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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Decision of Next Os (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was Nobara user, then I am using Fedora right now. I want to use things like Hyprland etc. and ya know, Its damn cool to say I am using arch btw. So I've decided to use Arch Linux. But everyone says its always breaking and gives problems. That's because of users, not OS.. right? I love to deal with problems but I don't want to waste my time. Is Arch really problemful OS? Should I use it? I know what to do with setup/ usage, the hardness of Arch is not problem for me but I am just concerned about the mindset "Arch always gets broken".

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Arch has a good package manager and tests updates, but it is still a DIY distro.

If you add BTRFS snapshots with snapper, or timeshift with whatever, it is more stable.

What all traditional distros lack though, most important imho, is a "factory reset" feature.

Fedora Atomic desktops have this.

rpm-ostree reset

Here is the issue tracker on more factory reset components to have a "like Android" experience. (Reset /etc, reset LUKS password, recreate a new user account)

If you want Hyprland on there, qoijjj maintaines wayblue where PRs for good defaults will for sure be accepted.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ones of the reasons I like Pop, they install a recovery partition with a copy of the install USB, finally they have a 'factory reset' that reinstalls the OS while keeping the users home folders.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

This is really great. Windows has something similar, just having a superstable parallel OS is a blunt but working solution.