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Nothing against OpenSUSE tumbleweed, as I've heard great things, but I thought it was also rolling release, very similar to Arch...?
Bootable BTRFS snapshots and a less fast update schedule are the biggest differences AFAIK.
I would probably have gone with Slowroll if it was ready to go when I installed Tumbleweed.
It is, but the packages are slightly held back and therefore the system is more stable.