opi VS geckolinux-project

This is incorrect. It also installs a set list of packages.

Have you looked into OPI? This allows you to easily search and install community packages from the Open Build System similarly to how it is with working with yay on Arch. It very likely does not contain things like git packages or fonts but it can be pretty useful for packages like ckb-next and since it pulls from the OBS it is always guaranteed to be a binary, no compilation necessary

As of this writing, opi performs the following operations behind the curtains (see here for reference):

opi will implement a workaround in https://github.com/openSUSE/opi/pull/120 which will force the ffmpeg version on tumbleweed to be >=5.

OPI is your friend. You don't have to update every day...once a week or so is fine. Set up multiversion for kernels. A lot of times if a vendor offers a Fedora RPM and not openSUSE, the Fedora RPM will work fine. If you are using Nvidia, wait to update kernels... that's all I can think of. Use and update the wiki as needed, it's a good resource, but can get outdated.

Yeah I'm pretty sure it's using Packman https://github.com/openSUSE/opi

For more information https://github.com/openSUSE/opi

OPI is also useful for finding other packages that aren't in the regular repos

The easiest way to install software is with OPI, you can also search with Zypper or YaST. Generally, if you can find an RPM file built for Fedora, you can install it on Tumbleweed as well - I'm sure there are exceptions.

According to a reply on the 3rd post of this forum page, what do I need to do to apply GeckoLinux font rendering config files on my endeavouros system. I am using KDE Plasma btw. I have tried moving the specified config files to the /etc/geckolinux folder which I created and linking them with the same numbered name with ln -s. Is this what I need to do according to this post to get GeckoLinux's font rendering config applied to my system?

If you want a very simple approach to openSUSE, you can consider geckolinux, an openSUSE derivative that smooths some in the rough edges of openSUSE by setting on your behalf some sensible defaults.

I updated , well I tried to, when everything was jacked up last night. I'll have to see if it hosed my install when I get home from neck surgery tomorrow. Has anyone played with gecko Linux? It's a spin on tumbleweed

SpiralLinux was created by the same guy who made Gecko Linux.

Finally, Geckolinux is a derivative that smooths the first impact with openSUSE.

I am currently aware of 2 distros based on openSUSE. 1. Gecko Linux 2. RegataOS