realitythreek

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1. 61.▲
   by realitythreek 3y ago

   > If Debian had maintained a strict "Free" stance, people could still use their troublesome hardware out-of-the-box simply by picking another distro that did include non-Free firmware in the installer. This isn’t Debian’s niche
2. 62.▲
   by realitythreek 3y ago

   Its a mainstream desktop OS in my heart.
3. 63.▲
   by realitythreek 3y ago

   I thought you were wrong about how UAC worked, and then I went looking through Windows Vista docs on UAC and you’re absolutely right. And that’s batshit insane!
4. 64.▲
   by realitythreek 3y ago

   The one thing I don’t understand about this perspective is if you’re a person who feels comfortable running Arch, wouldn’t you be comfortable working through a bad package upgrade scenario?
5. 65.▲
   by realitythreek 3y ago

   Depends on the apps. For most it's completely irrelevant whether it’s the latest release. For others, there’s flatpaks or containers (docker/podman). Personally I think people get too attached to bleeding edge.