tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post3451669469498822595..comments2024-01-16T14:13:50.160+01:00Comments on all mine!: Be proud of yourself, Geekos!Jos Poortvliethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05243886270488333877noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post-87382256227796479612011-03-17T14:58:06.032+01:002011-03-17T14:58:06.032+01:00About the software manager, yes, that is coming. B...About the software manager, yes, that is coming. But we're openSUSE and try to do it in a collaborative way - see http://distributions.freedesktop.org/wiki/AppStream (an initiative started by openSUSE devs).<br /><br />About the LTS release - well, we now have the http://en.opensuse.org/Evergreen evergreen initiative which provides exactly that. But if you want a real good, long-term-supported product, there is SLES for you. It is very cheap for home users and not expensive for corporate users either - and offers commercial grade support, unlike Ubuntu.<br /><br />@CTown: about the freezes, I don't experience them - but it might be IO related? Do you have an SSD? In that case this page might help: http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:SSD_performanceJos Poortvliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05243886270488333877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post-48828921714376217252011-03-16T17:04:37.687+01:002011-03-16T17:04:37.687+01:00Honestly, Jos, did you tried at all to make a good...Honestly, Jos, did you tried at all to make a good estimation about Ubuntu's userbase???<br /><br />"With an estimated global usage of more than 12 million users..." - Wikipedia<br /><br />"Canonical Announces 12 Million Ubuntu Users, Google Makes a Comeback" - Google hit, article by Joe Brockmeier (!)<br /><br />This isn't an accurate research by any aspect, but I'm afraid that it's quite obvious that Ubuntu has significantly more users than openSUSE.<br /><br />Please don't look this as an attack against openSUSE, I'm a loyal friend of Geeko, and I really appreciate your work. But you are a representative of an (as you said) million people community, you should be precise about numbers.<br /><br />Best regards, AnonymusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post-30847370446352503762011-03-15T23:17:04.494+01:002011-03-15T23:17:04.494+01:00I finally tried OpenSuse with RC of 11.4, I loved ...I finally tried OpenSuse with RC of 11.4, I loved how Plasma never crashes (like sometimes on Kubuntu) but why does everything just seem to freeze once and a while. Actually, its faster to recover from a Plasma crash than those freezes. Kubuntu (talking about KDE 4.6 packages) feels stable but feels more like a bunch of packages and programs than a distro. However, to describe what Opensuse has that other distros is integration, everything feels more put together! Great job and I hope that the freezing problem gets fixed for good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post-10443588117993795712011-03-15T18:28:15.326+01:002011-03-15T18:28:15.326+01:00I agree with you Jos. In fact,those two things I l...I agree with you Jos. In fact,those two things I listed are the only things keeping me on the Ubuntu side of things for deployments that I do for other people.I only listed them because I think they would be reasonably easy to tackle given enough willingness.<br /><br />I often end up trying and using Opensuse at least on one of my PCs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post-73815372609355042282011-03-15T16:28:25.538+01:002011-03-15T16:28:25.538+01:00@ Jospoortvliet
Yes, you're right about Fedor...@ Jospoortvliet<br /><br />Yes, you're right about Fedora. They're pushing Linux and FLOSS forward, but sometimes they're going too fast. ;)<br /><br />@ Anonymous<br /><br />There are also things Ubuntu could learn from OpenSuse and Fedora like delta rpm's. You don't have to download entire package, but just differences between old and new one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post-79417123004604746772011-03-15T14:41:51.444+01:002011-03-15T14:41:51.444+01:00Two things that Suse needs that Ubuntu has:
1) S...Two things that Suse needs that Ubuntu has: <br /><br />1) Simplified software manager (I heard something of the kind is coming)<br /><br />2) LTS releases: I canĀ“t emphasize how important this is for many people who are not big corporations.Most of my friends want to set up their desktop computer once and have it work and be supported for at least 3 years. And five years is icing on the cake for all the small companies and non-profits that need an affordable server. <br /><br />This second point is where Ubuntu is kicking your ass badly. The fact that I can have a server supported for five years for free means that I am willing to spend the time to become familiar with the ins-and-outs. Once I do, I always recommend to those customers that can pay for support that they do so to make sure they have somebody to turn to if I get hit by a bus and to support the evolution of the product.<br /><br />I was an OpenSuse user for many years and would love to return, but for servers in the use-cases that I have explained, it simply does not make sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post-53761997243919612332011-03-15T14:05:23.236+01:002011-03-15T14:05:23.236+01:00Yes, I know, Ubuntu does not share user numbers so...Yes, I know, Ubuntu does not share user numbers so nothing to compare with there. I could of course suggest that they don't let anyone know because the numbers aren't that big actually, but that would be mean ;-)<br /><br />Fedora is more than just a tech preview, they do pretty awesome work in bringing linux forward - but yes, the result of that is some more instability. Just like how Ubuntu focuses on mostly very simple use cases (grandma who wants to check the web once a week) making more complicated use cases actually harder than they would be in eg openSUSE. While openSUSE is more focused on those who want to get work done ;-)<br /><br />Good that there is choice, right?Jos Poortvliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05243886270488333877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post-2351682970710825052011-03-15T10:47:49.137+01:002011-03-15T10:47:49.137+01:00I don't think that OpenSuse has more users tha...I don't think that OpenSuse has more users than Ubuntu. Maybe if we include controlled enterprise computers that might be possible. By checking the results that appear in web search, one can simply predict.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12366865.post-2770043397321296702011-03-15T08:25:18.243+01:002011-03-15T08:25:18.243+01:00Congratulations! The decision to make KDE4 default...Congratulations! The decision to make KDE4 default was a very good decision. There's no surprise you've got bigger user base than Fedora which is just some tech preview. Btw. last time I heard Ubuntu had about 12 million users.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com