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Surprised this hasn't been posted earlier: OpenSUSE, German Linux distribution (i.postimg.cc)

submitted 1 year ago by Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I just installed OpenSUSE on both my work and personal machines, having been on Kubuntu for many years prior to that. I love it so far!

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[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Kubuntu is also kind of European, because KDE e.V. is from Germany.

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[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The switch wasn't due to geopolitics, but yeah.

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[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago

KDE Neon would probably a closer fit, as it's entirely maintained by KDE e.V., whereas Kubuntu still relies on Canonical

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[–] Adiemus@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

So using Kubuntu is bad now? I just switched from Windows to Kubuntu and am Quote happy with it.

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[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I switched because of snaps, which I had been ignoring for a while but they pissed me off enough to cause me to switch. If you're ok with snaps, then no problem.

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[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago

Using Kubuntu was always bad, friend. No politics about it, it's just shit. The worst KDE implementation.

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