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Is there any reason NOT to use openSUSE Tumbleweed as a desktop OS? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by ciko22i3@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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It seems like its a perfect distro. Rolling release so you get recent packages and dont have huge upgrades every few months, but not so bleeding edge that it breaks often. YaST is pretty cool but you are not forced to use it. Basic installation gives you enough essential stuff, but its not too bloated. The only thing its missing is AUR, but i still didnt find a program that i need and cant find in official repos or trough flatpak.

Honestly, now that i use it, it seems like insanity to install anything else. (for everyday desktop use)

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[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That post is misleading. Novell cooperated with Microsoft, and actually made money from the deal not the other way around. That no longer matters anyway since the SUSE company is no longer connected to Novell. Novell was bought out by Attachmate who then merged with Micro Focus. Micro Focus sold SUSE to EQT who made SUSE it's own company. So while the Novell deal was bad for open source it no longer has any bearing on opensuse.

[–] Raphael@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So OpenSUSE was bought and then it was bought and then it was bought and then it was bought and then it was bought and who knows who will buy it tomorrow.

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm sorry I took long to reply, but you are still wrong. Whether or not the Suse company gets bought or sold has no bearing on opensuse since that is an independant entity. No patent encumbered software ships with opensuse. You would have to use third party repositories just like Debian to install them.