I am about to install Leap 15 in my AMD machine. I am new to Leap 15.0 with only a few months previously using Leap 42.3 (moved from Fedora).
I was looking at some Youtube videos on installing Leap 15 when I noticed that the opening installation menu in the video clips had the following main options:
Boot from hard disk
Installation
Upgrade
More . . .
Also had several function options on the bottom like:
F1 Help F2 Language F3 Video Mode F4 Source F5 Kernel F6 Driver
My version has the same four main options (Boot from hard disk …, etc) but only has two other options on the bottom:
** C:Command E:Edit**
Is this a later iso, or have I downloaded the wrong file?
Also,
I discovered during an install this last week that if you “Enable online repositories” there are <many> changes in the Install, both Tumbleweed and LEAP.
Some of those changes are quite radical…
For example, now on the screen that should select a Desktop, it’s now replaced by a screen where you select a Role
IIRC is now the same for both LEAP 15 and TW,
KDE/Plasma
Gnome
Server (plain text, no Desktop)
Transaction Server
Custom Base OS
That last selection is what you’ll want to select if you want to install any other Desktop other than Plasma or Gnome…
The next screen will be the often seen YaST Software Management where you can select your desired Desktop… I have no idea what would happen if you selected “Custom” before but then don’t select a Desktop pattern to go on top of the minimal Desktop components… Maybe IceWM? Someone with time to burn should investigate and I expect plenty of newbies will make that mistake.
The Disk Layout appears to also have some changes buried down low, but the main selections are the same as we’ve seen for a year or two now (might still be a shock for those upgrading from 42.3 or earlier).
Also, LILO was an option in place of GRUB not that long ago, but is now gone, replace by an “Other”
Documentation about this “Other” option is limited to an obscure remark directing the User to find out on his own how to install an alternative bootloader or skip installing a bootloader (I assume this means some other bootloader or selector would point to your OS partition)
Don’t know how long since these changes were implemented since I didn’t notice any announcements (I’m not on most openSUSE mail lists) but I’m pretty sure they didn’t exist in December 2018.
I usually do not use online repositories during installation, but with many packages (patterns) not included in Leap 15 install, I might opt to use online repositories during installation. Force of habit that in the past that the same installation image contains desktop and servers . . . well not it Leap 15, which is OK for me since I just install the other patterns and packages later.
Lately here in Australia, the government is upgrading all internet connections. Mine has just been upgraded, so I will try installing with the online repos.
What is possible by choosing packages installed during installation hasn’t changed, but the new flow puts the full capability of software selection front and center prominently, and as I described is now even essential to installing Desktops other than Plasma and Gnome.
There are other benefits to using online repositories during installation…
It means that you can skip updating (or upgrading if Tumbleweed) immediately after logging in a brand new install, so can save a little bit of time, although I still advise that practice because I’ve observed that for whatever reasons packages from the Update repositories after install are sometimes different than what is installed during an Install… but those differences are typically so minor they can wait a few weeks for the next scheduled system update if you wish.
I did my installation using online repositories. All went well, and with a good internet connection, it (online repos) is the way to go for this release.