Patterns almost made me skip opensuse, until I locked most of them so they won’t annoy me anymore. I start with only selecting some basic patterns in the installer:
Bonus tip: When removing software, use the -u flag for less bloat being left behind:
<span style="color:#323232;"> -u, --clean-deps
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Automatically remove dependencies which become unneeded after removal of requested packages.
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