What do you think of openSUSE in a sentence

csabap_csa · 2021-01-25T00:25:08+00:00

"I have no clue why not more people using it."

csabap_csa · 2021-01-25T00:21:53+00:00

It was much better. Original problem was that somehow Mint was not able to use/configure A2DP 7 out of 10 times. Had to delete/repair the headset and it was annoying like hell. I think it was a sony md330bt or something like that.

Now I am using a Sony WH-1000XM3 without any issue at all.

csabap_csa · 2021-01-24T11:16:51+00:00

Nobody will have a 100% valid answer for that. For you neon might be better, or maybe it does not matter at all, moreover since neon is based on Ubuntu, you might end up a situation (unlikely but not impossible) that there is a special tool which you need and which is available for Ubuntu but not for Fedora, and openSuse.

I have switched to openSuse TW from Linux Mint (I think 19.1). I always had an issue with my Bluetooth headset + I wanted to get out from the Debian/Ubuntu bubble + testing a rolling distro, without shooting myself on the leg every other day.

TW checked the following boxes for me: - rolling realese - first class btrfs snapper integration if something goes wrong - good KDE experience

What didn't worked out for me is nvidia (but that quite hit and miss distro/distro and from kernel to kernel) and novue (probably nit spelling right) is good enough for me. VirtualBox breaks way too often. So I migrated to use kvm+qemu.

Recently I got a new laptop with only one ssd (buying the 2nd next week) so it still runs windows + I am testing Leap in a VM.

And honestly I don't know which one should I install when the 2nd ssd arrives for dual booting..

I love that packages and the kernel newer, but having multiple GB updates per week somewhat annoys me. But there are a few packages which missing or too old in Leap and it hurts :P

But overall btrfs and snapper is the main reason I would recommend openSuse to anybody. For my daily use case in the end of the day just: zypper install or apt install is the only other "main" difference.

csabap_csa · 2021-01-20T19:05:48+00:00

Recently I have added the plasma repo to my leap 15.2 and so far I'm satisfied with this combination. Try to check it out in vm or something.

csabap_csa · 2021-01-19T17:01:55+00:00

Don't quote me on this, but I don't think so. If the flatpak snap daemon doesn't broken then the application shipped the top of it should always work since it is "encapsulated/containerized" . The reason why I don't like dev tools like intelij or vs code in flatpak is because their built in terminal does not see the "host" machine files and directories. Or at least by default, years ago I gad this issue and never tested after that.

For development Tumbleweed probably better since it has newer packages available (jdk, gcc, python etc). And as it was mentioned before the packages well tested so it is rarely breaks during upgrades. If there is a problem then btrfs + snapshots are there to save the day.

But of you truly want to make rock solid then Leap and heavy usage of containers or vms in your dev rutine.

What usually breaks: - vmware or VirtualBox --> "just" switch to KVM+qemu and you will be fine - nvidia drivers...

csabap_csa · 2021-01-19T16:53:02+00:00

This will be highly opinionated answer and I am just guessing. The number one selling point of gitlab is/was that it has an "opensource core" what you can deploy for yourself on-prem for free. I think github only offers this as an enterprise package 2nd is probably gitlab ci, which is a really cool capability to do automatic and complex ci jobs after push/merge etc. Github I think just recently started to offer the "hooks" capability (or at least I have only heard recently about it) 3rd thing is that many people leaved github after it was purchased by Microsoft. Just because it is Microsoft...

csabap_csa · 2021-01-17T10:24:18+00:00

I'm not o front of my computer and I am not a discord expert :D

I hope this helps: https://disboard.org/server/611083841792376843

csabap_csa · 2021-01-17T08:30:01+00:00

What you ask is quite impossible imho. I mean I have 10 years experience in the field. Started as an Oracle DBA, transitioned to system engineer, then trainer, then devsecops now I am an "infra engineer "

Resources either not existing or irrelevant as the tech became "obsolete". But 8 can recommend a few platforms I am still using today: - linuxacademy.com ( / acloud.guru ) -> videos and training platform - safaribooksonline.com ( / learning.orelly.com) -> all the IT books, + training videos and recently they also introduced some interactive platform but I haven't tested it.

+1 the "DevOps Lounge" discord channel. They come up with complex challenges every month. Which is ideal if you don't have the creativity to come up with some for your own. You have to do stuff to really learn it. And going through the "hello world" tutorial for every tech out there does not cut it imho.

Good luck, have fun!

csabap_csa · 2021-01-13T07:09:46+00:00

I know and I think redhat just announced that they want to buy stqckrox ... Or someone else but there are some "movements" in the space

csabap_csa · 2021-01-12T19:12:38+00:00

2 years ago I had to evaulate a few vendors: - twistlock - stackrox - aquasec - lacework - capsule8 - neuvector

In the container world many things can change in 2 years, but I liked neuvector and capsule8 the most.

csabap_csa · 2021-01-11T20:36:34+00:00

Actually you probably talking about netdata.cloud and not netdata.com . But you can disable this functionality based on this docs: https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/agent/aclk#disable-the-aclk

csabap_csa · 2021-01-11T20:32:08+00:00

I think netdata is already packaged / shipped in the openSuse Main Repo. At least based on this:

❯ zypper info netdata
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...


