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Why are there no mainstream forks of OpenSuse? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Sunny@slrpnk.net to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm still on the learning path of Linux. But there doesn't seem to many forks of OpenSuse? There are a bunch of forks of Arch, Fedora and Debian, but why not OpenSuse? Is it a license problem or something else?

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[–] FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I stand corrected. I use Tumbleweed so have not kept up to date on that front.

[–] Archaeopteryx@lemmy.nz 9 points 2 months ago

I totally agree with you. openSUSE Tumbleweed is IMHO the most stable rolling release distro out there.

Arch and some of its derivatives are also nice but still not as stable or polished as Tumbleweed.