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[–] -1 points 10 months ago (12 children)

except it doesn't. Fixed release model quite easily gets in a way of doing shit. Need to add a PPA into config for each separate package you need the latest release of, or simply because the package itself is absent in the normal repo doesn't help either. And don't get me started on troubleshooting after "doing shit".

Something like fedora does a much better job if you prefer fixed release, but if you like to experiment and "do shit", arch derivatives like Endeavor or Cachy are just better suited for you. All of the above also have a much nicer documentation than Mint.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    For most people, especially those who want to migrate from other OS, micromanaging package versions is not part of doing shit.

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  • [–] -1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    well, it apparently was an issue for me on Mint, when i just switched from windows.

    I might misremember things, but i believe some Microsoft stuff was inside PPA, so for someone just switching from windows it's actually more likely to delve into the apt fuckery.

    Noob distro btw

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    I also had the same experience with Mint having outdated packages. And at that time I was a Linux noob so I figured I'd just wait until Mint updated their shit.

    Well days turned into weeks and then about 3 months later, still with no updates from Mint, I jumped ship to Fedora. Which Fedora was nice but then I hopped to Kubuntu and now I'm on CachyOS.

    I see all of this Mint hype and while I do love Cinnamon; I would never put Mint on my own devices going forward. It's definitely a distro I would put on my mom's laptop or a grandparent's device. But their release schedule is abhorrent.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    +1 for Fedora being the best distro for getitng out of your way so you can get on with doing stuff.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    I mean, literally Linus himself runs Fedora for this very reason.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

    Didn't he recently switch to something else? I forget what. Maybe I'm misremembering.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    Didn't hear about it, at least recently when Linus Torvals came to Linus Sebastian (aka Linus Tech Tips), they were still discussing Fedora

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    I probably misremembered.

    I thought it was in that that he mentioned he'd recently changed to something else.

    Maybe crossed wires in my memory. Ugh, I don't wanna go rewatch that... fun as it was.

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