# Why isn't SUSE showing up????

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/why-isnt-suse-showing-up/22129>\
**Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\
**Created:** [January 24, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/why-isnt-suse-showing-up/22129 "2012-01-24T22:00:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/why-isnt-suse-showing-up/22129/1 "2012-01-24T22:00:12Z")

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Are we back into the stealth marketing mode again?

[http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/applications-os/232500330/the-new-face-of-linux-distros-in-2012.htm?cid=nl\_vi](http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/applications-os/232500330/the-new-face-of-linux-distros-in-2012.htm?cid=nl_vi)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/why-isnt-suse-showing-up/22129/2 "2012-01-24T22:06:28Z")

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On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:00:12 +0000, Bob wrote:  
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> Are we back into the stealth marketing mode again?
> 
> [http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/applications-os/232500330/the-new-face-](http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/applications-os/232500330/the-new-face-)[/color]  
> of-linux-distros-in-2012.htm?cid=nl\_vi

It looks like most of those distros are niche distros derived from  
something else. I would have expected to see openSUSE in there alongside  
Fedora and Ubuntu - but it’s quite possible the author has a problem with  
the deal with Microsoft.

But it is disappointing that they neglected to mention anything about  
SUSE at all. There’s nothing from any other project out there like SUSE  
Studio or the Open Build Service - and those truly _are_ the future of  
Linux - being able to do customization based on specific needs.

Ubuntu and Fedora have customization kits, but nothing that approaches  
Studio and OBS (OBS, of course, being able to build packages not just for  
SUSE/openSUSE, but also Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, and a bunch of  
others).

Jim

–  
Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10  
Novell Knowledge Partner

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/why-isnt-suse-showing-up/22129/3 "2012-01-27T16:16:01Z")

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hendersj;2170324 Wrote:[color=blue]

> On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:00:12 +0000, Bob wrote:  
> But it is disappointing that they neglected to mention anything about  
> SUSE at all. There’s nothing from any other project out there like  
> SUSE  
> Studio or the Open Build Service - and those truly _are_ the future of  
> Linux - being able to do customization based on specific needs.  
> [/color]

I agree, SUSE Studio blew my socks off when I first saw it!

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