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Why is openSUSE so... weird?
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What do you mean by "a European distro"?
Both have their origin in Europe. openSUSE has its origins in Germany, that's why it is still very popular there. Mandrake had its roots im France.
I'm more curious of the implications. Is KDE considered more popular in Europe?
I think so. GNOME is more an American thing what you can see from its similarities to the Mac OS desktop layout which is still not that popular in Europe. KDE is also a German project and more similar to the Windows layout. And Windows in the last time often steals ideas from KDE^^
People always say GNOME is more like macOS - but as someone who really likes the macOS UI I really cannot stand GNOME3. I've tried but I just can't do it
But Flatpak is very European. And KDE Kirigami is very Asian. Shall we call it best of world model? 🤭
So would the American package format be .gun and take up way more space then needed
Hahaha, .biggun is more appropriate.
As we can see this in battlestations all the time and of course the American flag and the Texas flag on the wall.
I always had the impression that OpenSuse and especially KDE is most popular in Germany.