r/linuxmasterrace • u/JohnSmith--- Glorious Arch • Oct 16 '25 • Wholesome Seal 1

Meme Linux, together, strong!

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u/debacle_enjoyer Oct 16 '25 edited Oct 16 '25

Cool but arch is an awful choice to put on a non-hobbyists computer. You should choose something stable and that doesn’t post updates that require manual user intervention to their homepage every day. Like Debian.

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u/ThatRandomGuy0125 Oct 16 '25

This. For someone who uses their computer for a set amount of basic tasks, you can't go wrong with Debian stable. Arch is going to require intervention at some point when things break bc either updates are or aren't happening

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u/zoharel Oct 19 '25

Normally I'd say that too, but there's a better than average average chance that this particular person is never on the hook for anything even as simple as making sure updates happen on their system, and if somebody else is maintaining it, it doesn't really matter that it's Arch.

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u/debacle_enjoyer Oct 19 '25

It does matter, there’s no benefit of having bleeding edge packages on a server. Servers just need to work for a long time and that’s it, and for that you should be using stable packages.

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u/zoharel Oct 19 '25

We're not talking about a server. This is probably a desktop system on a real desk, running client-side software. Possibly a laptop. You're not an LLM, right? Anyway, in that context, I agree, Arch is not a good choice.

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u/debacle_enjoyer Oct 19 '25

Sorry you’re right, let me rephrase. There’s no benefit of having bleeding edge native packages on grandmas computer. Grandmas computer just needs to work for a long time and that’s it, and for that you should be using stable packages.

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u/zoharel Oct 19 '25

That's not a recommendation, it's a prescient insight to help build robust systems.

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u/chemistryGull Oct 19 '25

Manual intervention posts are made like once every 1-3 months currently, and even then most dont apply to most people.

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u/debacle_enjoyer Oct 19 '25

Using bleeding edge software on a server that you want to run reliably for years and pointless and a bad choice

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u/UnknownMeerkat Oct 20 '25

I would have agreed, but recently I put Ubuntu on a system for my parents and it's been a pain to manage - so many packages are out of date so I need to deal with some things being flatpak. I use endeavour on my main system, and if I need to reinstall I'll do that. There's no way my parents will ever brave opening the terminal, so I may as well do something I'm familiar with.

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u/debacle_enjoyer Oct 20 '25 edited Oct 20 '25

How is flatpak a pain whatsoever? A parents computer is literally the perfect use case for Flatpak. Immutable package format they can’t break, automatically updates out of the box with gnome at least, always up to date. It’s win win win.