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You might be terminally sectarian if... (hexbear.net)

submitted 11 hours ago by alexei_1917@hexbear.net to c/leftistunix@lemmygrad.ml

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You've gotten into an argument with a fellow communist about the best Linux distro. Right after arguing about your respective leftist tendencies.

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[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Okay, sure, every other month... Still way more failures per year than anything running Debian!

Updates? Now why would I want to do that, besides basic security updates? The whole point of a stable system is that nothing changes suddenly! I don't need up to date packages, I need a system that won't break unless I do something stupid to it (and probably won't break even when I do stupid shit to it)! And if you really need the latest packages, there are ways to do that, but most people really don't need the bleeding edge!

(I don't actually have strong opinions on this. I actually did have something derived from Arch on my initial pre switch list of distros to try. Just happened to like one that happens to be based on Debian better. (I use pure Debian about as much as you use pure Arch, I guess. Lol.) But being sectarian towards Arch users who act like you is fun.)

[–] LadyCajAsca@hexbear.net 1 points 3 hours ago

Heh, well I'm still cool for using the bleeding edge! Guess what Debian? My packages break so yours don't! Erm, why use an easy installer and unstable leap repo when you can manually go through installing (please forget arch-install/arch-based distros exists) your system and be left wondering why your fstab is broken! Heh, I just know arch is for the cool tech enthusiasts like me~

(Me too, I actually used Kubuntu/Pop!_OS for a brief while before going Endeavour. For me, I wanted to have the flawed AUR, and since I was already trying to go further with KDE Plasma and Unstable Stuff, I thought why not leap to an Arch-based distro? I mean, besides the every month-or-so package warning breakage and learning to install multiple kernels because of.. the instability, lol. It's fun to act like a sectarian too, especially since I'm supposed to be associated with those Arch elitists if.. they still exist.)