Where in openSUSE can you see a list of the installed software? Is just searching through YaST2 the only way to go?
I have a nVidia GPU, how the display seems to be working fine with whatever 42.1 is using by default, should I go through the process of installing a nVidia-specific driver? I know in the past, if I did not install the nVidia drivers, the fan on the GPU would be going full blast at all times lol - Leap 42.1 does not seem to do that with my GPU.
Is there a good basic beginners guide to Leap 42.1? I’m very new to openSUSE and feel lost when it comes to adding repos and installing software
1 not sure what you want here there are thousands of packages installed by default. You can use rpm command to see list of packages but I don’t think that is what you really are asking
2 Up to you the NVIDIA driver is better at 3d accel and provides some extensions that some high end games or 3D editors may need
3 nothing earth shattering new in how things work in 42.1 you use Yast or zypper to install things or get them from https://software.opensuse.org/search if you can’t find things in the normal repos. Add repos from Yast or zypper. You should keep the number of active repos to a minimum
Well, it depends what you mean (this answer is based on earlier versions, and hasn’t changed in a while - haven’t successfully dl’ed a version of 42.1 yet - apologies iif any of the details have changed).
i) You can check at install time, if that is what you mean. You need to go in to something like ‘advanced options’ and fine tune (and check) which packages will be installed.
ii) You can use ‘Yast’; there are a number of options there, and you will have to have a look around in order to learn it well. Yast is probably the option that most users use and probably the shallowest learning curve for someone who prefers the GUI.
iii) If you prefer the command line, ‘zypper’ is probably the way to go; a very useful utility, well described by the man page.
iv) for a simple task like this, there is probably nothing wrong with a quick 'n dirty ‘rpm -qa’; I wouldn’t advise rpm for installing stuff (zypper!), but for this kind of task, or even ‘rpm -qa | grep packagename’ (there is probably a more sophisticated way of doing this, if i could be bothered with the manpage…but I can’t)…I do this because it is hardwired and I don’t have to look anything up.
v) You could use apper; It isn’t installed by default so you’d need to install apper using one of the other methods. Apper is quite a nice ‘auto notifier of updates’ app, but not everyone wants that (and I’m not sure how well it integrates with GUIs other than KDE).
Unless you have a need, I would stick with the defaults at this stage. There have been some reports of difficulties on subsequent upgrades, once a user has gone nVidia. If
you have a need (something doesn’t work that you need/want), then that’s another matter.
Don’t know of one - others may, however. You will want, as a minimum, want to read the release notes. After that, there are plenty of on-line guides about specific issues, but I don’t know of a general ‘Beginners Guide to Leap’…
As far as adding repos is concerned, I think the general rule is; Don’t, unless you have to.
If you have to, start from the package search here. Some people don’t trust ‘one click install’ but you can always use that to track down the appropriate repo. One warning is that the usual rule is that all of the repos are not available until at lest a couple of weeks (or more) after release, so more stuff will still turn up.
I was mainly meaning a place that shows all your currently installed programs similar to “Programs and Features” in Windows7/8/10 (I know I know, Windows sucks)
Thanks - I think you’re right, unless I have a specific need to use the nVidia drivers might be best to stick with the X Org drivers
No worries on the guide, I’ll just use Google and the forums for my openSUSE help. I’m just not accustom to SUSE or KDE so it’s a steep learning curve for me.
Well most GUI programs go to the menu of the desktop but it all depends on how installed. Also there is a bunch of command line programs. Far more then you will find on Windows, which do not show in the menus. Also some proprietary or binary installs may not show in the menu and you have to add manually but any GUI from the repos’s should show in the menu system on any desktop.
This is a bit off topic from what has been discussed here, but it matches the thread title, so I’ll post here and not start a new thread. Anyone please feel free to move it if you feel it necessary.
I’m just looking for opinions. I have never had much luck when upgrading from one version to another because of apparent “leftovers” from the first system that seem to often muck things up in the new install. I would like to know if things have changed with Leap. Does it do a better “cleaning” job when upgrading from 13.2?
Doing an upgrade is much simpler than a fresh install because all of your packages will mostly remain and you don’t need to remember everything that you have added from the last fresh install.
On the other hand, a fresh install makes sure that there will be no unpleasant surprises from conflicts with earlier packages-settings-preferences.
Has anyone had problem free upgrades to Leap so far?
Thanks gogalthorp. It’s always so tempting to just upgrade, but most times I end up getting frustrated at apparent bugs and end up going back and doing a fresh install. Guess I’ll take the time and do it right the first time. Thanks much.
Leap,…Leap - what a bug release - There are so many issues that I would have kept this under the pillow until it was more mature - I will return (after 3 clean install) to the old 13.2 (or something else) even though the idea is good but not mature enough - this is fooling Linux people because you need to be on schedule for a new release?
This is below the middlemark to be presented.
Other distributions will gain on this release - work hard and clean it up.