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Reader supplied reviews for openSUSE Average rating 8.7 from 380 review(s) Please specify which version of the distribtion you are reviewing. Please selecting a rating in the range of 1-10. Please write at least a few sentences about the distribution while limiting your review to 4080 characters. What are your thoughts on openSUSE? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- tumbleweed15.515.042.342.242.113.213.112.312.212.111.411.311.211.111.010.310.210.110.09.39.29.19.08.28.18.07.37.27.17.06.46.36.26.16.05.35.2 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Your review (minimum 250 words): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: tumbleweed Rating: 10 Date: 2023-12-04 Votes: 7 I started learning Linux in 2020 and, like many beginners, I tried out different distros until I found the right one for me. OpenSUSE is a rolling release distro that is so stable that I sometimes forget it is constantly updated. I have been using it since 2020 and I only had one problem with my wifi driver package that I had to reinstall. Here are some of the things I like about this distro: + YAST: This is the most powerful control center on Linux. You can customize and configure almost everything from installation to system settings using YAST. + KDE ♥️ OpenSUSE: If you love KDE, you must try this distro. It has a perfect integration with the KDE environment. + Stable rolling release: Every update is tested at openqa.opensuse.org before release, so you don’t have to worry about breaking your system. +Btrfs: This is a file system that supports snapshots. In case your system gets messed up, you can easily roll back to a previous state using YAST snapshot. + Zypper: This is the package manager for OpenSUSE. It never broke my system when I installed or uninstalled packages. It always tells me what packages and dependencies will be removed or installed, and provides alternatives and conflict resolutions. Software management: OpenSUSE has a large and organized repository of packages with various categories (patterns, repository sources, and classifications). You can find almost any software you need for your system. + Security: OpenSUSE has a firewall and security policies enabled by default. You can also apply security hardening options on YAST with just a few clicks. -------- This is the most boring rolling release Linux distro, and it should be. HAHA Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: tumbleweed Rating: 10 Date: 2023-12-04 Votes: 5 I've been using openSUSE for two years now and my distrohopping is finally cured. In my experience this is the most stable rolling release of LinuX thanks to the automated testing you have through openQA. If we add to that the use of snapshots through the btrfs file system and the snapper tool to return to a previous snapshot in case of failure, we can say that we are in my opinion the only rolling distribution with the stability of a fixed. Pros: -Stability -Vanguard -Enterprise base -Very participative and friendly community. Cons: -Need to add external repositories like packman for codecs. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: tumbleweed Rating: 9 Date: 2023-12-03 Votes: 2 In November 2023 I made 2 openSUSE Tumbleweed (OST) installations: first into multi-driver PC where all OS's have their own driver and second into efi multiboot driver where different OS's are placed side by side in one driver with all their own /home directory and with a common space for all OS's in the driver for common documents. I made the 1st installation with luks btrfs, but changed it to luks lvm ext4 due to my insufficient know-how to control brtrfs logs and file system. In both cases OST installer worked just fine. OST installer's instructions are one of the best I have seen so far in different Linux distributions. The only thing I hope is to get more precise info in OST installer's notifications what OST means with installer's different selective items, for instance, such as 'Secure Boot', 'Trusted Boot'. This could minimize need for renewal of installation(s). Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 380 reader reviews of openSUSE...