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Upstream images vs bazzite: https://github.com/ublue-os/countme/blob/main/growth_upstream_with_bazzite.svg

My prediction: bazzite may have more installs than Fedora KDE by the end of the year.

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[–] sgh@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What if you have a system that just works and you can't break?

No rsync, no remoting from work (vpn or other software et al), no "i gotta be on alert for when my kid breaks my computer again"

Also, why do we have to shame people for just wanting to use their computer?

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I’m not shaming. I’m offering a simple Solution. The backups can be automated and you can NetBoot the restore process off that rsync target so you don’t have to be distracted at work. You can have a simple plan to execute if you get these calls while you are at work so there is no problem you can’t instantly reverse. It takes no time to pull off after you’ve set it up.

[–] sgh@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

I do not agree about this being a simple solution, especially if you want to set up netboot for this, but I don't want to engage this discussion any further since we're just talking about a solution to a problem that I don't have and I don't care to solve, so maybe we should just agree to disagree?