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Re:Aeon: OpenSUSE for Lazy Developers by kergonath on Friday June 28, 2024 @08:56AM (#40820175)
> This is true for most distros though

Not with secure boot (which I forgot to mention but I have to enable). AFAIK today there is OpenSuse, Ubuntu and RHEL. Last time I checked (about a year ago) there was OpenSuse and that was it.

> I always think the reason is more because they like using a niche distro.

Not at all. First, OpenSuse is not really niche. I don’t care about being edgy (or I would run something like Arch or Gentoo). It just is solid and works well. Again, it’s the robustness-updates balance.

Re:Aeon: OpenSUSE for Lazy Developers by DEADMINCE on Friday June 28, 2024 @04:03PM (#40824671)
> Not with secure boot (which I forgot to mention but I have to enable). AFAIK today there is OpenSuse, Ubuntu and RHEL. Last time I checked (about a year ago) there was OpenSuse and that was it.

They're all just using the same MS signed loader are they not? And even if not, you certainly can on any distro. Secure boot and linux isn't a problem that ties you to a specific distro.

> Not at all. First, OpenSuse is not really niche.

It sure is, especially if you're not German or even European.

> It just is solid and works well.

Right, but so do most distros. Computing has advanced a lot so stability is the norm, there isn't anything special about OpenSuse.