Yes, agree. I didn’t expect them to be that close also. For Arch, the 3 rating for System Management is by design (Arch’s KISS approach), and thus, like the rest of the distro, it’s the fastest.
On another note, I also realized after publishing that blog post I didn’t mention Open Build Service (an openSUSE project), which is actually a pretty significant piece of the ecosystem. Especially for Zypper and openSUSE users. It really extends package availability beyond the default repos and probably deserves a mention!
To show how it works in practice, here’s how you can install Spotify via OBS:
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Search for “spotify” on the Open Build Service site:
build.opensuse.org/search?search_text=spotify -
Click into a trusted package project (for example,
home:spotifyormultimedia:apps). On its project page, OBS will show you exactly how to add the repository to your Zypper setup. -
For example, one OBS Spotify project shows this command set:
sudo zypper ar https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:apps/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/ multimedia-apps sudo zypper refresh sudo zypper install spotify-client
(This is pulled directly from the OBS project’s “Repository” tab on build.opensuse.org.)
- After that, Zypper installs the Spotify client just like any package OBS has built and hosted the binary for your distro version.
As such, I’ve updated the comparison table:
