14 Jun
2018
14 Jun
'18
13:50
Op donderdag 14 juni 2018 15:29:30 CEST schreef Stevens: > I have been sub'ed to this forum for many years. I'm not sure which was > my first opensuse version (I remember 10-something) but suffice it to > say that I have followed the trials and tribulations of the user > community here and I wonder what it is about opensuse that really sets > it apart from all the other distros out there. > > I mean, what is its main claim to fame? The answer to that has changed > over the years but I wonder what it is now. Maybe someone here can make > a compelling case for the use of opensuse instead of any other linux > distro. If so, I would like to see it. What use case would causeus > opensuse to be selected? I suppose in order to answer that, one must be > fluent in the various linux dialects. I am not; I barely have enough > time to use this opensuse 13.1 and admin the adjacent webserver running > ubuntu 16.04lts. > > As my version is somewhat dated ;-) I will be moving to something better > by year's end. Maybe 15.1, maybe something else. I really haven't had > time to research, which is why the original question. > > Thanks, Fred 1. YaST and it's many modules. F.e. setting up a webserver through YaST's http-server module is by far the easiest I've ever seen 2. openQA, which ( amongst other things ) does automated testing of human actions, f.e. install, reboot, try whether Firefox starts. 3. The fact that openSUSE is not just a linux distro. We created a lot of tools, like OBS, openQA, OSEM, Kiwi and so on, which are 100% FOSS and not just openSUSE only 4. For Leap: a shared code base with SUSE's SLE, which brings enterprise quality to the distro 5. For Tumbleweed; a rolling release with a completely new model: build updates, generate a snapshot, test that in openQA, and only release the snapshot after openQA reports it's OK to release it. -- Gertjan Lettink a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Board Member openSUSE Forums Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org