I assume SSH is not exposed to the internet by default on openSUSE? I have not used SSH on my install so should I be safe if I just update?

This but I don’t have time or knowledge.

It’s also occasionally easier to install non-Steam games on a desktop and transfer over the files but that’s mostly just about saving time.

And honestly that would be solved with a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard.

If you move the goalposts close enough, you’ll never miss.

You can’t just install an arbitrary Linux distro on an Android tablet.

If you want to run Linux, buy something like the Juno or Librem tablets.

Don’t be afraid to customize your install with YaST. You can add/remove packages before you do the installation.

You’ll need packman if you need restricted codecs for video.

Update with zypper dup as a general rule.

He used an account in his brother’s name? How did they expect to get away with this? You need some degrees of separation here, c’mon.

I love openSUSE and think it’s one of the few distros that has a pretty good implementation for every DE/WM. GNOME, KDE, Xfce, lxqt, enlightenment, mate, sway, etc… are all a solid experience on openSUSE.

That said, I have never found a distro with a good Cinnamon experience other than Linux Mint. Probably in part due to cinnamon being developed by mint, but regardless, if you want to use cinnamon, mint is your best option.

Xfce is my DE of choice. Hipdi support has gotten much better, though I’m using it on a 3200*1800 13" display so a simple 2x scale is all I need.

Xfce absolutely did not start as a project to “keep the old gnome style” since it was released 2 years before GNOME 1.0.

By a strict definition, the kernel is what defines Linux.

Xfce does not get updated often, so by that definition it is the most stable.

It’s also pretty stable from the perspective of not crashing, but I can’t say I’ve had much trouble with KDE either.

I don’t have a problem with charging for free software. My problem is that what they are charging for is a configuration that is provided by other developers’ work.

I don’t particularly like it because they monetize features they did not develop. They charge extra for some UI customizations that are available for free in many other distros because they are part of GNOME/Xfce.

Other than their available visual customizations (giving you a Windows-like interface out of the box for example) it is simply the last Ubuntu LTS release. If you purchase the Pro version you need to re-purchase it for every version upgrade (so every two years).

I would say just go with Ubuntu if you’re considering Zorin.

lxqt > Plasma > Deepin

More serious answer, Trinity.

But you’re also setting up a bit of a false scenario because there are far more gtk DEs than what you have listed. Mate, Cinnamon, Budgie…

Depending on how you configure it you can run into issues with sites and apps that use trackers.

I’m not sure why you are bringing Gentoo into it here. I mean that all the software I have tried to install is either available in the repos or available as an appimage/flatpak. Were it not available in binary form I would need to compile it - and I have not run into that scenario.

While I would still recommend Ubuntu or Mint or even Debian, I have been using openSUSE for years and have never run into a case where I had to compile software.

I bounce between Xfce and Plasma. I used Xfce for… I don’t know, 15 years? And only switched to plasma for a while because of getting a hidpi laptop before Xfce had support for it.

Hah! Fair enough. Anyway, check out the two I recommended if you want to try something different!