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    Don't make a mistake in choosing a distro (lemmy.world)
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    [–] infeeeee@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

    For those who don't remember the original of this was an ancient meme:

    https://images1.memedroid.com/images/UPLOADED6/5002dd114f5cd.jpeg

    Edit:

    Just how old this meme is: OSX 10.9 mavericks was the first free mac update, it was released in 2013. The meme should be created before that. Iirc Windows 7 was the first win with forced and annoying updates, it was released in 2009. So this meme should be from that era, 11-15 years old.

    Edit2:

    I found the original post, my calculations were correct, this is from 2011: https://www.stickycomics.com/computer-update/

    [–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I use linux and I'm in the Not Again boat. Seems like everytime I update, something goes wrong

    [–] infeeeee@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    Use debian oldstable, usually 1-2 security updates each months, nothing else. If you need a newer app, install it as flatpak, they can't bork your system.

    [–] kspatlas@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

    Stable is already ancient enough, but willingly running oldstable? I hope you've got a shovel ready

    [–] BurningTurtle@lemmy.burningturtle.win 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    what are you using?

    [–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

    Arch. Just updated a few days ago, got some java conflict stuff. Jdm jre or some kind of error. Had to read what people online did to fix that.

    Edit: lmao why am I being downvoted?

    [–] luciferofastora@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    You're probably being downvoted because you say "Not Again" to updates while using a rolling release distro. Like ordering a daily newspaper, then getting annoyed at getting a new issue every day.

    [–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    Just because I use rolling doesn't mean I am mandated to update every minute of my life. There are times when I'm genuinely excited for an update like for example when KDE does something new. Pretty much everything else is just little tweaks and bug fixes that will most likely result in me reading docs and figuring out what went wrong.

    [–] luciferofastora@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    Sure, but the common consensus seems to be that you shouldn't be annoyed at the constant updates when that's an explicit feature of that system. Maybe that's just a misreading, but I assume the expected reaction would be "Not now" rather than "Not again".

    (I'm not taking a position, as I've never worked with a rolling distro and can't really comment on either stance, just trying to navigate the confusion here)

    [–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    My reaction is more of "not now". Not again might happen when something breaks. So every update is a little gamble for me.

    [–] luciferofastora@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

    Fair enough, I guess that nuance got lost then

    [–] bitwolf@lemmy.one -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    If you want reliable updates Arch isn't the best fit IMO.

    It can be perfectly reliable for sure, but it's permitted not to be.

    If you really want to update and not worry about it, I would consider Fedora, they test updates and upgrades while also being very close to bleeding edge.