The mirror problem appear as fixed, so updating looks fine again.
But the current snapshot includes kernel 6.15 and VirtualBox does not yet work with that: see virtualbox-7-1-8-does-not-work-with-6-15-kernel.
That might also be true for other stuff needing extra kernel modules (VMWare, the newest proprietary Nvidia drivers come to mind but there are likely others).
So it is a “normal” time if you just need a “standard” install, but might still be rough on the sides if you have specific needs.
Hiya. Tumbleweed is great but it requires more knowledge to keep it running than Leap does from my experience. As for updating tw it is recommended to always update using dup (even zypper itself suggests that if you try to update using zypper up). I’m running tw for 1.5 years now and other than couple of broken updates and my mistakes I didn’t had that many issues.
@yoda2025 I would suggest running a Live USB release of Tumbleweed to see how it goes, then can post hardware details for user comments, tips, gotcha’s etc
Does your hardware have TPM 2.0 support, do you want to use Secure Boot, do you want to use Systemd Boot etc…
I do need VirtualBox to work on my Desktop (Dell) so I will wait… And I have an NVDIA card (last time I had to work a little bit to make it work and get decent resolution)
As for my Yoga (Lenovo) laptop, I think he is a goop candidate to start the adventure again…
about systemd-boot etc : If I use the last version of the installer(openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64-Snapshot20250604-Media.iso) I’m good,? I’m not sure to understand if I have something to tweak during installation… Does it require me to set my PC (bios) in secure mode or not… Sorry, I’n never “tried much” to master that along the years…
NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
The last thing I had a hard time, but finally was able to make it work, was my Canon MF644CDW Color laser Printer / Scanner… What a ride it was for me to make it work…
@yoda2025 Grub2 is still the default, so you would need to change to that in the final summary page. If going that route you need to ensure your /boot/efi partition is 4GB. Call it future-proofing…
Look at replacing the card, or just stick with nouveau, you will go down a rabbit hole with the legacy/unsupported GPU…
Yup, that ISO is the one you need for offline installation. During installation if you don’t know what option does better to keep it at default. Drive encryption should be somewhere on drive partitioning page.
I was able to make ti work last time… You won’t like what i WILL SAY BUT :
Grok helped me LOL
had do add some NVIDIA repo, some driver for my card and it worked
@yoda2025 How old is the desktop system? Well if want to stick with Nvidia, then anything Turing or better, I’m using Intel ARC GPU’s whilst not in PCIe 4.0 slots and no rebar, they work fine. I’ll let other advise on AMD stuff, let’s say they are not on my wish list but my other list…
Maybe. That’s how normally it works on Linux. You need to add Nvidia repository with drivers and install appropriate one. OpenSUSE installer should add that repository for you automatically.
