I realized my VLC was broke some point in the week after updating Arch. I spend time troubleshooting then find a forum post with replies from an Arch moderator saying they knew it would happen and it’s my fault for not wanting to read through pages of changelogs. Another mod post says they won’t announce that on the RSS feed either. I thought I was doing good by following the RSS but I guess that’s not enough.

I’ve been happily using Arch for 5 years but after reading those posts I’ve decided to look for a different distro. Does anyone have recommendations for the closest I can get to Arch but with a different attitude around updating?

  • beleza pura@lemmy.eco.br
    811·
    1 day ago

    arch is for people who want to play linux. if you actually want to use linux, go with something else

      • beleza pura@lemmy.eco.br
        22·
        18 hours ago

        arch only works if you think maintaining every detail of a linux system is fun, because you have to constantly know what you’re doing and that’s a huge commitment. stuff like what the op described is bound to happen if you ever get bored of it and decide not to pay much attention to the system one particular week

        • Nico198X@europe.pub
          2·
          16 hours ago

          i really don’t think that’s true about arch, but in general i get that there is a spectrum of how much ppl want to be active in the maintenance of their computer.

          i use EndeavourOS, but for my wife i give her Kalpa, which is atomic and much more “less fuss, just use computer.”

          maybe @makeitwonderful@lemmy.sdf.org would like an immutable distro.

          • Aeon
          • Kalpa
          • Fedora Silverblue
          • Fedora Kinoite
          • Bazzite
    • makeitwonderful@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
      2·
      23 hours ago

      I enjoyed getting to pick out a lot of the small details by choosing what was going on my system. Something about having the minimum amount needed to meet my needs eases a variety of my computing related anxieties.

      I’ve always managed to solve issues I’ve encountered but reading that forum post made me realize I may have been attributing issues from updates to Linux in general instead of my distro choice.

      • beleza pura@lemmy.eco.br
        11·
        18 hours ago

        yeah, it is pretty fun, i used arch for a long time years ago and i liked it. but it’s a huge commitment and you can’t ever forget the system exists (which sometimes you need to do if you have a life)