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[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

They all either use the Arch repos and add some of their own repos on top, or they're Manjaro which actively makes Arch even less stable because of version mismatch with the AUR.

There is no stable release distro based on Arch

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

version mismatch with the AUR

Has this happened to you personally or are you just repeating something you've heard?

What package were you unable to install because of "version mismatch"?

[–] neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've had version mismatches before, it's why I stopped using Manjaro, and yes I mean it happened to me personally. I forget the specific package but I know it was a patched version of something in the graphical stack.

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

Same. It's what drove me away and took me a week of free time to get back up and running on Arch. Manjaro makes me sick now.

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 0 points 9 months ago

I'll admit, I've barely used Manjaro so I'm just repeating what I've heard. It still doesn't matter because Manjaro is still a rolling release and I don't want one of those anymore.