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The Register opinion pieces are are a lot of hyperbole. I'm pretty sure that's what they are going for. I've always found that fluffing stuff up for the sake of

The Register opinion pieces are are a lot of hyperbole. I'm pretty sure that's what they are going for. I've always found that fluffing stuff up for the sake of a laugh or a dramatic reaction is the easy way out. There are plenty of ways you can coax out the irony by sticking closer to the truth of the situation. The truth is that yes OS's are bloated, especially Windows 10 and 11. Apple has its own problems with locking down their hardware platform by preventing upgrades and repairs, but to say that there isn't anything new under the sun in the OS improvement department is missing the point. There's always room from innovation. Its just that our current culture is being driven by market forces more then it should. We need to get back to the basics and stop worrying about the bottom line. And many are independent developers are already doing that. I'm a Windows IT professional/Gamer and because Microsoft the crossed the line with forcing online accounts and their attempts and preventing 3rd party browsers in Windows 11, last year I switched to PopOS and wrote about it[0]. Overall the past year has been a good experience with Linux, but I often struggle with updates that break the boot process and getting my Epson multifuction device to work reliability. I'm thinking of switching to Manjaro because I need more stability for my work environment. [0]: https://www.scottrlarson.com/publications/publication-transition-windows-to-linux/ https://www.scottrlarson.com/publications/publication-transi... The moral of the story is, innovation isn't dead, there is plenty of room for exciting improvements and new ways to work with technology, It's just that we've given corporations to much power over our lives, and that has to be corrected for things to get better. Eventually that will happen, but it will take time.

alsoold 3y ago
Do yourself a favour and don't use manjaro or Ubuntu. Use what they are based on: Arch and Debian, respectively. They're the base for these other distros for a reason. They are the best and they fully respect you.
- thefascistleft 3y ago
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- shrimp_emoji 3y ago
  I think Manjaro is the best distro for my money. It's just Arch with some extra care and a GUI installer and kernel switcher (which is super nice). I moved to Arch but only out of curiosity ~~and masochism~~. It taught me a lot more about Linux, allowing me to optimize the system to my liking a bit more (like in the partition layout). :p (It's not difficult to switch kernels on Arch, btw; it's only a tiny bit harder in that you have to memorize/document the workflow instead of being able to use a GUI.) Both Arch and Manjaro, however, have been way better than Ubuntu, paradoxically. Ubuntu's supposed to be the user friendly distro, but it's more user friendly to use the AUR than hunt for expired PPA links on StackOverflow or suffer frequent DE crashes cuz the DE is old or have to reinstall the system to upgrade to the next version. Meanwhile, the trade-off with rolling, you think, is instability, but it's really MORE stability and faster hardware support! Wild. Bonus meme: there was a bad kernel a while back. 5.13 or something. It was freezing people's machines at random, and I was one of those people. I was using both Manjaro and Ubuntu at the time. On Manjaro, I was able to quickly work around it by bringing up the kernel switcher, clicking on the previous kernel, and rebooting. On Ubuntu, I thought I was safe since I was using an LTS version that predated the bad kernel. Alright, see, now it makes sense -- at least you have a haven or stability in an LTS point release, where you never hit bad kernels like this like you might on rolling. :) ...But then a system update bumped the LTS kernel version to the bad one! :| With no way to switch like on Manjaro. Frozen Ubuntu. Like, what's even the point?

alsoold 3y ago

Do yourself a favour and don't use manjaro or Ubuntu. Use what they are based on: Arch and Debian, respectively. They're the base for these other distros for a reason. They are the best and they fully respect you.

thefascistleft 3y ago
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shrimp_emoji 3y ago
I think Manjaro is the best distro for my money. It's just Arch with some extra care and a GUI installer and kernel switcher (which is super nice). I moved to Arch but only out of curiosity ~~and masochism~~. It taught me a lot more about Linux, allowing me to optimize the system to my liking a bit more (like in the partition layout). :p (It's not difficult to switch kernels on Arch, btw; it's only a tiny bit harder in that you have to memorize/document the workflow instead of being able to use a GUI.) Both Arch and Manjaro, however, have been way better than Ubuntu, paradoxically. Ubuntu's supposed to be the user friendly distro, but it's more user friendly to use the AUR than hunt for expired PPA links on StackOverflow or suffer frequent DE crashes cuz the DE is old or have to reinstall the system to upgrade to the next version. Meanwhile, the trade-off with rolling, you think, is instability, but it's really MORE stability and faster hardware support! Wild. Bonus meme: there was a bad kernel a while back. 5.13 or something. It was freezing people's machines at random, and I was one of those people. I was using both Manjaro and Ubuntu at the time. On Manjaro, I was able to quickly work around it by bringing up the kernel switcher, clicking on the previous kernel, and rebooting. On Ubuntu, I thought I was safe since I was using an LTS version that predated the bad kernel. Alright, see, now it makes sense -- at least you have a haven or stability in an LTS point release, where you never hit bad kernels like this like you might on rolling. :) ...But then a system update bumped the LTS kernel version to the bad one! :| With no way to switch like on Manjaro. Frozen Ubuntu. Like, what's even the point?