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OpenSUSE Leap 42.1 Released (opensuse.org)

Posted by samzenpus on from the brand-new dept.

MasterPatricko writes: In what they're calling the first "hybrid" distribution release, the openSUSE project have announced the availability of openSUSE Leap 42.1. Built on a core of SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 packages but including an up-to-date userspace (KDE Plasma 5.4.2, GNOME 3.16, and many other DEs), Leap aims to provide a stable middle ground between enterprise releases which are quickly out of date, and the sometimes unstable community distros. DVD/USB or Network Install ISOs are available for download now. For those who do prefer the bleeding edge, the openSUSE Tumbleweed rolling-release distribution is also available.

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  1. Got it about a week back. Here's the scoop: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Note to slashdotters: they usually push these ISOs a week or more ahead of intended release date. I have a Lenovo Y50-70.

    I installed it to replace my Fedora 21 - the insallation froze up on me twice during the EFI bootloader install. I was able to use the upgrade option to come back to where it left - and it picked up. Doing this the third time, it worked.

    I am using KDE, and I like the fact that most packages just work - no real annoying issues. I found it a little hard to find some software - but once I hit software.opensuse.org I was able to add the new repositories and install some third party packages, and all went well.

    The only thing I bemoan is that bumblebee installation and nVIDIA installations are painful - and that I did not use btrfs for my / partition. But this not an OpenSUSE issue. It is much, much bigger than that.

    1. Re:Got it about a week back. Here's the scoop: by lister+king+of+smeg · · Score: 2

      Why would anyone use EFI?

      Because BIOS is pretty much deprecated now as Microsoft decided that if manufacturers want to install windows on their PC then it has to have a UEFI compliant motherboard, and as that is to lucrative of a market to ignore they have all complied.

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      ---Saying gnome 3 is better than windows 8 not so much a compliment as it is damning with light praise.
  2. Re:SUSE is for cows. by amalcolm · · Score: 2

    Have you ever seen an open source cow? I really don't want to know what that looks llike.

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    Time for bed, said Zebedee - boing
  3. Re:SUSE doesn't allow 1 character user names by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 2

    A big reason I don't use OpenSUSE is its seemingly trivial limitation that usernames have to be at least 2 characters.

    Guessing a two-character username is much harder than guessing a one-character username.

  4. Re:SUSE doesn't allow 1 character user names by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Single-character usernames seem to work just fine in OpenSUSE 13.2

    OpenSUSE-13.2:~ # useradd -m u

    OpenSUSE-13.2:~ # getent passwd u
    u:x:1001:100::/home/u:/bin/bash

    OpenSUSE-13.2:~ # ls -ld /home/u
    drwxr-xr-x 1 u users 210 Nov 5 12:35 /home/u

    I recommend removing the "p" user, though. That stuff is poison to your mind/heart/soul.