• headr00m [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Recommending rolling releases to new Linux users is a good way for them to end up with a system that's irreparable with their current level of savvy.

    • raven [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I've had a lot of issues with ubuntu, and my mother has been running manjaro without a problem since 2018 on her laptop, that's what I'm drawing from. Ubuntu isn't the distro it once was in my experience.

        • raven [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          It's up to date and very stable.

          Did you just read some memes about arch and apply that level of understanding to all rolling release distros?

          • headr00m [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            No.

            Manjaro's governance is beyond awful, and someone who cannot fish out a broken dependency shouldn't be using arch based distros for actual work.

            • raven [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              That's cool. I recommended something that I use every day, and have others who are not great with computers running it as well, again, with zero issues. I support those computers, and knowing that I would be supporting them I recommended something that I use and am familiar with, and have had no issues with.

              I stated my experience and nothing further, which has been nothing but positive. I don't really care what manjaro's governance looks like TBH. The distro they put out has, for me, been a very stable configurable system.
              I don't deserve to be browbeaten for recommending the "wrong" distro.

              • headr00m [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                I'm sorry for making you feel that way.

                I run a small tech support group and most of the linux issues I deal with are from people who shot themselves in the foot early in the process (typically by picking a bleeding edge distro) and were fine for a few months before things came crashing down.

                I maintain that for the average user they should stay well away from anything arch based. The problems that model solves are non-issues for daily driver systems, and the problems it can very easily introduce are myriad for someone who doesn't already have an intermediate level of system knowledge.

              • Pirate [none/use name]
                hexagon
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                4 years ago

                It's all good and there is nothing wrong with recommending Manjaro. When I do I just mention it's a rolling release and what might come with that.