 9/10 the best rolling release distribution
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Version: 42.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-02
Votes: 15
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Very long time Open Suse user. I still remember buying a set of 3 DVDs in a store.
It felt so special...there was no OS just like it.
Amazing, very detailed installer. You can select the software you want, mirrors, where the boot-loader goes...etc
Multimedia and codecs can be installed with few clicks of the mouse
Vast majority of software...among others audio-equalizer which helps greatly with sound - system wide - especially in older laptops
Now included Snapper tool so when something goes wrong you can boot into earlier state of the system very easily and save yourself a lot of hassle
KDE is well integrated with the system
For me Suse was always stable and the desktop looks just beautiful
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Version: 42.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-25
Votes: 6
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SUSE user for 20+ years (started somewhere around 5.0 in the mid-90ies). I have experienced and trouble-shot many other okay distributions over the years, but it really bothers me that most Ubuntu users think that they are using the only true Linux distribution. So far I have not found a distribution that is more flexible and solid than openSUSE. For the experienced crowd that sees a mouse and graphical UI as auxiliary tools, this is a great distribution that allows you to do whatever you want while still providing that option of falling back to the clunky Windows-style point-and-click way of doing things. If you want a differently looking "Windows" with much improved command-line options, go with Ubuntu, but note that it is still governed by a private company which is not quite according to the Linux philosophy.
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Version: 42.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-24
Votes: 3
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I have tested my openSuse leap with https://github.com/speed47/spectre-meltdown-checker and it is NOT-VULNERABLE with respect to the three vulnerabilities Meltdown and spectre. Some days ago, I try Debian 9 and, after the lates updates, it is only protected against meltdown.
Definitively, openSuse is the most reliable and well constructed system. You can see that some people that vote down this distro is because thay find difficult to install and configure. Since I was in similar situation, I can say why. Usually, people get into Linux through Ubuntu and the like. As a consequence they are more expert in handling deb packages and Ubuntu working way than in others paradigms.
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Version: 42.3
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-02-23
Votes: 0
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Unlike in Ubuntu I don't have to gooble terminal commands for obvious configs and learn how they're stored and distributed through system.
Needs an option to ignore aac&h.264 patents
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-23
Votes: 0
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great distro. the most stable rolling release. lack of apps on their repo compared to arch and ubuntu. support 32 bit version. Its nice if tumbleweed have unstable repo for an apps maniac users.
Installation is easy just follow the default settings.
I made this distro using only Weston for my old core2duo. and it really smooth.
after installation I remove unwanted apps and add the goos one for my work.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 9
Date: 2018-02-19
Votes: 6
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In my opinion the best rolling release there is. openQA seems to work wonders, I have not had a major issue after running for a couple of months. Smaller hiccups are usually fixed within days (especially the latest KDE 4.12 release introduced minor glitches).
In return you get bleeding edge programs (but only after thy have been tested, which can take anywhere from hours or up to a week), a very good KDE experience, good software choices in the repos and a comforting feeling of using a proven OS.
I've also used Leap 42.3 which runs very well. I switched to TW to get more recent packages.
In general I must say that in the beginning I was a bit overwhelmed, The installation was a bit more difficult but after getting used to it I find it much more convenient now than Ubuntu because the auto set up works well, and then there is also the guided partitionioner and expert mode (in that order) and all of them work great and if necessary, give you all the options you need. Plus at a later stage you can even fine tune your system and select only the packages you want (there it is again... a bit overwhelming at first). You can install almost all DEs, KDE, Gnome, Mate, XFCE...
Yast is also great, although as a home user I don't use it that much (except for repo administration, user account permissions and so on), zypper is great, one-click install is also very useful sometimes and the community has been very helpful as well.
I do not recommend for first time Linux users however. Or let me rephrase: Don't expect this to be Ubuntu like and that everything works the same way as in Ubuntu. It's not. But then you might find it very appealing after a little while of using it.
-1 (9p) because I would have liked the out of the box installtion to be more on the minimal side and from there let me install the programs I needed instead of the other way around. Really looking forward to Leap 15 as well!
