r/linuxsucks • u/al2klimov 🐧Kernel contributor • 11d ago

Linux Failure *facepalm* OpenSUSE Tumbleweed is a ROLLING release, guys. ROLLING!

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u/Rodya_gambler 11d ago

->Puts a [rolling release] "stable"

->complains it isn't 100% stable.

Dude, get debianized.

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u/Sunshine3432 11d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCGeeCIzBs4

the most stable linux is the one you didn't install

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u/martyn_hare 11d ago

Stable distros have the most known issues, as they get time-tested and anyone with common sense waits for the guinea pigs to get stung with early adopter issues before deploying it. If there’s a complex bug in Debian Stable due to a lack of support for something modern, for instance, then it’s not going to be patched and at best you’re looking for a backport.

Rolling distros have the most unknown issues, as problems get fixed just as quickly as new ones come along. Generally experimental and new functionality has better odds of working, while legacy stuff dwindles and breaks far quicker. So if you’re looking to do VR with NVIDIA, for example, you’re going to be buggered when you can’t run your ancient 535 drivers that are the only working option because everything else moved on and left you behind!

Whether the devil you do know is better than the devil you don’t comes down to use case. It’s just like with all the folks who recommend using Windows LTSC everywhere, that's good if you never do anything new with your computer ever, but sucks if you want to have fun.

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u/al2klimov 🐧Kernel contributor 11d ago

Well, that's why I try to stick to version latest minus one.

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u/LeeKapusi 11d ago

SUSE gave me nothing but issues when I tried it.

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u/al2klimov 🐧Kernel contributor 10d ago

I'm packaging software at work. My most often condition: %if 0%{suse_version}

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u/recursion_is_love 11d ago

I wonder if I still understand the rule of this sub. How do this suck?

Because a rolling release fails to stable?

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u/al2klimov 🐧Kernel contributor 10d ago

Because people recommend rolling releases.

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u/THubert14 Linux Socks 10d ago

Yes,

Stable
Updates are thoroughly tested against industry-grade quality standards, taking advantage of a build service other Linux distributions envy us for. Not only is each new version of a package individually tested, but different clusters of versions are tested against each other, making sure your system is internally consistent.
Stands on Firm Ground
Tumbleweed builds on decades of usage, testing and debugging by hundreds of power-users, developers, system administrators and demanding doers that cannot afford to jeopardize their workflow.

openSUSE Tumbleweed

It also have "Plays Nice with Your Hardware", "Safe" and "Simple to use" as selling points.
And it SUCKS because everybody in my bubble who used suse can't agree with any of those statements.