Re: currently taking mandriva 2009 one for a spin
I'd already linked to EasyURPMI in my post above.
I'm surprised at your problems with Mandriva 2009. I've mostly found it just as easy as Ubuntu, sometimes even easier. I had no bother enabling DVD playback with EasyURPMI and the PLF repositories, and printing was pretty easy too for me (I have a HP Photosmart). Did you enable the PLF repository yeah?
As for the Nvidia driver, I'm currently using the same driver on Mandriva 2009 as I have on Ubuntu - the 177.80 driver. I just added the newer kernel to my GRUB list, so I get the newer driver. Give that a shot perhaps?
Honestly dude, I can't see that you'll find OpenSuse any easier than Mandriva, but I hope it works out for you anyway. Good luck.
Intel Core i3-8100, 16GB Corsair DDR4 2400 RAM, 240GB Crucial SSD+1TB HDD, Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti
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