Every time my friends show me arch, they always boast about how great their setup is (it's so stable, everything works out of the box !) then proceed to demo great features.
But then this little thing doesnt work yet because, they say, they haven't configure it correctly. And this little one, it's nothing mind you, it never worked. And this one, just a small detail, but it broke yesterday. We have a different definition of the box.
And so I go back to my Ubuntu LTS. I really want to try arch but I'm not 20 anymore, fiddling with my workstation is not as fun as it used to be. I just want to use it.
Maybe with the steam deck it will become so battle tested it will turn into the most stable distro ever.
I think their decision makes sense though, they don't want to have to craft every update and spend too much time on it. It's a good strat for them.
But then this little thing doesnt work yet because, they say, they haven't configure it correctly. And this little one, it's nothing mind you, it never worked. And this one, just a small detail, but it broke yesterday. We have a different definition of the box.
And so I go back to my Ubuntu LTS. I really want to try arch but I'm not 20 anymore, fiddling with my workstation is not as fun as it used to be. I just want to use it.
Maybe with the steam deck it will become so battle tested it will turn into the most stable distro ever.
I think their decision makes sense though, they don't want to have to craft every update and spend too much time on it. It's a good strat for them.