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So I tried Manjaro at my parent's house, seemed to work fine + aur is awesome. However I've read bad things about Manjaro's management on the internet from a few years ago. Should I worry about that?
Basically I want latest drivers, but otherwise a stable computer. I don't want to fiddle with my pc just to start a game (which is why Arch is out of the question). Debian will let me have apt which I'm quite used to, but Manjaro has aur (does Debian have something like PPA?). Is Debian better supported by native games?
What's been your experience?
Last edited by ShabbyX on 24 February 2023 at 12:37 pm UTC
Around 10% of GoL users use Manjaro so they are clearing doing something right, and means you can most likely ask others for help here.
Even as a Debian user myself I would suggest Manjaro, at least for starters. You can always try out Debian, stable or unstable, later!
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Broken packages can be a problem but it's usually that you need to be careful during upgrades and might sometimes have to wait for conflicts to be resolved or fix them yourself.
Problems with the system being unbootable or being in need of a complete reinstall I have never experienced. But that's no guarantee that it can't happen tomorrow.
Your apparent dichotomy from switching from a conservative distro that's easy to get the latest versions of stuff to either extreme of rolling release or super long-term suggests that you really don't know what you want from a distro.
If you want Ubuntu but not snaps because you've heard from Reddit that snaps must be bad, just remove snapd. Or use one of the many Ubuntu derivatives that don't include snapd by default.
Decide what you want from a distro:
Once you've whittled down the list of appropriate distributions we move onto the next step:
Test them!
Download an install/live ISO for each of them. Then install each one (separately) into a virtual machine, get a feel for their usage in terms of methods of updates and configuration. Also check to make sure they do actually meet your previously set criteria.
Do this until you're down to at most 2 distributions.
Run it live!
Run a live iso version of the distribution on your own computer, this will let you know if you're hardware is working fine with it.
Finally once you've made your final decision, install it and enjoy.
Last edited by BlackBloodRum on 23 February 2023 at 5:59 pm UTC
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I used to upgrade Ubuntu every 6 months, but recently find myself going from LTS to LTS. Does Debian stable still take longer than 2 years to release? That's ridiculous. I use "Rolling Debian Testing" at work FWIW, and it rarely gives me any trouble (but it's also curated by the company, so :shrug:)
Ugh, no, I know what I'm talking about. It's not just snap, Canonical is just making bad decisions all around and it's been years I've been thinking of switching.
Thanks for the advice, but I mean, I did do that and I'm down to Manjaro vs Debian. I use the company-curated rolling release of Debian at work, and have been fiddling with Manjaro at my parents' house.
The reason I'm asking here is not for general advice, but specifics you can't just observe from live booting, after all gnome on Manjaro and gnome on Debian is just gonna look the same.
The questions were:
- Is either going to give more headaches running games?
- Is either less stable (let's assume rolling Debian)?
- Is there something like PPA/AUR on Debian?
- Are Manjaro rants on the internet about management something I should care about? I don't want to set everything up, then find out it's managed by a*holes.
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And _that_, I really want to know what you have against it.