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I'm still running kde neon with a ubuntu 16.04 base. I've been getting update popups for a while, but previous experiences updating Ubuntu versions has left me

I'm still running kde neon with a ubuntu 16.04 base. I've been getting update popups for a while, but previous experiences updating Ubuntu versions has left me with problems and I haven't really felt like going through the efforts of a fresh install yet, but i've been noticing it's harder and harder to find working packages for updated software or even for me to be able to build the newest versions of some apps due to being stuck on older versions of libraries. The thing is, older software not updated since before 2016 tends to also be problematic due to older versions of libraries being unavailable. It feels like being stuck in a snapshot in time roughly 4 years or so from the release date of my distro. It's getting to the point where the hassle of updating is looking to be more appealing than trying to keep dealing with the hassle of library problems with everything I find not made specifically for libraries available from 2016 to nowish. Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of software that does work hassle free, but I find the more time goes on, the harder it is to keep things up to date or get newly released software without problems.

loopz 6y ago
Did fresh install of Mint xfce 20, haven't looked back and even reformatted the ssd. I was on 14 lts. Upgrades work fine so far and should be possible to revert to snapshot.
- grawprog 6y ago
  I'm good with kde neon, I I like having rolling kde releases with a long term stable core, hence my resistance to upgrading. In general though, the linux library snapshot issue will exist mostly whatever distro you use. Either.you're keeping up with the latest and greatest and losing compatibility with older software, or stuck somewhere in the past. Library management between distros and versions of distros is probably my only complaint about linux and honestly, I think a lot of people's complaints boil down to that in the end, because a lot of software problems on linux for users and developers tends to end up being something along the lines of 'This app doesn't work properly or can't be installed or built because these libraries aren't available or aren't found where expected. The developer also can't or won't help(not unexpectedly) because they use q totally different distro and set of libraries and the only way around it is by replicating the dev's setup. At this point, i've lost count of the amount of different versions of different things I have scattered around various places just as workarounds. If i migrate to a newer system, I have no idea how many of those will work or need to be fixed or will be available through a package manager.

loopz 6y ago

Did fresh install of Mint xfce 20, haven't looked back and even reformatted the ssd. I was on 14 lts. Upgrades work fine so far and should be possible to revert to snapshot.

grawprog 6y ago
I'm good with kde neon, I I like having rolling kde releases with a long term stable core, hence my resistance to upgrading. In general though, the linux library snapshot issue will exist mostly whatever distro you use. Either.you're keeping up with the latest and greatest and losing compatibility with older software, or stuck somewhere in the past. Library management between distros and versions of distros is probably my only complaint about linux and honestly, I think a lot of people's complaints boil down to that in the end, because a lot of software problems on linux for users and developers tends to end up being something along the lines of 'This app doesn't work properly or can't be installed or built because these libraries aren't available or aren't found where expected. The developer also can't or won't help(not unexpectedly) because they use q totally different distro and set of libraries and the only way around it is by replicating the dev's setup. At this point, i've lost count of the amount of different versions of different things I have scattered around various places just as workarounds. If i migrate to a newer system, I have no idea how many of those will work or need to be fixed or will be available through a package manager.