14 Jun
2018
14 Jun
'18
14:49
Hi, Le jeudi 14 juin 2018 à 03:50:26, Knurpht@openSUSE a écrit : > 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. I do agree with all those points. That is I exactly the points I present at FOSS events and when I meet old time openSUSE users, they totally agree with it. I would add the fact that openSUSE is a project that makes contibution easy, even and particulary for non technical users which is something that may count. Cheers, -- Sébastien 'sogal' POHER -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org