[Colchester] The state of OpenSUSE

[Wayland Sothcott]

I'm using CentOS when using ClearOS. When I build a webserver I use 
debian and follow The Perfect Debian Server instructions. For desktop 
and cryptominers I use Mint 19.


On 04/09/18 09:50, Stewart Larner via Colchester wrote:
> Im still a big debian centos ubuntu user here.
>
> VMWare is the way forward for servers these days. Makes managing it 
> much easier.
>
> Stewart
>
> On 4 September 2018 at 01:11, Chris Pritchard via Colchester 
> <colchester at mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto:colchester at mailman.lug.org.uk>> 
> wrote:
>
>     I use Gentoo on my server, but I'm a masochist
>
>     Chris Pritchard
>
>     sent via mobile
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>     Wayland Sothcott via Colchester <colchester at mailman.lug.org.uk
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>     *Subject:* Re: [Colchester] The state of OpenSUSE
>     Hello James,
>
>     Many years ago I replaced a Windows NT server with a new Dell
>     running SUSE installed by Dell. It was pretty good but I did have
>     to do some work setting up SAMBA and Email and MySQL.
>
>     A couple of years ago they wanted to replace the server as it was
>     old and had needed hardware repairs to keep it going. So we did
>     the same thing again, ordered from Dell with SUSE installed.
>     However this time Dell did not install SUSE but printed us a
>     licence and supplied the machine blank with no install disk.
>
>     I struggled and eventually got SUSE installed and RAID drivers
>     loaded but I still had a heap of work ahead of me to set it up. I
>     struggled with that too.
>
>     I had been spoiled by mostly building servers using ClearOS. When
>     you build a ClearOS server you can chose any options you want at
>     build time and add to them at any time after. The whole thing is
>     then easily managed via it's web interface just like a router is.
>
>     So I formatted the Dell and installed ClearOS. I had to get the
>     right RAID drivers but after that it was simple.
>
>     In the past SUSE was an amazing distro, now it's just meh. I don't
>     see any point in using it. Maybe someone can say why it's good.
>
>     In my opinion Ubuntu is probably the best all round but with
>     privacy problems therefore Mint is better since it's Ubuntu
>     goodness with all the bad stuff left out.
>
>
>     On 03/09/18 22:22, James Pain via Colchester wrote:
>>     Looking for anyone with experience of using OpenSUSE to share
>>     their opinions of it; especially why they chose it.
>>
>>     About 15 years ago, in an electronics class, a knowledgable
>>     looking fellow (judged by beard length alone) gave me about 4
>>     CD’s with a green charmilion on and the strange phrase OpenSUSE.
>>     This was my only interaction with the distro.
>>
>>     Always been fascinated by why he thought it was THE distro to
>>     beat distros, in terms of desktop/ casual end user use. All I
>>     know about it is that it’s German...I think.
>>
>>     Let me know your thoughts in terms of community, support,
>>     updates, and development.
>>     -- 
>>     Thanks,
>>     James Pain
>>
>>
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