How To Make Boring Exciting: OpenSUSE Leap 15.6

Today we do a walk thru of OpenSUSE Leap 15.6. This is their regular release version. We take a look at what makes this stable distribution a great base for anyone needing tools like the YaST control center combined with stable packages, and how OpenSUSE sets up a system great "out of the box."
FYI there is a rolling release version called Tumbleweed that has newer packages if that's what you are looking for.

[@Cyco_Nix]

It is boring, so is Linux Mint, so are other LTS / stable type distros. That doesn't mean bad. For a system that you need to rely on, it is very solid.

[@ovidiuov4317]

I am using Leap since the beginning of the year. It's stable, friendly and helpful community if you are looking for help. If you are looking for a stable system, don't have the time or nerves for tinkering a rolling release Leap is great choice. Alongside Mint I think is really good choice also for people migrating from Windows.

[@tetradkepler3091]

Interestingly, about three years ago, tumbleweed got about 30% slower than than its previous tumbleweed. I don't know why. Was the tumbleweed kernel compiled by gcc -O0 or something for debugging purpose? I checked the Leap 15.6 recently. On the other hand, Leap maintained its speed. That is, Leap 15.6 is about 30% faster than Tumbleweed.

[@ultraprimez]

For me if a piece of software is useful as daily driver then it's my thing to go.

[@rout-b2p]

It's been 1 month since I installed open suse 15.6 on my lenovo x270 laptop, it's very suitable. Previously I installed several other distros, it seems that open suse is very suitable for my laptop's specs. Especially after watching this video, it's even more solid. Thank you

[@davidwayne9982]

I"m thinking of switching to it. I"ve been running ARTIX and love it- but I"m getting sick of it breaking with every tiny update that happens.. and want stability.. I tried LEAP (live) and I don't NEED that up to the second newness that everyone THINKS they need (but really DO NOT- that's just stupid).. With this not changing til DEC. 2025-- I may switch just for the stability!!!
I don't even mind the KDE 5.27-- because I've run the new version 6 and once set up - I see NO differences... and even got my TILING to work perfectly-- when one of the creators told me it wasn't possible!!

[@billpapadopoulos9650]

good job jeremy ! maybe you can do a video on tumbleweed with full desktop customization ?

[@PriyanshuKumarAndro]

Yes this is much needed please

[@philippef.4590]

Thank you