Re: Tumbleweed vs 16.0

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been using Tumbleweed on production machines for many years with no more problems than reported by Leap users. :)

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On Wednesday, June 24th, 2026 at 12:07 PM, Jon Cosby via openSUSE Users <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wednesday, June 24th, 2026 at 7:58 AM, GMX via openSUSE Users <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> Tumbleweed (Tw) represents an almost stable rolling release with bleeding-edge updates, whereas Leap offers a fully stable release based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). Both distributions excel in their respective approaches.
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>> You must choose the model that best suits your needs—whether you prefer frequent updates (rolling) or stability (stable). So far, I have not observed any significant differences in memory consumption or performance between them.
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>> Tumbleweed does include YAST by default.
>> Best regards,
>> Niclaas
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> Reading comments on the forum, some people are going /months/ between updates on TW. They say their systems remain stable and they still have the latest versions of software. I wouldn't recommend this, but the stress of daily updates on TW might be overblown.
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> Jon Cosby
> seattlebluesblog.com