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Last time I didn’t upgrade for a long while some drivers broke, maybe I’ll just switch to NixOS this time since it seems interesting. Does anyone here use NixOS? What do you think about it?

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[–] steadfast@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I know it’s not the same (some would argue worse), but I ran manjaro for a long time and just didn’t have these sorts of issues. Maybe I didn’t update enough, or I updated too frequently, or ?

[–] Reorder9543@social.fossware.space 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You probably didn't have a lot of AUR packages installed. That seems to be a big issue for Manjaro. They hold packages back and the AUR just keeps going so things get out of sync and break.

[–] steadfast@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Not sure what constitutes a lot, but definitely had AUR software. Generally only for things that were not otherwise available

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