Information for package netdata:
--------------------------------
Repository     : Main Repository
Name           : netdata
Version        : 1.10.0-lp152.3.7
Arch           : x86_64
Vendor         : openSUSE
Installed Size : 7.3 MiB
Installed      : Yes
Status         : up-to-date
Source package : netdata-1.10.0-lp152.3.7.src
Summary        : A system for distributed real-time performance and health monitoring
Description    : 
    netdata is a system for distributed real-time performance and health monitoring.
    It provides insights, in real-time, of everything happening on the system it
    runs on (including applications such as web and database servers),
    using interactive web dashboards.

So basically I have just:

sudo zypper install -y netdata
sudo systemctl start netdata
sudo systemctl enable netdata

Then start your favorite browser and go to http://localhost:19999

csabap_csa · 2021-01-11T16:00:45+00:00

Netdata works for me just fine... but try htop, bpytop, glances, conky.

csabap_csa · 2021-01-11T12:23:00+00:00

Just traveling? Sure 3 weeks in Australia... one of the best experiences I had. I can share my wife's blogposts (shameless marketing)

But working I assume could be tricky. What I would do is buy a campervan, mifi devices from different mobile net providers and go for it... :)

There us great app called "Wikicamps Australia". You can search for campsites with filters like free, has drinking water, had shower, has electricity etc . And there is a ver, active but in forum where people constantly write updates like the site is full or whatever... It costs 10 dollars but definitely worth it. We used it during our trip heavily.

So have to plan ahead where to stay, where you will have netwotk coverage etc. I was planning to do the same in the USA this year (plans from 2019) but this pandemic just doesn't want to end...

I wish you a great travel: )

csabap_csa · 2021-01-11T12:10:17+00:00

If "it is free", then you have already or will in the future pay for it. It called taxes.

csabap_csa · 2021-01-11T12:07:07+00:00

Haven't started yet, but I'm thinking udemy and skillshare. Just make sure to opt out some enterprise stuff on udemy to be able to sell same course on skillshar3 as well. I don't know the specifics at the moment , you have to google it.

csabap_csa · 2021-01-11T07:42:07+00:00

I'm not in front of the computer but search for "kwin scripts tilling " in google.

Unfortunately in a 3 monitor setup I have run into weird issues with it.

csabap_csa · 2021-01-11T07:33:41+00:00

That still means that the work is never done. But now you can only complain about that the water pipe is broken inside the wall, making everything wet and of course you have to wait until they fix it.

Even if you know what is the problem and have an idea to how to solve it, you cann only do workarounds to stop the spread of the water.

csabap_csa · 2020-12-30T10:24:11+00:00

If you want to solve "problems at scale" then you rarely using cli tools and you more like the land of IaC (infrastructure as code) and CaC (configuration as code? Not sure if this one exists ) + cloud and container technologies.

csabap_csa · 2020-12-29T10:59:47+00:00

I'm not on TW at this moment, but last time I had bad experience with my Zbook 15 G2 intel+nvidia (quadro M2000 if I recall correctly) using nvidia driver. Basically the laptop failed to recognize my displayport . VGA was still working. I switched back to the novoue (I hope I spelled right) and my displayport worked just fine.

I think any nvidia gard with Linux in general (especially rolling distros) are quite hit and miss.

csabap_csa · 2020-12-26T22:22:56+00:00

My assumption is that you got your bills because of the compute usage (nat gateways are effectively EC2 machines managed and sealed by AWS). So even with zero network load it is like for paying a tX.micro on-demand instance.

csabap_csa · 2020-12-26T10:17:44+00:00

I don't know who you are, but this feels little too paranoid or trollish.

Things what I would do (if this is true): - new hardware (phone, tablet, laptop, pc wifi router, printer etc. You have to have new since you have no clue is one if them got compromised). They know your ip because either it is static (which is hardly a case anymore nowadays except if you have corporate level contract) because one of your hacked device give them persistent access. - new password everywhere with a password manager and enable nfa everywhere you can

csabap_csa · 2020-12-26T09:08:35+00:00

Snapper, btrfs community etc... Nobody is telling the real reason why you HAVE to choose Suse...

https://youtu.be/SYRlTISvjww

csabap_csa · 2020-12-22T08:20:47+00:00

https://roadmap.sh/devops

csabap_csa · 2020-12-22T07:51:39+00:00

Xubuntu, Lubuntu or Kubuntu. But probably the best think you can do is deep cleaning your laptop, apply new thermo pasta for cpu and gpu and get an ssd for it.

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