yo you can just turn a choice into a meme and the crowd will go crazy
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If you want up-to-date rolling release packages without living dangerously, I recommend openSUSE Tumbleweed. It breaks way less than most other rolling distros such as Arch. I don't know how they achieve it but they do.
Use Guix/Nix, have your cake and eat it
I have many other things I'd rather do on my computer, than mess around with the OS. I just want one that works and stays out of my way. Oh, and doesn't spy on me.
"I'm on the bleeding edge of Linux! I get the most advanced features the distro allows! Yeah, it may periodically brick my home system from time to time, but its worth it when I can get..."
reorganizing the symlink layout of the NVIDIA firmware
"... which I literally cannot live without".
Best of both worlds:
- install boring stable distro
- use Homebrew to install bleeding edge stuff, separately from the base system.
Still feels like a hat on a hat. Unless you're on bleeding edge hardware doing something truly novel with the OS, I'm not sure why a selective opt-in log of various bolt-ons and patches improves your experience.
Computers, at their heart, are still just a place you go to manage spreadsheets, email other people those spreadsheets, and pirate entertainment. So you're always left asking the burning question "How will this patch improve my experience with spreadsheets?" And 99.5% of the time, the answer is "It won't".
I think you meant to say nix lol.
Is Homebrew any good on Linux tho?
Homebrew is supported on Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora.
I use it on my recent Linux Mint install. Mint has pretty old packages or enormously bloated flatpacks, that come with limitations.
neovim only came in an ancient version, that doesn't support lazyvim. Nicotine+ came as ancient from the Mint packages or as a 4 GB monster via flatpack.
I used Homebrew and everything installed quickly in current versions and worked like a breeze.
The great thing about Homebrew is that removing it is as easy as rm -r /home/linuxbrew
Nix is great as well of course and very powerful. Can be a bit of a bitch to write all the config files though.
Well, if you're okay using 3+ years old versions of various software...
Step 1: ah so glad this setup is complete and fully tweaked. So let’s leave it as is.
Step 2: but then again maybe I should try out this little extra thing I just found online that might not work…
It turns out you love installing and configuring software, not actually using it.
I'm in this post and I don't like it
I never make it to step 1
Step 1: ah so glad this setup is complete and fully tweaked. So let’s leave it as is.
~~Step 2: but then again maybe I should try out this little extra thing I just found online that might not work…~~
Step 2: Why is x broken after an update!?
..
Step 99: ah so glad this setup is complete and fully tweaked. So let’s leave it as is.
Is it just me? I've had more issues with Linux updates than Windows updates at this point. Don't get me started with major distro updates.
Either keep things minimal or keep the complex stuff isolated.
To me it kinda depends on what hardware/distro.
Currently running MX on multiple systems for more than a year now and it’s been pretty smooth sailing.
I do remember, however, using fedora and whatnot ages ago having exactly what you describe.
If you want something more stable you might wanna look at debian, opensuse,… (I’m sure someone more knowledgeable will complete this list). They might not be as flashy but you can depend on those and get some work done.
More than a year doesn’t sound particularly long.
I'm running LTS versions of Ubuntu server (and Windows 11 on my PC). Debian would be more stable, but then it's so far behind that it's a pain to use at times, especially for running any kind of game server. Ubuntu has been pretty good so far, but LTS to LTS isn't always easy.
I've used several distros over the years, and out of all of them, the only distro where I've faced zero intractible problems has been CachyOS.
Also Linux is just more mature
As someone who builds a computer, installs whatever seems like the most stable LTS distro at the time with the longest support period, and only switches to a new one when the current LTS expires, I’d like to thank all of you for being my beta testers. Your support means the world.
I installed the latest version of Pop and was shocked when like a third of the shit I wanted to find was missing. The settings page is barren. Zero VNC support out of the box, and most VNC software doesn’t even WORK! The shop is much better and faster than Pop shop… when it isn’t freezing all the time.
Reverted back to 22.x before cosmic and all the stuff I need is back, VNC is built-in, and the slower Pop Shop never freezes. Nothing freezes, it’s perfectly stable.
Cosmic looks nice but damn, the latest version of Pop is NOT there yet.
I reverted back to Mint when remote sound stopped working in Remmina.
you're welcome mr debian user
This guy runs debian (btw)
We've got to come up with a different acronym. What says old and stable?
"I use Debian, lol (lots of love)"
Why the face?
I was born with it
I once heard someone say that Debian is like the sound Dads make when getting off the couch. I’ve never felt so seen.
(I absolutely run Debian, lol)
I use Arch BTW full-time for work and personal for about 3 years now and haven't had any issues at all.
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Pop/cosmic let’s go!
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