Hello, I thought I’d come and introduce myself. Admittedly something I haven’t done in some time on other forums…
My name is Ikey Doherty, and I’m a software engineer by trade. I originally created Linux Mint Debian Edition, and more recently ran SolusOS.
However, time constraints made it impossible for me to run something as large as SolusOS, so that project is sadly now over.
That aside, I want to do strange things like “use a computer” and have “stuff work”. Strange, right? After shopping around for a bit, I came to
the stunning realization that I’ve not given openSUSE a shot. Ever In fact, the last time I’d tried anykindasuse was SuSE 9.1 Professional.
Hardly recent…
Skip back to the weekend (missing it already) I made the decision to download openSUSE 12.3. Played with it for a bit and announced as such
on Google+, where Antoine kindly dragged me onto IRC and made me try Brave Things. So I went from running the 12.3 KDE system to now
having GNOME3.10 on 13.1
I have to say I’m loving openSUSE. Stuff Just Works. Kinda what I’m in the market for. Also there is a fantastic atmosphere and welcoming
developers, which are Strange Things in these times. So I’ve decided to make openSUSE my distro of choice now. In fact I’ve already started
getting some of my stuff into OBS, starting with my ever-so-fantastically-named rss-reader. Also going to get my (again, brilliantly named)
music-player in once I get some spare time (It plays music now Antoine :P)
So, if you’ll have me, I’d like to make openSUSE my home too No doubt before long the old buzz will kick back in and I’ll find various things
to hack on (like YaST2 GTK integration, that kinda is bugging me. And the Many Windows Of One Click).
I think you will find openSUSE one of the most usable distro’s you can find and run. Please take a look at my bash scripting blog (Link in signature) and welcome to using openSUSE.
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Thank you all for the warm welcome, very refreshing
Thanks also for the interesting links, will check them all very shortly. Also the forum integration idea doesn’t sound too bad
Thought I’d share a screenie of what I’m working on atm in my spare time (music-player. plays music)
Hi Ikey, it’s Samuel from Google+. I really do hope you stick around! I think that openSUSE is the best distro both for end users and developers. If someone as skilled as you finds it suitable, others will be tempted to try it as well.
For me, the open build service is a feature I find impossible to do without.
@BSDUser indeed, I’m loving it I have a lot of experience with GTK/GNOME development, KDE/Qt not so much ^^
Wow heya Samuel, nice to be able to recognise someone Indeed, OBS is brilliant. I’m gonna start getting my other package in there, and who knows, people might actually use my software this time round Much prefer application development tbh (Well, any real software development, regardless of level).
I hope more people do try openSUSE, however I honestly do think a few things would need changing to make it a lil’ bit more attractive (First and foremost, YaST. SDI > MDI. Use PolKit. Moar better UI’s)
> That aside, I want to do strange things like “use a computer” and have
> “stuff work”. Strange, right?
>
Very strange indeed
> make openSUSE my distro of choice now. In fact I’ve already started
> getting some of my stuff into OBS, starting with my
> ever-so-fantastically-named rss-reader. Also going to get my (again,
> brilliantly named)
> music-player in once I get some spare time (It plays music now Antoine
> :P)
>
Too bad.They are not built for 12.3 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ikeydoherty/
> So, if you’ll have me, I’d like to make openSUSE my home too No doubt
> before long the old buzz will kick back in and I’ll find various things
> to hack on (like YaST2 GTK integration, that kinda is bugging me. And
> the Many Windows Of One Click).
>
>
People say that QT based version of YaST2(Installer) is better than GTK
version. But i like the GTK version because it keeps things simple.
@vazhavandan unfortunately the very design of both my new apps require GNOME3.10, because they use client-side-decorations
Hopefully they’ll have more features and be more useful by the time you get to 13.1
I admit the Qt one is probably better done, but the GTK one does try to emulate gnome-control-center to an extent, which is nice. Would still prefer to see individual permissions via polkit though
On 2013-10-28 20:26, ikeydoherty wrote:
> I admit the Qt one is probably better done, but the GTK one does try to
> emulate gnome-control-center to an extent, which is nice. Would still
> prefer to see individual permissions via polkit though
I like the GTK yast, but the package manager is different, and this is a
support issue when helping people.
On the other hand, this release cycle the YaST developers have
concentrated on migrating code from an in-house language to Ruby, so
there are no new features this time.
For 13.2 they hope to get more community developers and add new
features. A polkit module would be very nice.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
flymail wrote:
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> Welcome ikey!
> vazhavandan;2594146 Wrote:
>>
>>
>> People say that QT based version of YaST2(Installer) is better than GTK
>> version. But i like the GTK version because it keeps things simple.
>>
>> –
>> GNOME 3.6.2
>> openSUSE Release 12.3 (Dartmouth) 64-bit
>> Kernel Linux 3.7.10-1.16-desktop
>
> I believe it is the ncurses interfaces and the capabilities of it that
> make YaST truly special.
>
>
I tried to use ncurses but it hides menu when terminal is un-maximised
Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2013-10-29 09:59, vazhavandan wrote:
>
>> I tried to use ncurses but it hides menu when terminal is un-maximised
>
> Use a smaller font.
>
switching from font size 12 to 8 didnot help
In fact, the last time I’d tried anykindasuse was SuSE 9.1 Professional.
I have a lot of experience with GTK/GNOME development, KDE/Qt not so much ^^
Much prefer application development tbh (Well, any real software development, regardless of level).
