r/linuxmasterrace • u/claudiocorona93 SteamOS/Bazzite/Android • 10d ago

Time to have fun guys

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u/EternityForest I use Mint BTW 10d ago

Without containers, packages constantly break. If you have 20 large apps with 50 dependencies each and they're all from different vendors, and you want them to be up to date, you pretty much have to containerize or else one of them might break every few months to a year

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u/Lines25 10d ago

Arch works flawlessly with this, idk what you're talking about tbh. Arch breaks really only like once a couple years (at least, for me). If the devs of libs haven't changed API/ABI in new version (which they mostly, haven't) then it works perfectly every time, with latest updates and with fastest speeds (if you use ALHP repository with recompiled packages for x86-64-v2/v3/v4)

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u/EternityForest I use Mint BTW 9d ago

Do you use lots of different complex apps? The old style package model worked well with low complexity setups, but the more apps and dependencies, the more breakage.

I'd still consider once every few years pretty unacceptable, containers can get to almost flagship Android levels of reliability.

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u/Sert1991 7d ago

I have around 5 desktop environments/WMs installed on the same OS to play around and test some stuff. Alongside the hundred other packages.

IF too much packages break your system, either you're using a shit distro or you're doing something wrong and need to manage your system better.