Yeah, it has definitely caught me off guard a couple of times when installing Arch. At that stage if there's no grub it didn't install or the ESP flag isn't set on EFI. If there is grub but no options it's usually the config.
One time it was because I forgot to install the kernel, it took me a while to figure that one out.
It's grub.cfg not grub.conf. it's really easy to miss because everything else is .conf.
Mounted root to a game folder on home and sudo rm -rf ~/games/* because I accidentally copied the home folder into the games subvol which turned out to be the root subvol. Thanks btrfs!
Mine is paru!
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.
They're still people at the end of the day. If they really disagree with the direction of the company they'll typically leave and find work elsewhere. Coming from a company like Nvidia, there's no shortage of options for those individuals.
Don't forget framework was started by a group of talented individuals from various ODM manufactures fed up with the direction laptops were going in the industry. Also look at the talent leaving game studios to create their own studios free from the influence of publishers.
I do agree with you, sometimes you gotta do things you don't want to do. The good has to outweigh the bad or generally they'll be left demotivated.
It is great to see I'm not alone, yeah, I wish people would realize that it's just hardware at the end of the day. The company does crappy stuff but individuals who work there, most of them are smart individuals just trying their hardest to develope something they can be proud of, that people can enjoy, and that might benefit society in some way.
Mostly engineers but you get my point.
Archlinux if you don't count the time when I was five. I install Ubuntu then a series of packages to make it "look and feel" like Mac os. After that I was disappointed with how janky it was as a Mac clone and switching back to windows.
I was crazy about macs when I was a kid. When I finally got one, I enjoyed the polish but ultimately found it limiting. After 15 years; about six years on macos, seven on Windows. I played with archlinux in an emulator for a few months before I nuked my system and never went back, thanks wine/DXVK!
After not realizing there were updates available for over three years, you notice a little exclamation point in the corner and apply all of em.
I can stop whenever I want. Buys a pallet of busted Thinkpad.
Maybe refrigerator until the battery catches on fire!
I really like the idea of partitions without fixed sizes. I know it's not the same but just as useful when you reinstall your system.