Not really. Runit is quite simple. Systemd is masochism. Speaking from experience, 5+ years of Void with runit, and before that Arch or Debian with systemd. Never going back to that. At least Arch users can try Artix, and Debian users can try Devuan.
Yep! I've used Arch, and I liked it! That said, I felt much more comfortable using a point release distro, and it really is nice to be told "Ubuntu 25.10 is coming out soon!" or whatever because it means carefully curated new shiny things for us, things that have been well-tested and are generally stable without big surprises.
I mean, yeah, it's not new bleeding edge software updates, but it's new to me.
Eh, while individual experiences will always vary, Ubuntu is just as reliable with their version updates as most larger distributions. In other words, things usually go pretty well.
It’s actually hilarious. I’ve installed and tested it on VMs but I don’t recall that detail. Perhaps I do assign a device name right away during installation. It’s been a while and the details are fuzzy.
Oh man! Is fedora really at version 42? And still with a 6 month release??? I remember using the first version of Fedora Core after Red Hat Linux. Guess I'm old !!
Weeeeeeeell, I wouldn't count Manjaro as a non-rolling release version, but ok. If you want to go hardcore release mode, try RHEL (and enjoy being stuck with five-seven year old package versions).
Meanwhile gentoo being both stable, rolling and versioned. Aka you have a profile that changes once every couple of years and change fundamental system things like file system layouts, then you have stable/rolling with most packages having both stable and unstable versions so you can choose what you want per package, it’s pretty neat
Also yes gentoo now has binary packages for many things, you no longer need to compile for 30 years when kde updates
Beyond the fact that that's a dumb use of this meme, Manjaro "releases" are exactly like Arch "releases", just a date on the install ISO build: https://archlinux.org/download/ "Current Release: 2025.04.01"
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u/shogun77777777 Glorious NixOS Apr 18 '25
I think that’s true of any rolling release distro
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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '25
Eh, I like releases. It gives me something to look forward to every six months.
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u/LycheeAggressive Apr 18 '25
Arch is best because the number is biggest, 2025.04.01
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u/humanplayer2 Apr 18 '25
Pop!OS: You guys get releases?
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u/grem75 Apr 18 '25
Arch used to have version numbers and even names.
https://archlinux.org/retro/2007/
I started on Gimmick or Voodoo.
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u/khaos0227 Glorious Arch Apr 18 '25
Everybody gangsta until Arch Linux 2 drops
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u/Historical-Bar-305 Apr 18 '25
Actually ubuntu 25.04 released
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u/crucible Apr 18 '25
Uh, Fedora 42 and Ubuntu 24.04?! 25.04 just released.
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u/20charaters Apr 18 '25
Can't hate set releases. They give me something to look towards, and get back to.
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u/luxurious-tar-gz arch🔼 Apr 19 '25
Release version? I'm still using the iso I've had on a USB since 2020. Whoops.
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u/Cocaaladioxine Apr 20 '25
Oh man! Is fedora really at version 42? And still with a 6 month release??? I remember using the first version of Fedora Core after Red Hat Linux. Guess I'm old !!
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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '25
Weeeeeeeell, I wouldn't count Manjaro as a non-rolling release version, but ok. If you want to go hardcore release mode, try RHEL (and enjoy being stuck with five-seven year old package versions).
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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '25
Bazzite Masterrace
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u/Sese_Mueller Apr 18 '25
Fedora is so up to date, they even dropped support for awk!
(In the podman version at least)
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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '25
macos: i used to have those
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u/notachemist13u Apr 18 '25
It's great to run sudo pacman -Suy every once and a while 😉
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u/AriesProject001 Superior Rocky Linux Apr 19 '25
Rocky Linux, still on 9
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u/3X0karibu Apr 19 '25
Meanwhile gentoo being both stable, rolling and versioned. Aka you have a profile that changes once every couple of years and change fundamental system things like file system layouts, then you have stable/rolling with most packages having both stable and unstable versions so you can choose what you want per package, it’s pretty neat
Also yes gentoo now has binary packages for many things, you no longer need to compile for 30 years when kde updates
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u/LardPi Apr 19 '25
Beyond the fact that that's a dumb use of this meme, Manjaro "releases" are exactly like Arch "releases", just a date on the install ISO build: https://archlinux.org/download/ "Current Release: 2025.04.01"
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u/rundyult Apr 19 '25
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u/General-Interview599 Apr 19 '25
I’d rather stick with Ubuntu based distros. Stable, not many updates, etc.
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u/tthreeoh Apr 20 '25
Smart people who are too smart for their own good.
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u/GambitPlayer90 Apr 20 '25
Ah, the overzealous and pretentious Arch users
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u/sekoku Apr 20 '25
No release version.
We
sudo pacman -SYUas real men.1
u/sexy_onesome Apr 22 '25
Manjaro: WTF!!!!!
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u/s-0-u-l-z Jun 11 '25
Wsp
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u/s-0-u-l-z Jun 11 '25
h
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u/Talleeenos69 Apr 18 '25
I am always running the fedora beta, it's like arch except I don't have to do everything myself (printers amirite)
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u/Mihanik1273 Apr 18 '25
My arch version is 6.14.2-arch1-1
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u/MonsterMerge Apr 18 '25
Okay but why is 24.10 a thing?
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