I use Windows btw

    • AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      1 year ago

      I tried this once, it had some weird default settings when it came to privileges needed to connect to WiFi, printers etc. Normally polkit would be preconfigured on a desktop to let the user do these things without giving the root password but not opensuse for some reason! Maybe things have changed now.

      • mafbar@lemmy.worldOP
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Hopefully! Certain things like WiFi or printers, I feel should work out-of-the-box without manual setup.

    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      I never managed to break it. While all the *buntu distros tended to just fall apart after a while.

      Also you can update after 3 months and zypper will happily process the 6800 changed packages.

      Finally it has the best KDE out there, so it was a natural choice.

      • mafbar@lemmy.worldOP
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Sounds great! Tumbleweed has always sounded like a stable rolling-release distro, kind of strange that it never got the attention like Arch or Arch-based distros.

        • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          1 year ago

          The whole OpenSuSE/SuSE community seems to be on the quiet side for some reason. I never really understood why either. It’s one of the old traditional distributions that’s doing a lot of stuff in the background, but nobody ever hears or talks about it. They even have fun songs.

          Maybe it’s because it’s based in Europe (although I would have seen that as a bonus point)?

          I don’t even know if it’s very common in the enterprise world, I’ve never actually even seen it there, although I’ve seen lots of Redhat. But according to Wikipedia, it’s out there.

          • mafbar@lemmy.worldOP
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            1 year ago

            I’ve only meddled with openSUSE a little bit but I suspect it’s due to several reasons. Firstly, perhaps the lack of marketing. You hear news about Ubuntu and Fedora and NixOS and stuff, but never really about openSUSE, I think? Maybe they do promotions but I don’t know about them that much. As you said, they do a lot of stuff but in the background. Perhaps they’re really more of a technical distribution, for sysadmins and some users?

            • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              1 year ago

              They often tend to sell it as a distribution for developers. for some reason. I don’t write much code any more and just use it (tumbleweed) as my main system for general use. I never really noticed it being any different from any other operating system. You just install whatever you need. In my case, I take notes, edit photos, play games from Steam, and do the usual Internet stuff. Mostly what most users do.

              • mafbar@lemmy.worldOP
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                1
                ·
                1 year ago

                I see. Yea, someone I know has used Tumbleweed before and it seems fine. Stable and solid. Just out of curiosity, what Steam games do you play? Do you use Proton?

                • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  2
                  ·
                  1 year ago

                  If you run steam in Linux, you’re using proton.

                  Currently, I play Deep Rock Galactic, Insurgency Sandstorm, Cyberpunk, sometimes Squad, but I haven’t had the time for a while.
                  Games I have to catch up with Generation Zero, Disco Elysium.

                  All of those work without much fuss.