opensuse release notes

1. What are the two current releases of openSUSE?
2. Why is openSUSE not popular?
3. Is openSUSE better than Ubuntu?
4. Is openSUSE good for beginners?
5. Is rpm an openSUSE?
6. Is openSUSE any good?
7. Is Debian better than openSUSE?
8. Is openSUSE better than Fedora?
9. Is openSUSE good for gaming?
10. Is openSUSE secure?
11. Why is openSUSE so big?
12. What is openSUSE based on?

What are the two current releases of openSUSE?

openSUSE Leap 15.1 - Feb 2nd 2021 - (done) openSUSE Leap 15.0 - Dec 3rd 2019 - (done) openSUSE Leap 42.3 - Jul 1st 2019 - (done) openSUSE Leap 42.2 - Jan 26th 2018 - (done)

Why is openSUSE not popular?

The openSUSE installer is a bit chaotic, there are too many technical choices to make, a user with no experience does not know what to choose; xfce, gnome, kde, partitioning etc ... ... The installer does not have a minimal desktop installation, both GNOME and KDE, that Ubuntu has.

Is openSUSE better than Ubuntu?

Among all the Linux distros out there, openSUSE and Ubuntu are two of the bests. Both of them are free and open-source, leveraging the best features Linux has to offer.

Is openSUSE good for beginners?

openSUSE is among the easiest linux distribution for new users. However, openSUSE does not focus on absolute ease of use, preferring to offer users flexibility and choice. ... Still openSUSE does not make things more complicated than necessary and has some easy to use graphical tools to configure system settings like YaST.

Is rpm an openSUSE?

openSUSE is . rpm based. ... openSUSE relies for its development on the openSUSE Build Service (OBS in short), a package building engine, which is accessible for free to everybody; it enable everyone to build his/her own package from source granting coherence with openSUSE.

Is openSUSE any good?

Currently, we have openSUSE 42.1. It contains all the stable packages and provides the smoothest experience of the two. It is highly suitable for Home, Office and for Business computers. It is for people who need a good OS but won't/can't keep pampering the OS and need it to move aside and let them work.

Is Debian better than openSUSE?

As you can see, Debian is better than OpenSUSE in terms of Out of the box software support. Debian is better than OpenSUSE in terms of Repository support. Hence, Debian wins the round of Software support!

Is openSUSE better than Fedora?

As you can see, both OpenSUSE and Fedora got the same points in terms of Out of the box software support. Fedora is better than OpenSUSE in terms of Repository support. Hence, Fedora wins the round of Software support!

Is openSUSE good for gaming?

openSuse is great. Like any distro, be sure to learn how things work. Steam, wine, and DXVK work on any distribution. Linux is a kernel and GNU utilities, the distro is only installation and package management.

Is openSUSE secure?

openSUSE is a secure distribution. Both during development and after shipment security processes are honored and applied. Overseeing the security of the openSUSE distribution and coordinating the updates is the SUSE Security Team. openSUSE's Security Features help to prevent bugs from being exploitable.

Why is openSUSE so big?

Why is openSUSE installation file so big compared to other distro installation? It has a size of 4.7GB , a whole DVD disk, compared to the size of other common distros which barely weights 2GB or less.

What is openSUSE based on?

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