Thib

Do I know people running @opensuse Aeon?

I’d like user feedback from people who moved from Silverblue ideally!

#linux #aeon #silverblue

Mar 15 at 2:34pmWeb
Show threadBryan Redeagle Mar 15
@thibaultamartin @opensuse I've used Aeon, but not Silverblue.
Show threadThibMar 15
@bryanredeagle @opensuse how reliable is it? Any issue or something unexpected for people coming from other distros?
Show threadBryan Redeagle Mar 15

@thibaultamartin @opensuse It worked great. No major bugs or issues, and most things can be installed via Flatpak or Distrobox. My one sticking point and why I don't use it is that it doesn't come with Docker. It uses Podman for containers.

I prefer Podman, but a tool I use, ddev, only supports Docker. I couldn't find a similar tool that uses Podman. While I could technically install Docker, I like to stick to the spirit of a distro and was trying not use that function.

I also struggled a bit with some Wine stuff. I was trying to get an old Windows game running for my wife, but couldn't. Instead I got that running on my SteamDeck easily.

Show threadThibMar 15
@bryanredeagle @opensuse thanks!
Show threadmullesMar 15

@bryanredeagle

bluefin comes with docker and podman out of the box.

Bazzite might solve your Wine stuff out of the box. Probably similar docker and podman support, but there focus is gaming instead gaming opposed to more dev for Bluefin.

@thibaultamartin @opensuse

Show threadSean ThrailkillMar 15
@thibaultamartin @opensuse I went the opposite direction. Was on Aeon and went to silverblue
Show threadThibMar 15
@SNThrailkill @opensuse what made you switch?
Show threadSean ThrailkillMar 15
@thibaultamartin @opensuse at first it was pretty similar, and I loved all the features an atomic system gave me. Then I wanted to have my servers act the same way but couldn't find a good way to do so. Nor any pattern in the docs. Ansible didn't really support it (IDK if it does today). Whereas with silverblue and bootc I could create them all using Dockerfiles which I already knew how to do. Getting a final disk image out of a Dockerfile I could just install was a game changer.
Show threadJulian HoferMar 15

@thibaultamartin @opensuse what makes you interested in Aeon?

The main difference I recall is that they use btrfs for their snapshots

Show threadThibMar 15

@ju @opensuse I mostly want to assess the viability/polish of a European distro, especially an immutable one.

I also like that it’s a rolling release without major upgrades. Richard Brown also seems to be very onboard with what the friends at systemd are doing.

Show threadJulian HoferMar 15

@thibaultamartin @opensuse European distro is a good one.

For me user friendliness would be an even bigger point. Curious to hear how it works out for you!

Currently I am a bit hesitant to rely even more on btrfs since I had to completely reinstall my PC because of it a few weeks ago.

Show threadThibMar 15
@ju @opensuse what happened?
Show threadJulian HoferMar 15
@thibaultamartin @opensuse ran out of metadata space IIRC
Show threadzbrownMar 15
@ju @thibaultamartin @opensuse hey, me too! it's actually repairable, via the balance command, though I will admit I don't fully understand what that did, or why it didn't automatically reallocate
Show threadJan-Willem HarmannijMar 15

@thibaultamartin @opensuse I’ve used Aeon for about a year now. I like that it has vanilla GNOME, very few apps installed by default, and updates itself in the background.

The encryption can be annoying, requiring a full re-enroll after most firmware updates. But there are plans to resolve that.

I cannot stress enough how nice it is that Aeon keeps itself updated. I don’t need to think about it ever. I just get the latest version on every boot. And because it’s based on Tumbleweed, it benefits from OpenSUSE OpenQA tests.

Show threadSteven 🇱🇺🇪🇺Mar 15
@thibaultamartin @opensuse I switched from Aeon to openSUSE Tumbleweed. I enjoyed using Aeon, but in the end there were too many small issues which one simply doesn't have on traditional distros.