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  • Upgrading an Arch install months or even years out of date is not that big of a deal. That’s one of the benefits of a rolling release platform.

    Once after a move, an old desktop sat in a box for at least two years and I had it updated in a hour or so. Yes, you have to review the archlinux.org news feed for breaking changes, but if you follow any steps that pertain to your packages it’ll work fine.














  • I think that there are more than ample options for non technical people, like Mint. I also don’t think that those users are coming to Lemmy to stir shit, so it really doesn’t make sense to me who makes these posts.

    Like, are you unaware of the distribution model of FLOSS projects like Linux? Because of the lack of profit motive from selling licenses, development is funded and done by donation. Some is corporate sponsored, but not much.

    When people piss and moan about the state of things, it just makes them look really foolish, because they don’t know what has gone into getting it this far.

    If you don’t like the tool sets available, feel free to roll your sleeves up and organize a design team to change that.