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 1
Date: 2018-02-18
Votes: 0
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- I ended up with "grub rescue" sfter installation
- the partitioning tool is difficult and is destinated for Linux administrators
I do not recommend for home use.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 8
Date: 2018-02-18
Votes: 4
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The biggest problem with tumbleweed is the installer. There is no live disk and some of the jargon used is a bit off-putting - it is easy, in particularly, to end up with no network connection and a bit of knowledge about networking is a prerequisite in my opinion.
That hurdle got over, the end result is a very solid rolling release distribution with the latest versions of kernels and desktops (I use KDE) available a few days at most after they are released. Applications can be out of date for a lot longer (a good example is stellarium, which is at 0.16.1 although 0.17.0 was released some time ago) but, generally, they are pretty up-to-date and Firefox/Thunderbird are always quickly updated.
There are usually 3 or 4 releases a week, some with very large changes, but I have never had any problems even when KDE has been uplifted in one go.
Recently the appearance of boot screens and other graphical elements, which was a bit tired, has been improved. The green and black theme is a change from the usual blues and greys and looks good.
I knock two points off because this distribution is unsuitable for the beginner; there is the all or nothing installer and yast2, although it offers a mass of system management options, is very enterprise-oriented and has a lot of facilities which are simply not relevant to the home user. (Manjaro's Control Centre is a much friendlier approach to that problem).
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Version: 42.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-17
Votes: 2
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Very stable distribution, with lots of useful packages (okay, and a lot of not so useful, either). I really like and trust openSuse.
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Version: 42.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-11
Votes: 13
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Have been using openSUSE since 2009. I decided to switch to Linux then, and tried several main stream distros. Back then Ubuntu was quite popular (so it is now), but I felt most comfortable with openSUSE. openSUSE is more flexible (customizable) than distros like Ubuntu, so it is easier to screw it up if the users just start to pick up Linux and have very limited rudimentary system administration knowledge. Once the system is set, fitting into a user's daily working demands, then it starts to rock, it is solid stable and robust. The current version has integrated seamlessly everything very well. My main reason to stick to openSUSE is because of its stability. I installed openSUSE 11.4 in 2011 in one of my older computer. Though this version is no longer supported, it still works very well on that computer. I heard that Tumbleweed is also very stable, regardless that it keep on rolling very frequently. I would also like to give it a try. Generally, according to my explorations on the Internet, I think openSUSE is definitely an underestimated disto.
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Version: 42.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-11
Votes: 9
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I went using Linux since 1998 working with Redhat, Ubuntu and Debian. Every time that I try installing openSUSE I had issues. The matter is that I install openSuse as if it were another Debian-like distro. I could think that these issues are a consequence of openSuse poor performance, but rationally thinking, perhaps I have not read the installation and maintenance instructions properly. Thus, I try to learn instead of writing a bad score in this web-site. I think that bad scores are due to a lack of knowledge because the most known installing procedures are those related to Ubuntu-Debian distros. Once I have learned the necessary procedures, I have installed openSuse Leap in three computers. Nvidia-Optimus works better than with Debian. Security issues are solved automatically. Definitively, openSuse is my preferred distro.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-02-11
Votes: 2
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I have tried Tumbleweed here and then and went back to Leap or other distros (distro hopper desease). But now all my systems are finally running on Tumbleweed Xfce, which is a perfect combination of Xfce´s robustness and Tumbleweed´s rolling release perfection. Tumbleweed is updated very frequently, but it is very stable and I am no longer in a worry about something. Switch on your system in the morning, let it run the whole day and get in the updates during a break or at the end of the day, no issues at all. I have heard that Tumbleweed is used in some companies for servers as well due to its high quality.
It is very important to reboot after the installation immediately and to type "zypper dup" in the command line.
Considering security, conception, stability, professionalism I would not hesitate to lend the crown to OpenSUSE. Really looking forward to Leap 15 as well.
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Version: tumbleweed
Rating: 1
Date: 2018-02-08
Votes: 1
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I went through the download for over an hour, then the install which took 35 minutes. After rebooting I began to customize my kde desktop, much of which did not work. And to my surprise after another reboot I had a corrupt video display. I honestly expected much better, but such a disappointment.
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