I've been using Debian SID for for like 50 years now without any issues.
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LTS is all fun and games and stability until someone releases an update with features that I really really want right now. This is why I keep coming back to KDE neon.
Iβm really curious as to what those features would be?
Most recently I switched from Debian because the version of plasma I was running had a bunch of little issues running wayland on my Nvidia card (bought when i was running windows, will be going amd... Someday). The new version of plasma had a bunch of Nvidia specific fixes that wouldn't make it down to my system for months.
Tbh, I also kinda like the little issues that i occasionally have with rolling release distros. I learn a lot from having to fix things and it keeps me sharp.
NixOS unstable... I like to live dangerously, safely.
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, Iβd like to thank all of you for being my beta testers. Your support means the world.
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. Iβve never felt so seen.
(I absolutely run Debian, lol)
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 doesnβt even WORK! The shop is much better and faster than Pop shopβ¦ when it isnβt 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, itβs perfectly stable.
Cosmic looks nice but damn, the latest version of Pop is NOT there yet.
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yo you can just turn a choice into a meme and the crowd will go crazy
You'll never become the governor of South Dakota like that
I use Arch BTW full-time for work and personal for about 3 years now and haven't had any issues at all.
I worked with someone who uses arch on his work laptop
One day it just died and he had to spend a day or two setting it all up again
I mean, its not common, but it happens
Yeah, I ran arch through college, it broke 3 times over 4 years, basically each time because Nvidia updated. Now that I don't have the time to fuss with spending a couple of hours chrooting in and fixing Nvidia stuff, I just swapped to endeavorOS sway community edition (and made sure none of my PCs have Nvidia anything in them) and haven't had an issue yet.
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Around 10 years here. Some issues, but much less time wasted in total than if I had done βdist-upgradeβs the whole time.
One huge advantage of a rolling distro is that generally only one thing can break at a time :)
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been using Artix and Arch for two years, for work and play, no issues
I think bleeding edge linux is probably more stable than windows
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Step 1: ah so glad this setup is complete and fully tweaked. So letβs 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 workβ¦
It turns out you love installing and configuring software, not actually using it.
I'm in this post and I don't like it
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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.
Automated testing.
other distros don't?
Don't know. I don't keep up with other distros that closely. I'm not saying that it's a unique feature, but that it's why updates tend not to break things even though it's a rolling release.
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 like Fedora for my desktop. Close enough to upstream to get the latest features, but not so bleeding edge that it's unstable.
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Well, if you're okay using 3+ years old versions of various software...
With bugs that were fixed years ago, but won't make it into your distro's repo for years.
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Use Guix/Nix, have your cake and eat it
I use Debian testing for... 20 years? I had serious problems with it. Twice. Nothing unrepairable, but still I needed another machine with internet to fix the problem. I suppose that is ok stability-wise for 20 years.
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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.
Obligatory reference to NixOS.
"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".
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