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Why openSUSE? (reddthat.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Telorand@reddthat.com to c/linux@programming.dev

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First, let me be clear up front that I'm not promoting the idea that there should be one "universal" Linux distro. With all the various distros out there for consumers, there's lots of discussion about Arch, Debian, and Fedora (and their various descendant projects), but I rarely see much talk about openSUSE.

Why might somebody choose that one over the others? What features or vision distinguishes it from the others?

Edit: I love all the answers! Great stuff. Thanks to everyone!

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[–] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 months ago (14 children)

Opensuse tumbleweed is probably the most stable rolling release, so you get the newest software without everything breaking. Also Yast is an amazing utility that allows you to administer your system entirely with a GUI

[–] turtlepower@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

How is it with running Steam and how is its bluetooth controller support for Xbox controllers?

[–] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

No problems in my experience

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's not really distro specific.

[–] turtlepower@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Really? Because FreeBSD has bluetooth issues. Xpadneo doesn't work with all distros. Hell, I can't even get the authentic Proton VPN app on KDE Plasma. So please explain how my question isn't valid.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

FreeBSD isn't a Linux distribution. And Steam is available as a flatpak which work the same on all distributions.

[–] turtlepower@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago

Yeah, shittily. Flatpak is sandboxed which causes issues for many games, least of which are anti-cheat issues, and it's a huge pain in the ass, if not impossible, to get working correctly. The fact you suggest Flatpak for such a thing just shows you don't know your ass from a hole in the ground.

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