Arch is relatively great, but anyone who’s used it for a while has had what should of been a simple update turn into a giant headache.
Debian can minimize headaches but you give up the latest software for it. OpenSUSE just feels like the middle ground. You can run the latest software and spend less time sifting through forums because of an update. As a bonus you can always fall back on RPM packages, which can give a tiny bit more software compatibility than the AUR.
To be fair, OpenSuse is an umbrella of multiple distros other than Debian and Arch. There are
Leap (Stable, binary-compatible to SLES)
Tumbleweed (Rolling)
Slowroll (Rolling but slower, duh)
Aeon (Immutable w/ Gnome)
Kalpa (Immutable w/ KDE)
Factory (unstable)
MicroOS (Immutable for Server)
Leap Micro (Immutable, binary-compatible to SLES)
And then of course the whole Enterprise stuff around SLES (Suse Linux Enterprise Server). There’s definitely a need to specify what “OpenSuse” actually means in any given context. 😅
I agree though, it’s god damn great. The bootable btrfs snapshots that are set up by default in particular.
how so?
Arch is relatively great, but anyone who’s used it for a while has had what should of been a simple update turn into a giant headache. Debian can minimize headaches but you give up the latest software for it. OpenSUSE just feels like the middle ground. You can run the latest software and spend less time sifting through forums because of an update. As a bonus you can always fall back on RPM packages, which can give a tiny bit more software compatibility than the AUR.
IMO OpenSUSE is what Manjaro wants to be lol
To be fair, OpenSuse is an umbrella of multiple distros other than Debian and Arch. There are
And then of course the whole Enterprise stuff around SLES (Suse Linux Enterprise Server). There’s definitely a need to specify what “OpenSuse” actually means in any given context. 😅
I agree though, it’s god damn great. The bootable btrfs snapshots that are set up by default in particular.