Leap 16.0 is somewhat like the Wii U

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Hello!

So. I’ve been a somewhat regular user of openSUSE Leap since version 15.3. I stopped using it for a while because I remember there was like a limbo for Leap’s future when the ALP thing was announced or something. The thing is that this year I installed the brand new Leap 16.0 on my desktop PC to use it on a daily basis. The changes are very noticeable: new installer, no YaST2, repository changes, i.e. I don’t mean those changes are bad, but today, while trying to setup my EPSON printer, I had the impression that Leap 16.0 is like the Wii U: good product, clunky introduction.

So I arrived to this conclusion while trying to setup my printer, because when I “configured” it through GNOME Settings the first time, it printed just nonsense characters. I found in another forum entry here that there is a separate repo for printing stuff for Leap 16.0. Manually added that repo, installed the EPSON driver, selected the printer and the driver on GNOME Settings, and the printer works ok now. So for me, this repo was like “hidden”.

I think the same thing could be said about Steam. Even installing the Flatpak version requires you to manually enable 32 bit emulation + install the SELinux gaming policy.

I remember that I also had an issue with updates (by some reason) not being applied. I had to manually download Myrlyn and then apply some updates from there for them to work (just that time, because since then I’ve been able to update the system as usual).

I’m still staying on Leap 16.0 because (besides some tinkering) it has been working good for me. I am not writing this in a bad mood or something, I actually thank the developers for their hard work. This is just a thought I had while daily driving the system, heh, heh.

Greetings,
Maschinami.

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@Maschinami:

Yes, I agree with you, especially with respect to the printer issue – I went looking for the Pattern which supplies CUPS – there’s only the “print_server” Pattern. I installed Leap 16.0 in a VM with the GNOME DE and noticed that, the CUPS and Avahi packages were installed by default.

  • But, the “avahi-daemon.socket” and “cups-browsed.service” systemd services are both disabled by default …
    Therefore, I’m somewhat sceptical that a default installation will be able to browse for network printers “out-of-the-box”.
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No - it was in the main repo from day one. Just a simple sudo zypper in myrlyn always got it installed.

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Yep. It is there. What I meant with that is that, at least for me, Myrlyn was not installed by default. I only got GNOME Software but Myrlyn was the one who solved the update issue I was having at the beginning. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Only avahi-daemon is required for mDNS discovery, and it should normally be enabled automatically. I’ve never had a situation when that wasn’t the case.

The cups-browsed package is mainly useful when you want automatically created, persistent local queues for discovered or remote printers. It’s helpful in managed or enterprise environments, but not required for standard driverless IPP printing on a typical workstation. In the case of Leap 16, it is available from the Printing repo.