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[–] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 263 points 6 months ago (26 children)

Idk who needs to hear it, but stop buying this shit. If it has a computer inside, but you can't flash your own software onto it, just pass. If you're unsure, look around, find the nearest Linux user and ask for help.

[–] RicoBerto@lemmy.blahaj.zone 117 points 6 months ago (16 children)

You won't even have to ask if they use Linux, they'll tell you.

Nobara btw.

[–] Norgur@fedia.io 45 points 6 months ago (8 children)
[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 32 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And my... hang on, I just need to apply this tweak from the wiki...

And my axe!

[–] orclev@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I am ashamed to say I'm an ex-Arch user. I really liked Arch, but if you go long periods without updating it it becomes really painful when you do eventually apply updates. I got tired of finally booting some system I hadn't touched in a year to work on something or other attempting to apply updates to it, and then spending the next 6 hours fixing everything that broke because one of the updates from last week applied before one from 10 months ago that it depended on, or some config file I touched once 3 years ago changed and needs manual fixing now.

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Yeah I was a Gentoo user a long time ago so when I finally installed Arch I had a little mental note in the back of my head to update every week unless I wanted to sort out things I shouldn't have to sort out.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

It's been months since I've updated my system, I'ma be in for a ride

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