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submitted 3 weeks ago by TheIPW@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Two years into full-time Linux and I’m finally burning the distro-hopping cycle. I fell for the Arch/AUR trap for a while, but I got tired of spending my weekends debugging file manager crashes instead of maintaining my home lab.

Switched back to Fedora, and it’s boring in exactly the way I need it to be. It’s a stable launchpad for my projects, not the project itself.

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[-] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

I've stuck with Debian on my server and EndeavourOS (Arch, btw) on my PC. Both have been rock solid.

[-] Dustin03@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'm on bazzite

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Selinux

Rootless podman networking

These things are awful on their own to comprehends for those of us without comp-sci degrees, but fedora has me boxing with them more than I expected and fuck everyone involved with that!

[-] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

I've recently had some issues with Fedora (KDE). After I install any update it tells me to restart to finish installing. So I restart and it still tells me the same thing. Probably time I distrohop again.

With the usual restriction of "either upstream or Mint, otherwise you're doing it wrong". There are 6 options. Ubuntu is obviously out. Arch is not my cup of tea. Fedora is already ruled out. Debian/Mint aren't as secure as Fedora/OpenSUSE. That leaves me with going back to OpenSUSE Leap.

But the proprietary media codecs on OpenSUSE come from the AUR ... looks like I'm out of options.

[-] hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

This might not be your issue, but I remember for me there's this button in the tray that appears after all updates are downloaded. You click it and there's an option to restart and update. If you just go to the main menu to restart, it doesn't always show this "restart and update" option, and just restarts without installing the updates. Though even if you make this mistake you shouldn't need to re-download the updates. Just go to KDE Discover and check for updates again, and the button will appear in the tray again. I think.

Also maybe you'd like the Fedora atomic distros, like Bazzite or Aurora. Unlike installing the updates during reboot, they install them in a "disabled state" while the system is running. Then you reboot and it automatically boots to the new version, no need to wait for any installation. What's neat is that it's really hard to break. Even if you pull the power while it's installing updates, it will just use the previous version and try installing again. No risk of corruption.

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