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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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[–] sxan@midwest.social 18 points 5 months ago

One of the reasons people don't talk about it is probably that it is boring.

The curse of competency. The stuff people mostly talk about is the stuff people are complaining about.

I don't remember who said it, but a writer once commented that the reason there's so much conflict at the center of novel plots is because nobody wants to read a book about old Mrs Harrington, who lives a quiet, happy, commented life, spending her days working in her garden. Because it's boring.