Been running OpenSUSE Tumbleweed on my second PC for about 2 years now. Rock solid. Had some dependency errors in yast updater, but holding off a day with updates have sorted it every time. Haven't had it happen in a long time now though. Also a quick note you can add repos in yast manager, like non free. (nvidia etc)
SUSE is trying to reduce the gap between opensuse and SLES, and now opensuse shares same codebase with SLES, so opensuse could have more quick response and support, and tumbleweed indeed becomes more stable.
OpenSUSE tumbleweed IMO is the most stable Rolling release I have ever used.. I have never gotten breakage from updates ever unlike Arch and other Arch based distros.. only breakage I have ever gotten on Tumbleweed was my own fault lol.. Also You can customise the install on the installation summary screen to install exactly what you want instead of the default packages with what ever DE ya choose just by clicking the software link in that page
if someone want to use opensuse and is a beginner in linux and doesn't want to spend time setting things up (like multimedia codecs, third party repositories, etc), then start with gecko linux. it's basically opensuse but that takes care of those things for you. it's not like mint is to ubuntu, but it is literally opensuse just with some things out of the box
@@JeremysTechChannel the only thing I wish was better in gecko would be the installer. I don't know if it was just my case but I had to make a lot of decision myself and I had no idea what I was doing
A few things. Zypper is the package manager and is v powerful. Yast is their tool for all the admin stuff including packages etc. They use grub... The yast bootloader is their config for it to make it easier. Yast is one big way to admin a system (also has terminal version) which has sub systems within it to make it easier to modify system settings etc.
Thank you....my noob is showing. I am updating these errors in my description and hopefully between the description update and this comment people will get the proper info they need. Thanks for taking the time to watch the video and comment!
5:45 - I remember running Suse Linux so many years ago and I thought it was great. Discovering OpenSUSE so many years later was really cool. Nice review, Jeremy; I have subscribed to your channel!
you can change packages at install time. In the overview screen of the installer you can click the headlines to change specific configurations there you can directly use yast to select and deselect packages (but not add repos). I don't know why they hide that feature but it is there.
My newness with OpenSuse has "bit" me a couple of times I would have love touse that...Thanks for sharing! I hope to do another walk thru with it once I get really comfortable. I didn't realize how wonderfully unique the tools are with OpenSuse.
@@JeremysTechChannel Yea its wild. You can select the basic desktop, and then from the overview screen add packages for the more niche desktops like Budgie, Unity, etc.
I am a Fedora user myself as a daily driver but I have some older machines and Fedora is moving to UEFI only so as the older machine are legacy I considering moving distro on those machines OpenSUSE is very similar to the benefits of fedora as Radhat and SUSE do the same server enterprise thing. I would go arch but it is too cutting edge and need to much work. Give SUSE credit their installer is great vs Redhat install which is in my view still better than Ubuntu's net installer. I have a true Fibre line so net install some time make sense if the other end server is fast and SUSE are fast. Debian last time I net installed took forever.
OpenSUSE has its own installer, which is not as easy as Calamares, but not as moderately confusing as Fedora can be (Anaconda is a little counter-intuitive for some). And it takes its sweet time installing too! Frankly, live environments are good for folks who want to try out a new distro; since OpenSUSE is using the vanilla versions of its Desktop Environments, I really don't have an issue with not having a live environment.
The network image is much slower than the offline image because it has to download everything first, there is also a live ISO that you can download and install with too, its slower than the offline image though, plus it uses persistent storage so it can run a bit slow if you have a slow USB stick, but its handy if you want to make a change and have it survive a reboot.
im using Leap,and i have 100% no problem with it....for Corporative Desktop actions its works fine,its the Windows that Windows NEVER will be - Stable,Solid,Clear,no spyware,no data collection,no Malwares.Everthing on OS is Plug and Play...
just today, i read SUSE "MICRO", in few words... opensuse is to medium/high users... yast is to server/manager system... so opensuse isnot to new users or "normal use" users
not really. gecko ships just with some different defaults and some things out of the box, which would require your interaction on opensuse. but everything else is the same, you get updates from opensuse and not from gecko. even the startup says tumbleween and opensuse
I have the light theme. I couldn't get used the dark theme everywhere. However I would like the task manager (bar) to be dark. Buts it's ok, I have the brightness down and the night lite on all the time.
@@arianitonline8748 Well, I tried Debian live +Lxqt and it filled my RAM with Firefox (one tab, no video) and Session.appimage. On the other hand, Knoppix DVD (both live and installed dealt with 200-1 Gb of RAM usage.
Been running OpenSUSE Tumbleweed on my second PC for about 2 years now. Rock solid. Had some dependency errors in yast updater, but holding off a day with updates have sorted it every time. Haven't had it happen in a long time now though.
Also a quick note you can add repos in yast manager, like non free. (nvidia etc)
SUSE is trying to reduce the gap between opensuse and SLES, and now opensuse shares same codebase with SLES, so opensuse could have more quick response and support, and tumbleweed indeed becomes more stable.
OpenSUSE tumbleweed IMO is the most stable Rolling release I have ever used.. I have never gotten breakage from updates ever unlike Arch and other Arch based distros.. only breakage I have ever gotten on Tumbleweed was my own fault lol..
