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During the first impressions of said distro, what feature surprised you the most?

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[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago (3 children)

OpenSuSE - YaST is as good as is made out to be. I like how many fundamental parts of linux are managed via one tool. Other distros I'd used before were heterogenous mix of tools that felt cobbled together and inconsistent, while YaST feels well designed, integrated and consistent.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 12 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I'd agree with that. Also zypper has fun arguments, like zypper up

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

Tumbleweed surprised me with how it receives constant, up-to-the-minute updates yet somehow doesn't ever seem to break.

It also surprised me with how much I like KDE. I had used it way back in the day when it was a bit complicated looking and ugly. These days Plasma makes the whole experience nice.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

My weapon of choice