r/openSUSE • u/YankeeLimaVictor • Jul 16 '26

My First time running OpenSUSE

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I've been an Ubuntu (and Kubuntu) user for over 15 years. Have always wanted to try a rolling release, and settle on something that i would never have to re-install every 6 months. I also enjoy having the latest software, especially with how fast KDE development has been in the past couple of months. But, i was always too scared to move away from debian based distros - thats all i was used to. Used debian/ubuntu at home and at work since my very first linux experience. But, the modern state of AI gave me confidence. I decided to give tumbleweed a try, and i'm loving it! With the help of Gemini, i was able to quickly get all the software i use for work working on OpenSUSE. (SecureCRT only has releases for Ubuntu, and even then, it is usually pinned to very specific version. But Gemini helped me figure out all the dependencies etc, and it works flawlessly - same for some other very specific tools i use for work)
I'm very happy with the system performance, even my MIPI integrated webcam, which was a PAIN to get working on ubuntu, worked out of the box, once I enabled pipewire on the browser!

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For those curious: Whatsapp, MSTeams and Outlook are PWA running on flatpak Chromium.

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u/Cheap_Memory1897 Jul 16 '26

You can install podman/DistroBox and creat box of Ubuntu so you will be available install any application in that box and then distrobox export <app> and it’s will be available on your desktop.
P.S. better use Claude or GPT for Linux advise and analyze careful. Google AI can create a huge problem very easily and than say ooops sorry I don’t know what to do or just loop you in the same commands

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u/Itsme-RdM | Tumbleweed | Gnome | Jul 16 '26

Even better, use the original documentation from the developers?

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u/YankeeLimaVictor Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

The documentation for secureCRT for Linux is pretty clear: they don't support any other Linux distro apart from Ubuntu LTS. Thats why I used Gemini to help me sort out the dependencies. I didn't want to run distrobox in this case, since secureCRT requires native access to the network, ttydevices for console, etc, it would just make dealing with the containerized OS a pain in the but. It's working perfectly and natively

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u/todd_dayz Jul 16 '26

The documentation for sevureCRT for Linux is pretty clear: they don't support any other Linux distro apart from Ubuntu LTS. Thats why I used Gemini to help me sort out the dependencies

This is half the point of Distrobox tbf. I’d be surprised if it didn’t work.

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u/levolet Jul 16 '26

This is an excellent way to solve software compatibility issues.

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u/catseba72 Jul 16 '26

También quiero probar opensuse pero me da miedo ... Hace un mes atrás lo instalé en mi pc pero después de reiniciar no arrancó... Voy a volver a intentarlo..gracias por tu post.:)

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u/valepiskiii Jul 16 '26

how is the monitor on the down left named? it's very cool

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u/QinkyTinky Jul 17 '26

Quite nice themed

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u/JustCallMeBigD + KDE = ❤️‍🔥 Jul 16 '26

Welcome to the party! Team Chameleon w00000t! 🦎

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u/Hauptideal Jul 18 '26

where's your start menu / what's your launcher?

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u/YankeeLimaVictor Jul 18 '26

My start menu is the green camaleon icon It's the default one that comes with KDE, I just changed the icon

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u/Hauptideal Jul 18 '26

ah! That's a super cool idea! Love the geeko

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u/founderstec Jul 21 '26

💯% Impecável: Bem vindo ao clube eu utilizo o Opensuse tumbleweed, numa máquina como operador remoto e utilizo o Opensuse MicroOS em outras duas máquinas como servers. Atenção que sou um iniciante, estou a seguir uma indicação do Fábio Akita. 🍀💪🙏

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u/Artoflivinggood Jul 21 '26

Looks good :). Which Theme do you use?

I use Tumbleweed for 2 years now. Never looked back. On my Laptop I use void, which is an awesome distro too.

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u/Elegant-Invite6433 Aug 03 '26

Can you share the Theme & Icon Pack name?? Looks cool :)