Subj : Re: macOS 26
To   : jimmylogan
From : apam
Date : Sat Nov 01 2025 05:43:48

 > Interesting - there are different distros - unless you just don't
 > want to, try MINT or DEBIAN or something else.

I have tried MINT and DEBIAN, i last used debian trixie on my desktops
and firefox would continually crash. I don't know why. I do keep trying
different distros though to see if things change, and I'm currently using
fedora 43 kde spin - it seems to be working ok even using wayland.

In my experience though, different distros just have their own set of
problems. And with fedora taking AI contributions... i don't have much
faith that it wont run into issues soon.

FreeBSD doesn't do as much, and I suppose that could be seen as some
deficiency (ie, I can't use optimus on my laptop) but what it does do it
does well.

I guess I'm just disappointed, after 25+ years of using Linux I thought
things would have gotten a lot better, and yes, in many ways they have -
but i think all the improvements have brought so much extra complexity
that theres so much that can and does go wrong.

And so much of this complexity and newness just seems to me to be new for
the sake of being new. Ubuntu using rust coreutils for example ... why?
The existing core utils have been worked on for many years and work well,
but rust is the new shiny and we have to port to that to be safe - so
there's now a bunch of issues with compatibility with new core utils,
which will be worked out eventually, but for what?

Now I am all for people working on what interests them, and I suppose
that's what is happening. If ubuntu developers feel that making rust core
utils is a good thing, then it's their distro and they can do what they
like.

I want a computer that works well, it just seems to be such a moving
target and frustrates me.

Andrew


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