On 6 February 2016 at 12:53, Frans de Boer <frans@fransdb.nl> wrote:
Dear reader,
When I initially tried Leap, the stability was a disaster. So, I went back to Tumbleweed. Which at the time was stable enough. However, from time to time I still have to go back to 13.2 because Tumbleweed is not always so stable.
Leap is now around for some time, so I wonder if it is stable enough nowadays to be used instead of 13.2. The later is kind off showing his age.
I know now that using Tumbleweed is participating in a lottery, but has OpenSUSE nothing newer to offer which is just as stable as 13.2 is?
Hi Frans openSUSE Leap is more stable, reliable, and polished than 13.2 is. While I admit that Plasma 5 doesn't quite meet the same level of quality as we were used to with KDE 4 in 13.2, our KDE team have done an amazing job of rectifying that and if that isn't good enough for you Leap contains several other desktop environments that you can try - all are equally supported by the openSUSE Project, we're desktop-agnostic after all. If you want a stable openSUSE that doesn't change every day, that's the one to go for Tumbleweed is not like participating in a lottery. It is the reliable rolling release. It works, it's reliable, but I avoid using the word 'stable' when describing tumbleweed because stable, to me, implies 'not changing', and of course change is part of the point of Tumbleweed 13.2 is just too long in the tooth for any of my use cases and with too short a supported lifespan (expected end-of-life Jan 2017) for me to realistically recommend to anyone. If it works for you though, that's fine with me :) TL;DR Leap for unchanging reliableness Tumbleweed for changing reliableness 13.2 if you're prepared to upgrade in less than 12 months Rich -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org