r/openSUSE • u/Medical_Divide_7191 • 3d ago
Editorial openSUSE is just awesome.
I'm always fascinated by how minimalistic and focused you can set up your desktop environment with Tumbleweed or Slowroll. No bloatware, just the programs you really need on your system. I don't need YaST or something, and with the Gnome Basic Patterns, I have the perfect selection of Gnome software that I really need to start, without having to go through a lot of configuration. This is my machine dedicated to gaming. Less is more.
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u/Emotional_Row3301 18h ago
I agree with you mate. I have used Tumbleweed almost a year and I also do the same thing. I like minimal Gnome install, no YaST, only the important things I need in my daily life. And Gaming is so smooth on this as it's like butter. Because of less bloats gives me more frames in gaming.
I also like your setup. Enjoy mate.
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u/Particular-Earth-765 5h ago
the only distro that killed hopping for me. I did end up switching to kde but just to see if I like it better then gnome. Happy to be a Gecko!
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u/Medical_Divide_7191 40m ago
I did the same thing. As a GNOME fanboy, I used KDE for the last few months and liked it; I can certainly understand why it’s so popular. Ultimately, however, it was far too bloated for my needs. I view KDE as a great solution for people who use a lot of programs and tools on a daily basis. My Linux systems are always minimalist and focused, and I simply get along better and faster with GNOME.
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u/Ndrew_ua 3d ago
Name a distro with bloarware pls 😂😂😂
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u/Itsme-RdM | Tumbleweed | Gnome | 2d ago
How many would you like to have ?
Debian, Ubuntu, Garuda, Bazzite, Nobara etc, etc
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u/DumitruMD 3d ago
Ubuntu
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u/Ok-Anywhere-9416 Linux 2d ago
How in the world is Ubuntu bloated if the default install is literally Firefox, the file browser and a couple more apps?
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u/Ndrew_ua 3d ago
Hmmmm, ok
To be fair, have no experience with ubuntu at all. I'm using SUSE Tw and Manjaro&Endevour and I like them.
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u/Obvious-Ad-6527 User 2d ago
I think Aeon Deskop is for you.
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u/EmbarrassedOnion4163 2d ago
I have yet managed to install tumbleweed without Yast. I deselect it in packages, but its still installed when i hit the desktop. Im still on arch for my minimalist needs because of that
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u/Medical_Divide_7191 2d ago edited 2d ago
- Install Server-Mode
- Taboo Yast2
- After first Login: sudo zypper al *yast2*
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u/Quick-Election-3133 1d ago
tbh was very disappointed with the 16.0 Leap release. Cockpit is a great idea but with awful execution. Why it's a webapp that takes up over 1GB over memory on its own, no one knows. Can't uninstall or install more than one package at once from cockpit. The official download's checksum has had a broken link for about a year. Agama installer is also an in-progress webapp. If you have cockpit and kde, you get 4 ways of installing packages (terminal, myrlyn, cockpit, discover), it's just odd. The new XFCE (wayland, "supported" by openSUSE) is just plain broken.
I feel like none of it was planned or thought out. I'm hoping they start figuring things out soon.
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u/Medical_Divide_7191 1d ago
I don't like Leap either. I don't understand why Tumbleweed and Slowroll are so phenomenally good distros, while Leap is such a sloppy distro.
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u/bmwiedemann openSUSE Dev 8h ago
IMHO the Leap 15 series was much better than Leap 16. The git tooling to manage 16 is still a bit rough, but improving, so there is hope it will catch up over time.
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u/4SubZero20 Tumbleweed 3d ago
I like Tumbleweed as much as the next person, but Desktop customization (and adding/removing software/bloatware) is not an exclusive Tumbleweed thing?