I see why software vendors don't want to have to target specific distributions if they can help it - it's expensive. I assume snaps and flatpaks try to mitigat

I see why software vendors don't want to have to target specific distributions if they can help it - it's expensive. I assume snaps and flatpaks try to mitigate that problem. I wouldn't want it to be a very common solution really because it's not that efficient and means you get updates for security when that vendor feels like it. I'm happiest with MOST software being in the distribution. Anyhow I know there are lots of ways to look down on Arch/Pacman (Artix in my case - dinit instead of systemd) but I have to say that it is simply much more enjoyable to use than Ubuntu or Fedora or even Debian IMO. Perhaps one day some terrible thing will happen to make me regret it but I just cannot imagine going back to the horrible burdens of those distros - upgrading from one version to another (especially on Fedora - groan), selinux, snap Firefox etc