OpenSUSE - updates

I've been using and extensively testing OpenSUSE 12.2 for over two weeks. It appears quite stable and well polished (However, I had two or three system freezes when starting Chromium browser).

I definitely like the artwork of OpenSUSE - the fact, in example, that when I start GIMP I see OpenSUSE specific starting window seems professional. The artwork is consistent as well as the system itself.

Talking about updates two things are worth mentioning. Updates are not so vast like in, let's say, Ubuntu 12.04 - that is important at spots with limited bandwidth i.e. when I use mobile internet connections. In the production environment this is also the positive feature as vast updates could mean instability. (Look at RedHat policy).

The second thing I definitely like are drpm packages. D stands for 'difference'. You do not have to download tones of megabytes as you download only 'update difference'. That means fast updates. Nice.

OpenSUSE vs Debian....

This blog is a little bit different from my previous blog. I'd like to add some personal features here, not only write about PCs and OSes...

Anyway, now I am using  OpenSUSE but today I was talking with a computer engineer using OpenSUSE at home (in fact, he convinced me to try OpenSUSE again). He mentioned that at work a lot of people are switching to Debian stable. Why? Debian is more Linux-like, it is similar to what those guys learned in the past, during the studies and first steps in administrating Unix-like systems. OpenSUSE tries to implement some features which are unique to SUSE branches, including SLED, which are not liked by engineers...

Debian, hmm, my first non-MS system anyway :)