I too agree with Eric on this.

I use MATE desktop. OpenSUSE is my 6th Distribution since I started using Linux - the end of Centos 5 support moved me full time to OpenSUSE.

I ran OpenSUSE as a guest under Centos as I used to support Walmart and they uses SLE.

I have some old computers that cannot run OpenSUSE but run Sparky Linux just fine.

I have 4 other flavors of Linux as Guest OS - just in case I have to switch again.

Mint and Manjaro both are contenders although Mint like Ubuntu is moving to flatpak too. But both have MATE as a desktop.

My 2 cents

Larry

Am Dienstag, 5. Juli 2022, 18:19:37 CEST schrieb Michael Pujos:

The day some essential software (such as Firefox) is only available as 
flatpak on Tumbleweed (whether audited or not), will
be the day I seriously consider switching distro.
I sort of understand why the trend is to run software into boxes into 
boxes, but I really dislike it.

My fullest agreement, Michael!!!
I do not want the containers and do not think much of them.
I also don't know why it's so much easier than creating an RPM package. I 
build quite a few packages for Leap and Tumbleweed. I don't have any problems 
with that and I don't think it will get any better.
When I already read a faltpak within a RPM. What kind of bullshit is that? Or 
that there should be different runtimes for KDE, GNOME, Tumbleweed and so on. 
What a bullshit. There is nothing easier......
And if I read this correctly, then there is no more KDE for the time being, 
but only Gnome. Possibly later then KDE should come. (Stand in eatherpad info)
Ne. Not with me.
In my opinion, I've said before and I'll stick to it, this is a marketing 
stuff, which sooner or later backfires. You won't need less work and less 
people, but more.
I have already looked at Manjaro and am currently working my way in. A great 
distro. And I also think it would be more performant.
So if this container stuff comes, I'm gone from SUSE after about 20years. :-(


Regards
 Eric