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?

  • utopiah@lemmy.ml
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    8 hours ago

    The excitement of features from the cutting edge

    I don’t understand how Debian limits that. You can use Debian for your distribution BUT for whatever you want to be cutting edge, use whatever alternative method you want. It can be alternative package managers, e.g. am but if you want the absolute bleeding edge, go on the repository of the project, get a specific branch, build, install, use. That’s absolutely no problem with even Debian stable.

    I’m genuinely confused at comments implying that have a stable distribution means having outdated software.

    • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
      1·
      6 hours ago

      For me, at least, that feeling is because I just like knowing my software is up to date. Only rarely do I come across an issue that is solved by a newer version, but that’s just me I’m sure. I definitely see the appeal to not having to think about your desktop applications individually.

      • utopiah@lemmy.ml
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        1 hour ago

        knowing my software is up to date

        Wouldn’t that be solved with random notifications saying software X has been updated to version Y.Z even though it might not be true?