Subj : Re: macOS 26
To   : APAM
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Sat Nov 01 2025 11:07 am

> I have tried MINT and DEBIAN, i last used debian trixie on my desktops
> and firefox would continually crash. I don't know why. I do keep trying
> different distros though to see if things change, and I'm currently using
> fedora 43 kde spin - it seems to be working ok even using wayland.

Currently using trixie.  I keep firefox updated and it does not crash.
That said, there are some websites that refuse to work with it, but I
suspect that is more site specific and not necessarily the browser.  Those
usually work fine with chromium.

Despite what some claim, I have found that the WM you use makes a
difference.  I had one program, audacity, that was not working well under
LXQT but works just fine with IceWM.

> FreeBSD doesn't do as much, and I suppose that could be seen as some
> deficiency (ie, I can't use optimus on my laptop) but what it does do it
> does well.

I tried Free or OpenBSD a time or two.  That was probably back 10+ years
ago and, at the time, it seemed to have more hardware (and browser) issues
than debian did.

> I guess I'm just disappointed, after 25+ years of using Linux I thought
> things would have gotten a lot better, and yes, in many ways they have -
> but i think all the improvements have brought so much extra complexity
> that theres so much that can and does go wrong.

IMHO, the more "desktop user" compatable you make an OS, the more likely it
is to wind up bloated like Windows.  IMHO, a large part of that is related
to how most web pages don't follow a standard, which means the browsers are
seriously bloated and memory hungry.  I have few problems so long as I
don't have a browser open.

> And so much of this complexity and newness just seems to me to be new for
> the sake of being new. Ubuntu using rust coreutils for example ... why?
> The existing core utils have been worked on for many years and work well,
> but rust is the new shiny and we have to port to that to be safe - so
> there's now a bunch of issues with compatibility with new core utils,
> which will be worked out eventually, but for what?

Ubuntu is something I avoid.  I used to use it but had it twice completely
break the system after following the directions for an apt full-upgrade.
Ditched it and installed its predecessor, debian, and have had no issues
with apt since.

Unfortunately, some of the duhcisions they make do find their way back into
debian.  Hopefully, this coreutils change won't.

> I want a computer that works well, it just seems to be such a moving
> target and frustrates me.

Indeed.


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