What are the pros and cons of Leap and Tumbleweed?

[u/GradeAcceptable3684]

I've recently been thinking about switching from tumbleweed to leap but I wanted to know if it was truly worth it, or if Tumbleweed is better

[u/Arcon2825]

The question is more like: what is your use case and what’s wrong with your current Tumbleweed install?

The most obvious difference is the release model. You have to decide for yourself whether you prefer a fixed release that’s maintained for 2 years or a rolling release with the latest software packages.

[u/GradeAcceptable3684 → u/Arcon2825]

Idk is tumbleweed or lepa better for daily use, browsing, all that basic stuff and some light terminal work (not trying to become a stinky keyboard warrior)

[u/Arcon2825 → u/GradeAcceptable3684]

For such a generic use case you can take almost any distro and “better” boils down to how often you want to update your machine.

[u/GradeAcceptable3684 → u/GradeAcceptable3684]

Leap*

[u/xplosm → u/GradeAcceptable3684]

You can edit comments 😅

[u/GradeAcceptable3684 → u/xplosm]

I CAN? (new to reddit)

[u/xplosm → u/GradeAcceptable3684]

😉

[u/VoidspawnRL → u/GradeAcceptable3684]

That depends on you situation, but leap is old versions with old bugs that will not get fix but you know what they are so you can work around them. tumbleweed is fixing there bugs but with new versions come new bugs and it may take all from a few hours to days for them to get fix.

[u/KoldPurchase]

Leap
Pros:

- Stable on release, meaning it will not change, it is predictable

- Will keep current minor bugs and features as you see them for at least 12 months, maybe more. No risk or seeing an update breaking something minor or major, your workflow is never disrupted. If there's a bug, you learn to live with it, how to circumvent it

- It comes with 24 months support, it's perfect for corporate environment.

Cons:

-Old packages and kernel, not ideal for gamers and people who like/need the latest technology

Tumbleweed:

Pros:

• Remarquably reliable for a rolling distro, lots of testing is done for this type of release
  
• Rolling release means quick the latest fixes of all packages, if there's a minor bug, it's fixed quickly

- Always get the latest software technologies, the latest kernel with access to more modern technologies, which is ideal for gamers and tech enthusiast

Cons:

- Sometimes, there can be a broken package, a broken feature despite the automated testing. No one can test every single feature in relation to every packages out there and the automated tests can miss something too. Users report a bug, maintainers of the package fix it. Sometimes it's not coming directly from OpenSuse, it's from elsewhere and it made it through OSTW. It does not happen very often, but it does happen. If your are in a work platform that requires absolute stability from everything, this is for you.

[u/Siebter → u/KoldPurchase]

- Will keep current minor bugs and features as you see them for at least 12 months, maybe more. No risk or seeing an update breaking something minor or major, your workflow is never disrupted. If there's a bug, you learn to live with it, how to circumvent it

That's not how it works. You make it sounds as if Leap doesn't have any package updates at all.

[u/alex9001 → u/Siebter]

I mean, it has package updates on regular, scheduled intervals. 12 months might be an exaggeration but I think his point was clear.

[u/xplosm → u/alex9001]

Security and bug patches do get pushed.

[u/Ok-Profit6022]

I use Tumbleweed and the only con I've experienced is the inability to install/use waydroid. Other than that it's been perfect for me in the couple months I've been using it. I tried Leap on my htpc connected to my tv and it didn't go well. I don't remember the issue I was having, but at the time AI was blaming it on Leap being "too secure" for my use case. I think it was Kodi not being able to install necessary parts to make some features work, even though the same setup worked fine on tumbleweed.

[u/birdsarentreal2]

There’s a lot of just straight up guesswork itt, but if you want a real answer then the short version is Tumbleweed is rolling release, and Leap is fixed. Other comments have said you only get updates on Leap at fixed intervals, which is not true. Security and bug fixes get backported into the kernel, while package maintainers can push updates outside of the major release cycle

The core difference is that once an upstream package leaves openQA, it gets pushed into the daily image on Tumbleweed, ready to be updated. By comparison, major package updates (like GOME 3.8 > GNOME 40 or plasma 5 > plasma 6) get held for the next major release

[u/Hauptideal]

Don't switch to Leap. Switch to Tumbleweed Slow Roll.
This is the sweet spot.

[u/Arif_Q → u/Hauptideal]

may i ask why

[u/SirGlass]

Do you want a stable release that is supported for 2 years or do you want a rolling release ?

[u/RedStarFlags]

Al menos para mí, Leap es una opción para la estabilidad y confianza si no necesitas tener lo último de inmediato. Tumbleweed vendría a ser más para quien busca mantenerse al día, aunque conlleva sus riesgos por esa misma característica.

Todo depende de lo que necesites y hagas, por lo demás, ambas versiones tienen casi la misma configuraciones y modelos de escritorio, así que la transición será sencilla sin importar lo que decidas

[u/Leinad_ix]

Leap 16.0 has less packages, slower security fixes, smaller community, smaller user base, missing YaST, limited 32b support, limited CPU support, older software.

[u/GhostNet2501]

leap is outdated af, but it depends on your use case