What is Tumbleweed?

I’m relatively new to opensuse and so far I love it. But, I am confused as to what tumbleweed is. If I want to add tumbleweed, should i get rid of any repositories? Can / Should I add packman and non-oss repositories?

On Fri, 07 Sep 2012 22:16:02 +0000, JustinRccacsn wrote:

> I’m relatively new to opensuse and so far I love it. But, I am confused
> as to what tumbleweed is. If I want to add tumbleweed, should i get rid
> of any repositories? Can / Should I add packman and non-oss
> repositories?

http://en.opensuse.org/Tumbleweed describes it pretty well. Have a read
over that first and see if that answers your questions. :slight_smile:

Jim


Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
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Thank you for the quick response. I guess my next questions are if I add the tumbleweed repository, should I disable the opensuse oss repository? Is the non-oss repository necessary to add with tumbleweed? Will packman interfere with the tumbleweed repository? If i use tumbleweed, can i still use repositories for 12.2 (i.e. vlc, mozilla)?

On Sat, 08 Sep 2012 00:26:04 +0000, JustinRccacsn wrote:

> Thank you for the quick response. I guess my next questions are if I add
> the tumbleweed repository, should I disable the opensuse oss repository?

According to the page I pointed you at:

How to try Tumbleweed?

  • Remove the openSUSE 11.4 (or 12.1 or later) version specific
    repositories
  • use either the one-click-install or execute the commands below as
    super user in a terminal to add the Tumbleweed repositories

:slight_smile:

> Is the non-oss repository necessary to add with tumbleweed? Will packman
> interfere with the tumbleweed repository? If i use tumbleweed, can i
> still use repositories for 12.2 (i.e. vlc, mozilla)?

To my knowledge, you would use the tumbleweed-specific repositories if
they exist. Again, if you reference the page I pointed you at, you
should find your answer. :slight_smile:

Jim


Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
Forum Use Terms & Conditions at http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C

There’s an article here that goes into the details of arranging the repos to transition from openSUSE 12.x to Tumbleweed: http://forums.opensuse.org/content/55-how-upgrade-opensuse-12-x-tumbleweed.html

Thank you for the quick responses! I understand now what tumbleweed is and both pages are very helpful in the transition! I look forward to using the distribution.