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I use Arch which does the rolling release thingy and I love it.
by jeena 11y ago
I use Arch which does the rolling release thingy and I love it.
- farresito 11y agoI agree. Sometimes, though, you get those manual changes that are a pain to solve, but they happen only now and then, so it's not that big of a deal.
- semi-extrinsic 11y agoThe big reason why rolling release works so well on Arch is the assumption that the user is smart, so there are several difficult tasks which are pushed over onto the user (like handling non-trivial conflicts of software that the user may not have directly installed, e.g. libgl, handling exceptional circumstances, being able to recover after a failed update, ensuring the system is updated regularly, knowing when a reboot is needed etc.) A more mainstream OS has to automate these things.
- velodrome 11y agoAgreed. Arch requires a lot of maintenance. Ubuntu, just click update and you don't have to worry about it (until the next LTS). Personally, I like the rolling model. Chromebook is probably best example for regular users.
- 1_player 11y agoI moved to Arch because just clicking update on Ubuntu more often than not botched the upgrade somewhere. And I'm a power user. If I had a penny every time I had to help a friend with a failed Ubuntu upgrade...
- 72deluxe 11y agoYou "CLICKED" on upgrade? And you call yourself a power user! Why did you not type it into the CLI? If not a runlevel 3 perhaps with a tiling window manager. I jest :-)
- velodrome 11y agoI am on Arch. FTW. sudo pacman -Syu;
- velodrome 11y agoI moved for the same reason. CentOS w/ 6-10 years of updates is probably a better recommendation for newer users. Any upgrade to the latest version is a real pain in pretty much every distro. Arch is great but sometimes new updates can interfere with workflow (it requires me to be very active monitoring changes).
- ascagnel_ 11y agoIf your IT organization is transitioning to or running web apps, Chrome OS just became a lot more interesting compared to the new MS browser, especially when you consider that ActiveX is finally being put out to pasture.
- cptn_brittish 11y agoAside from initially installing Arch and the major programs I know I am going to use I have never had a major problem with Arch which required extensive knowlege of linux to fix. All in all I'd say I have about the same number of issues with Arch as a normal Windows install.
- swasheck 11y agothe great python migration of 2010 broke a few things for folks who didnt read the announcements that `python` was going to point to python3.