Hi all,
Does the slowroll iso contain the slowroll repos? Or do I have to remove the tumbleweed and install the slowroll?
Also, may I suggest to change the name of the slowroll iso from tumbleweed to slowroll? and if the slowroll repos are not included to include them?
Thanks.
No. As described in the SDB. There is no dedicated Slowroll ISO. You simply switch from a Leap/Tumbleweed ISO/installation to Slowroll by exchanging the repos and upgrade.
https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Slowroll
This are basic Tumbleweed ISOs …as described in the SDB…and easily seen at the name…
Technically .isos in a slowroll folder are slowrole .isos.
This forum has gone south by the wind (hui), I really think about switching to Debian in the meantime…
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This are basic Tumbleweed ISOs …as described in the SDB…and easily seen at the name…
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64-Current.iso
openSUSE Slowroll is basically Tumbleweed with slower updates (some skipped package versions). So there is no need for a dedicated Slowroll ISO…
The Slowroll repos only provide fewer updates than the Tumbleweed repos. No other difference…as described in the SDB…
What I am trying to get to is; the site says it is where you download the slowroll/iso. https://download.opensuse.org/slowroll/iso/ Nowhere does it mention you have to remove the tumbleweed repos and install the slowroll repos. My point is if a new person wants to try opensuse and thinks slowroll would be a great fit, how are they to know these things? Wouldn’t it be better that the site to download slowroll is the only place a new person has to visit? They download the iso, install it and ready to go. What if I want to do a fresh install and don’t have another PC to get the repo removal instructions (which have had three versions so far).
Is there a particular reason the slowroll repos are not packaged with the iso?
Lastly, if the download site isn’t really a slowroll iso, why is it there?
Not being critical, just confused.
The same way everyone else did, read the documentation.
Sure?
For initial install, you can use the DVD iso from http://download.opensuse.org/slowroll/iso/ but leave online repositories disabled (so it does not pull in newer Tumbleweed packages from online repos). You can also switch directly from any actual Leap or Tumbleweed release to Slowroll by replacing the repositories.
After installation from DVD you need to replace Tumbleweed with Slowroll repositories. The same applies when switching from Leap or an older Tumbleweed snapshot to Slowroll.
The SDB is on the point and easy to understand…not much sentences. You don’t even need a ISO. Simply convert your Tumbleweed or Leap installation into a Slowroll one…as described by exchanging the repos and do a zypper dup.
To have a relative actual starting point for your Slowroll journey if you don’t have an Tumbleweed/Leap installation…
Or if you would use an really old Tumbleweed snapshot or Leap version, you may have compatibility issues and nearly all packages would need to be upgraded. If you use an actual Tumbleweeed snapshot, many packages would need a downgrade and some databases could get corrupted…
Looks like there’s been another method mentioned on the Factory mailing list.
Slowroll is a newish project, AFAICT officially still under construction. I have a bunch of them, all constructed by upgrading from TW or Leap.
And to round it off
i recommend you to switch to leap instead of moving to tumbleweed slow roll.
there are many unknown issues there. stay safe
Please don’t spread FUD! Learn the basics…
–sorry it was duplicated n missplaced
do you ever try slow roll repo ?
I do. And it works. If you ever used linux, there are not much issues with Slowroll…
And instead of telling “that there are unknown issues with Slowroll”, come around with some facts or please stay away from posting such stuff…
To stay with the facts:
https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Slowroll
i knew that repo worked but it didnt mean come with no problem.
even the documentation said :
Slowroll is a new experimental distribution from 2023 based on Tumbleweed, but rolling slower. With big updates once per month, and continous bug fixes and security fixes as they come in.
i am sure you know what experimental means