Very intrigued by OpenSUSE as an alternative to Fedora. How do you think the two stack up against each other? Is it a noticeable leap switching between them?
I test-drove TW for a few months a year or so ago (Leap struck me as too slow). While it’s a viable alternative to Fedora it wasn’t for me. My main problem was, being a rolling distro, the fact that major updates could occur any day of the week, which could be time-consuming to install or they could change the features of the OS. It always presented a dilemma of whether to hold back updates which might include holding back critical updates.
So rolling distros aren’t for me, while OpenSUSE puts a lot of emphasis on testing and reliability with TW, the reality is I much prefer the release cycle and philosophy of Fedora, I think that strikes the best balance.
Since I did my test-drive, OpenSUSE now has “Slowroll” which is a slower TW with major updates occurring less frequently. That might be worth having a look at some day (but I’m only looking out of curiosity, I’m very happy with Fedora honestly).
OpenSUSE, it’s what I’d be using if Fedora didn’t exist.
Very intrigued by OpenSUSE as an alternative to Fedora. How do you think the two stack up against each other? Is it a noticeable leap switching between them?
I test-drove TW for a few months a year or so ago (Leap struck me as too slow). While it’s a viable alternative to Fedora it wasn’t for me. My main problem was, being a rolling distro, the fact that major updates could occur any day of the week, which could be time-consuming to install or they could change the features of the OS. It always presented a dilemma of whether to hold back updates which might include holding back critical updates.
So rolling distros aren’t for me, while OpenSUSE puts a lot of emphasis on testing and reliability with TW, the reality is I much prefer the release cycle and philosophy of Fedora, I think that strikes the best balance.
Since I did my test-drive, OpenSUSE now has “Slowroll” which is a slower TW with major updates occurring less frequently. That might be worth having a look at some day (but I’m only looking out of curiosity, I’m very happy with Fedora honestly).