Post AK4sXsR7O9xAHzOIiW by freakinbox@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #AK43d3kbedMPAKDiQi by freakinbox@fosstodon.org
       2022-06-02T01:19:12Z
       
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       So basically #Arch automates package compiling?
       
 (DIR) Post #AK43d44SSpEw9tVZNA by nicemicro@fosstodon.org
       2022-06-02T02:44:17Z
       
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       @freakinbox Arch gives you the tools to compile stuff locally and make your own packages using its makepkg tool.And, some tools like yay (which are not official Arch tools) let you automate the process, so binaries are recompiled, repackaged and reinstalled at a system update.
       
 (DIR) Post #AK48GgOYJEmA843POa by freakinbox@fosstodon.org
       2022-06-02T03:36:17Z
       
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       @nicemicro yay would be what I am referring toFIguring it all out to make OBS work properly. It being annoying is why I stayed with Ubuntu, but I have a little time and Ubuntu Mate is rough these days...
       
 (DIR) Post #AK4HsrCBV6eODZXxMu by nicemicro@fosstodon.org
       2022-06-02T05:24:01Z
       
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       @freakinbox well, as someone on Arch for about 3 years now, I'm gonna say this: if you have little time, Arch might not be the best choice. It is... high maintenance in general.However, I have had no issues with OBS on Arch during this time, but granted, I'm not really doing anything really complicated with it.
       
 (DIR) Post #AK4sXsR7O9xAHzOIiW by freakinbox@fosstodon.org
       2022-06-02T12:14:49Z
       
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       @nicemicro OBS on Ubuntu was a quick install. Plugins are simple packages usually officially supported.With Arch I rely more on the community to throw things together that I can compile. So it took me a while but OBS is now better on Arch than Ubuntu. It is missing the stats window but I can live without it. It feels about as high maintenance as any Windows PC I have had, realistically.
       
 (DIR) Post #AK54Ayp2g9nkssQh28 by freakinbox@fosstodon.org
       2022-06-02T12:16:25Z
       
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       @nicemicro I find the difference with Linux in general is I can set it up and mostly forget it once it's running. Mostly...Just about any problem with it can be sorted, usually, it's just some small change your distribution made that is causing it. So you can just change it. It's easier to repair, once you understand it. Like a german car.
       
 (DIR) Post #AK54AzGL2fdUFXCUa0 by nicemicro@fosstodon.org
       2022-06-02T14:25:08Z
       
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       @freakinbox Well, for me it was not always a smooth ride. You can end up with even major software failing (the Budgie desktop was broken once for a week, the Spyder IDE was more often not working then working in 2021, and both are official packages in the repos).Sure, once you know how to fix a PKGBUILD, and understand the dependencies of the software you need, you'll be fine, but it might took a long time to figure out. Now I'm fighting with QEMU, which suddenly started to misbehave.
       
 (DIR) Post #AK5CFjWllrlkWtezSK by freakinbox@fosstodon.org
       2022-06-02T15:55:38Z
       
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       @nicemicro Microsoft reformatted my SSD so many times they literally killed it a few years before I should have had any issues lolWindows isn't any betterUbuntu Mate also had desktop issues which is why I switched.If you aren't able to figure those things out you really shouldn't be on Arch to begin with. It sort of filters those people out immediately with the difficulty.