Subj : Which version of Linux?
To   : esc
From : Accession
Date : Sun Nov 27 2022 09:24 am

On 26 Nov 2022, esc said the following...
 
 es> Upstream changes make their way into the pacman repos pretty fast,
 es> typically. As an example, 16 days ago there was a systemd update which
 es> broke secure boot in a number of BIOSes and was first discovered
 es> downstream by Arch users, and it took until six days ago to actually fix.

Referring back to my last reply to boraxman, it's a good thing I don't try to upgrade super often then. I never ran into this either, but then again, it's been a few weeks since I've upgraded last. Maybe now is a good time then. :D

 es> Having used Arch for desktop purposes for several years on and off, it's
 es> my favorite desktop distro, but I definitely feel like I'm as bleeding
 es> edge as anyone can be without manually downloading and installing
 es> packages from github at every approved PR.

Yep, that's basically what I said before except I was coming from the glass half empty side. lol

 es> Agree with you here. One nice thing about linux is also that there are
 es> certain "flavors" which really lend themselves well to specific
 es> applications; Windows has no such thing. Debian for servers? Gentoo for
 es> desktops? Great. Go for it. I do feel like the community has come around
 es> quite a bit from the previous stance of distro elitism, but I sense some
 es> of it at times still.

Eh, having used Gentoo for quite some time, I classify that one all on it's own in the "if you like breaking your system and trying to fix it, with not much time to do anything else" category. But hey, to each their own and some people love it. :D

Regards,
Nick

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