openSUSE is objectively better than everything else, I feel bad for not trying it before
Over the last few years, I've tried Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and Arch on my home PC
Debian was good. Very stable, but maybe too stable for home use, when you want the latest desktop environment improvements
Fedora was good, but dnf was too slow; setting up rpmfusion to download the video codecs and mpv took like 10 minutes. Also, what's the use of shipping btrfs by default when it's not properly integrated with snapper and grub? Yes it has advantages over ext4, but the snapshots are the killer feature
Arch is nice, but there was always a feeling of anxiety when using it -- you know that, eventually, something will break...
Ubuntu is okay, but I don't care for snaps; I've always removed the snap-store because it's filled with junk, and when I tried using some snap application, like the Surfshark app, the .deb application worked better.
Ubuntu is not the best, but it's "fine", so I always went back to it
I've purchased this second-hand ThinkPad last month, and decided to take openSUSE for a run. I was amazed by how seamless the instalation process went; setting up an encrypted btrfs layout was super easy, and it even automatically enabled auto-login, because of the disk encryption -- clever design
Having spent a couple of weeks using openSUSE, I actually feel bad for not giving it a chance before. It's clearly a much better and well thought out experience than everything I've tried before. You really do get to "eat your cake and eat it too" as they state on their website, it's a very robust operating system
