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    [–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

    Arch is cool and all but fixing all the issues every other time you update is a full time job. I can never rely on my system for shit. Sometimes there's actually a wiki page for the issue but in my experience it's usually bugs almost no one else has which means I'm on my own. If you're smart enough for that cool but I've dedicated most of my life to only using Linux and I'm still nowhere close to being able to use Arch without spending too much time troubleshooting issues. I think I'd rather deal with Debian repositories being so out of date half my shit is broken because that way at least I only have to fix it once every year or two instead of every goddamn week.

    [–] icedterminal 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    Arch is not meant to be a daily driver if you're expecting "shit just works" stability long term when you just blindly run updates. You have to understand what you're updating and sometimes why.

    It is targeted at the proficient GNU/Linux user, or anyone with a do-it-yourself attitude who is willing to read the documentation, and solve their own problems.

    If you want to use Arch, you need to invest in snapshots using rsync or dd. Given how it's a rolling release, you should do this weekly. If something fucks up, grab all your logs and put them somewhere safe. Roll back and look at your logs to see what broke. Then apply updates as needed. You can ignore packages for quite a while. If you're not smart enough to understand it now, you may in the future. It takes time and practice.

    Debian based is only "out of date" feature wise because they do a package freeze. They ensure stability before release. Updates are largely security related.

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

    To be fair if you set it up properly, you don't install a ton of stuff from the aur, and you stick to a major desktop like kde or gnome it's stable to the point of being boring.

    I've recently switched to hyprland from kde just to have something to mess with or tweak when I feel like it. Sometimes they change the config file for hyprland and I have to fix it but I like it none the less. I used kde for a couple years with zero issues and only just switched desktops using the zx backdoor as an excuse to while my system.

    This is coming from an individual that hasn't had an opportunity to switch from an Nvidia card yet.

    [–] Veneroso 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    I generally seem to have had a good experience with Linux Mint. I use the cinnamon version.

    Even dist upgrades don't seem to be too much trouble.

    I used to main Gentoo but that was a lot of work. I still miss it though, but that was almost 20 years ago, when I was unemployed, and had more free time than money.

    I run Windows 10 on my personal laptop and I look at these changes for the sake of change and I am seriously considering wiping it and not just use Linux in a VM.