Re: Tumbleweed vs 16.0

"Carlos E. R." <[email protected]> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:03:32 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.suse.general
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On 2026-06-26 03:53, David C Rankin wrote:
> On 6/24/26 11:59 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>> On 2026-06-24 13:47, Carl Spitzer wrote:
>>> What if any preference exists?
>>
>> Notice that in TW you will be with the first people to experience 
>> changes. It is bleeding age, ie, you can bleed. You will experience 
>> the new features and the new bugs before other people, and we expect 
>> you to explain them to us ;-p
>>
> 
> I don't know Carlos, I think you are selling TW short. The openSUSE devs 
> have done an excellent job with their build QA. Only recent hiccup of 
> notice with Apparmor 5.0. That wasn't anything that couldn't be worked- 
> around for a day or two until the updated profiles were worked out.

Of course they do. But what I said is undeniable, it was in other words 
in the wiki. The goal of TW is to have the newest software possible, so 
the new features and the new problems (that nobody knows about yet) are 
going to hit TW. This is also the appeal of TW, have the newest software 
possible.

> 
> Other than that, I'd agree with OldTimer, no more problems with TW than 
> with Leap. For two years I've driven TW as the daily driver since moving 
> from 15.4 on two boxes. No complaints, no real uptick in issues, no 
> difference in package availability.
> 
> (now granted, I'm not using Plasma or Gnome, so I'm not bleeding-edge on 
> desktops)
> 
> The upside is you are always current, you never have an EOL issue and 
> don't have to set aside a day or two for new install and tweaking of 
> everything after EOL to get your desktop back.
> 
> Both SLES and TW have their place, but TW and the rolling-release model 
> doesn't mean giving up stability or reliability.
> 


-- 
Cheers / Saludos,

		Carlos E. R.

   (from openSUSE 16.0 (Laicolasse))

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