Dhivan,
Because of a colleague who insisted that we switch from EL to SuSE, we
licensed SLES and I installed OpenSUSE on my laptop -- but left SL on my
workstation. SUSE never in fact provided us with SLES (although we paid
the license) and OpenSUSE simply was not as reliable as SL. For example,
I prefer Mate over current Gnome or current KDE. Mate never worked on
OpenSUSE, and I could get no support for it. Likewise, I was having
significant difficulty with VirtualBox on OpenSUSE. The major fault
seemed to be that there is no OpenSUSE equivalent to this SL Users list
to which one ask "technical" questions and get either direct answers or
confirmation that there is an issue that needs to be addressed, or for
workarounds (application X does not work, but application W has
essentially the same functionality and does work). Also, having
compared RPM and yum with the SuSE similar functionality, yum seems
easier to use and more predictable -- although I am certain that those
in the SuSE camp (using "patterns" if I recall the SuSE terminology)
would have just the opposite opinion.
I had used CentOS before switching to SL. The initial primary reason I
switched to SL is that SL, once it become a superset of EL, not a
non-conforming port, is that SL is professionally developed and
supported by staff at Fermilab and CERN -- these are paid professionals,
not "volunteers" -- although it appears SL 7 strictly is ported by
Fermilab staff. The other alternative is the Princeton / Institute for
Advanced Study port, but SL seems more stable,
more rapidly deployed, and this list -- from which one can get
meaningful technical advice -- is a big plus.
Yasha
On 12/30/2015 11:04 PM, Dhivan Djaganu wrote:
Yasha,
How is the move back going for you? Are you happy?
I am asking for an update, if possible, as I am at crossroads myself..
What is the main attraction for you over the CentOS, please?
Thank you in advance and Happy New Years!
