Linux middle ground? : linux

[–] DarkNoul@feddit.nl 1 points 2 months ago

Void linux

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Fedora is pretty good there, but I wouldnt use the DNF variants.

The atomic variants though totally rock. Atomic Desktops, IoT, etc.

The atomic model deals with all the troubles you would have with so new packages.

OpenSUSE slowroll would be a better middle-ground, but I have had strange broken packages and they dont have a useful atomic model, as it is not image-based.

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[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago

Slackware current.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 0 points 2 months ago

I like the idea of a stable distro as the host OS and Distrobox with Arch and the AUR for applications.

For most of my machines, I do not need the latest kernel or even the latest desktop environment. But it is a pain to have out of date desktop apps and especially dev tools.

I think this strikes a nice balance.

[–] ScottE@lemm.ee -3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Arch is not harder to maintain nor is it easier to break, that's a myth. If anything, it's the opposite, as a rolling release stays up to date, though it relies on the user keeping it up to date. If you get lazy with updates, then yes, you are going to have problems eventually.

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[+] lemmyvore@feddit.nl -6 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Manjaro has been specifically designed to have fresh packages (sourced from Arch) but to be user friendly, long term stable, and provide as many features as possible out of the box.

It requires some compromises in order to achieve this, in particular it wants you to stick to its curated package repo and a LTS kernel and use it's helper apps (package/kernel/driver manager) and update periodically. It won't remain stable if you tinker with it.

You'll get packages slower than Arch (depending on complexity, Plasma 6 took about two months, typically it's about two weeks) but faster than Debian stable.

I'm running it as my main driver for gaming and work for about 5 years now and it's been exactly what I wanted, a balanced mix of rolling and stable distro.

I've also given it to family members who are not computer savvy and it's been basically zero maintenance on my part.

If it has one downside is that you really have to leave it alone to do its thing. In that regard it takes a special category of user to enjoy it — you have to either be an experienced user who knows to leave it alone or a very basic user who doesn't know how to mess with it. The kind of enthusiastic Linux user who wants to tinker will make it fall apart and hate it, and they'd be happier on Arch or some of the other distros mentioned here.

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[+] breadsmasher@lemmy.world -15 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Manjaro?

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