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    submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    [–] [email protected] 40 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

    Ubuntu has caused me far more headaches and downtime than Arch. Go figure.

    And to make this be a worthwhile comment: I wonder if it is because I use Arch (and derivatives) that Ubuntu causes issues. When something isn't right, I try and fix it. In Arch I can. In Ubuntu it seems like a dozen paper cuts to get there and it may not work in the long run anyway. Oh the Snap doesnt have foo compiled in? No problem I can add it to the snap directory. No, that didnt work. Ok I will remove it and bring in a .deb file. Dependencies not met. Fine, I will compile it from source..... and by that time I have wasted a TON of time.

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    Oh god yeah that's the fate of snap and flat pack.

    Install OBS studio, current version has some issues oh look there's a flat pack install the flat pack instead. OBS runs great. Oh, I need some plugins Go to install the plugins, The plugins folder isn't where it belongs. I scrape along and find the plugins folder I try to shove them in there doesn't work. Oh I need to find the flat pack installer for the plugin.... But half the s*** I want isn't available.

    I truly appreciate them trying to make things more universal and easier. But it's a fine line we're walking between easy but unconfigurable and non-standard complicated but flexible.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

    Worth noting, this meme is from the time before Arch had an easy installer. So that's probably what it's referring to. I joined Linux almost 4 years ago, and this meme already existed then. I dunno how old it really is.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

    This sounds like my Ubuntu xp as well. Although I haven't had the arch xp to compare it against which makes me slightly hesitant to jump in.

    I'm pretty tempted to revamp my old laptop to arch though. Just needs funds for enough personal storage first.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

    I totally get that

    reminds me of what happens when developing software and using “no code” tools. Fragile and inflexible but if you meet the exact use case in the exact way it’s an instant win