Also You can customise the install on the installation summary screen to install exactly what you want instead of the default packages with what ever DE ya choose just by clicking the software link in that page
Same. I have been using it for 5 years and been using openSuSE overall since 2006.
if someone want to use opensuse and is a beginner in linux and doesn't want to spend time setting things up (like multimedia codecs, third party repositories, etc), then start with gecko linux. it's basically opensuse but that takes care of those things for you. it's not like mint is to ubuntu, but it is literally opensuse just with some things out of the box
Just did a walk thru with Gecko Linux and I really liked it a lot.
@@JeremysTechChannel the only thing I wish was better in gecko would be the installer. I don't know if it was just my case but I had to make a lot of decision myself and I had no idea what I was doing
A few things. Zypper is the package manager and is v powerful. Yast is their tool for all the admin stuff including packages etc. They use grub... The yast bootloader is their config for it to make it easier.
Yast is one big way to admin a system (also has terminal version) which has sub systems within it to make it easier to modify system settings etc.
Thank you....my noob is showing. I am updating these errors in my description and hopefully between the description update and this comment people will get the proper info they need. Thanks for taking the time to watch the video and comment!
5:45 - I remember running Suse Linux so many years ago and I thought it was great. Discovering OpenSUSE so many years later was really cool. Nice review, Jeremy; I have subscribed to your channel!
btrfs + snapshot feature is most powerful feature in opensuse, it saved me many times after the system suffer my torment😀
you can change packages at install time. In the overview screen of the installer you can click the headlines to change specific configurations there you can directly use yast to select and deselect packages (but not add repos). I don't know why they hide that feature but it is there.
My newness with OpenSuse has "bit" me a couple of times I would have love touse that...Thanks for sharing! I hope to do another walk thru with it once I get really comfortable. I didn't realize how wonderfully unique the tools are with OpenSuse.
@@JeremysTechChannel Yea its wild. You can select the basic desktop, and then from the overview screen add packages for the more niche desktops like Budgie, Unity, etc.
7:23 - Their documentation is very good; thorough and easy to follow for setting up your PC.
I am a Fedora user myself as a daily driver but I have some older machines and Fedora is moving to UEFI only so as the older machine are legacy I considering moving distro on those machines OpenSUSE is very similar to the benefits of fedora as Radhat and SUSE do the same server enterprise thing. I would go arch but it is too cutting edge and need to much work. Give SUSE credit their installer is great vs Redhat install which is in my view still better than Ubuntu's net installer. I have a true Fibre line so net install some time make sense if the other end server is fast and SUSE are fast. Debian last time I net installed took forever.
OpenSUSE has its own installer, which is not as easy as Calamares, but not as moderately confusing as Fedora can be (Anaconda is a little counter-intuitive for some). And it takes its sweet time installing too! Frankly, live environments are good for folks who want to try out a new distro; since OpenSUSE is using the vanilla versions of its Desktop Environments, I really don't have an issue with not having a live environment.
The network image is much slower than the offline image because it has to download everything first, there is also a live ISO that you can download and install with too, its slower than the offline image though, plus it uses persistent storage so it can run a bit slow if you have a slow USB stick, but its handy if you want to make a change and have it survive a reboot.
I don't feel it annoying to have to input password for yast. I feel it's good security to separate all different parts such as audio, video, etc.
I do agree with you especially since root is involved...in the moment, I was just being a crazy user.
im using Leap,and i have 100% no problem with it....for Corporative Desktop actions its works fine,its the Windows that Windows NEVER will be - Stable,Solid,Clear,no spyware,no data collection,no Malwares.Everthing on OS is Plug and Play...
17:04 - Bro, YaST is deprecated on the command line; it's better to use zypper. Just sudo zypper install [package]. Just FYI.
4:15 - yeah, installing OpenSUSE is somewhat like installing Windows 98 - a nice sweet long ride.
When is your next meet up??!
just today, i read SUSE "MICRO", in few words... opensuse is to medium/high users... yast is to server/manager system... so opensuse isnot to new users or "normal use" users
Is this what Linux is about? Singling out users of choice? It's people like you that make people want to stay with Windows
yast is like control manager in windows. yast is the thing that makes opensuse a distro where you must not use the terminal if you don't want to
Gecko Linux is to OpenSuse like mint is to Ubuntu.
not really. gecko ships just with some different defaults and some things out of the box, which would require your interaction on opensuse. but everything else is the same, you get updates from opensuse and not from gecko. even the startup says tumbleween and opensuse
It gets freezes in kde alot……sometimes portable mice freezes….why is it getting freezed??
I stalled mine 4 days ago. No issues so far. I'll see how it goes.
@@zeniktorres4320 i noticed it works dwell in vanilla kernel but not in official opensuse so it did work out but the portable mice does freeze still
I do not like the light theme hurt my eyes . my hats off to anyone who can use them
I have automatic theme switcher. during day, where there is a lot of outside light, light themes are better (less reflection).
I have the light theme. I couldn't get used the dark theme everywhere. However I would like the task manager (bar) to be dark. Buts it's ok, I have the brightness down and the night lite on all the time.
It is for me only if it works fine with 2 Gb of RAM :)
that's not dependable on the distro but on the desktop envirenment
@@arianitonline8748 Well, I tried Debian live +Lxqt and it filled my RAM with Firefox (one tab, no video) and Session.appimage.
On the other hand, Knoppix DVD (both live and installed dealt with 200-1 Gb of RAM usage.
@@cyberp0et a distro is nothing more than a set of apps, settings, repositories, DE. it itself has little to no impact on RAM
@@arianitonline8748 I would try building a "distro" myself from scratch ;)
@@cyberp0et good luck