PSA: DO NOT INSTALL xx.04 releases!!!

  • The .04 stands for “April”, commonly known for “April Fools”.
  • Many projects use the term “LTS”, meaning “Lies, Tricks, and Slander”. So called ‘Enterprise’ users often promote these releases to “own the noobs”. Be warned!
  • xxce2AAb@feddit.dk
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    6 months ago

    Or just use Debian, if you really enjoy the sluggishness and shitty dependency management of APT.

    Alternatively you could switch to Arch and the glory that is pacman (or, even better, yay).

    …But that’s none of my business.

    • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
      1·
      6 months ago

      For a main desktop, absolutely.

      For low maintenance servers and vms? Staying with Debian.

      For a laptop on which Arch gives issues (mine where with battery when standby). POP-OS has been working well.

    • SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works
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      6 months ago

      The server software world is debian based. Fortunately/unfortunately.

      Horses for courses, desktop and server OS’s should have different priorities and approaches.

    • exu@feditown.comEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      Paru is a rust rewrite(ish) of yay and therefor even even betterer

      Edit: uncorrecting autocorrect

      • xxce2AAb@feddit.dk
        1·
        6 months ago

        File based package review and automatic git tracking + merge of local PKGBUILD changes are pretty attractive features. I’ll give it a try.

    • SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org
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      6 months ago

      No, thanks. I like my distro not to break with updates ever. Arch breaks stuff every few months at least. I know cause I have used it. Also I prefer to just have fewer updates in general.

    • Jankatarch@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      There are 2 wolves inside you.
      One uses the yay and can install anything from AUR.
      The other can install propreitery .deb packages your university vpn comes in to submit homeworks.

      There is a crow pulling both wolves by the tail called “bedrock linux” that can install packages using both apt and aur.

      The crow is the most dangerous.

      • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
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        6 months ago

        There is a crow pulling both wolves by the tail called “bedrock linux” that can install packages using both apt and aur.

        Oh god… what happens when they both try to pull the same library as a dependency, but slightly different versions because different repos?