I’ve been using Linux Mint since forever. I’ve never felt a reason to change. But I’m interested in what persuaded others to move.

  • downhomechunk@midwest.socialEnglish
    161·
    11 months ago

    Get that downvote finger ready!

    Arch.

    I know it’s what all the cool kids are using, and I keep trying to like it, but I just can’t get into it. I’m a slacker for life.

    • UNY0N@lemmy.world
      5·
      11 months ago

      No downvote here my friend. I love arch, but that doesn’t mean it’s for everyone. Plug-and-play distros are great too, they just have different strong points.

      • downhomechunk@midwest.socialEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        Haha, I’ve been daily driving slackware since the late 90s. I like to tinker and install a lot of stuff. I seem to break anything with an automated package manager and dependency resolution.

    • LeFantome@programming.dev
      2·
      11 months ago

      I am ok with that. If you would consider keeping the baby after ditching the bath water, maybe give EndeavourOS a try.

      • downhomechunk@midwest.socialEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        Are you your own dependency manager too?

        Some day I’m going to get someone in one of these “what distro should I try?” posts to install slackware and fall in love with it.

        • slacktoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Sbopkg has a slackbuild queue generator sqg which builds the dependencies for applications in it for you. apart from that I’m trying to package ROCm.

          • downhomechunk@midwest.socialEnglish
            2·
            11 months ago

            Holy crap, how did I forget that existed? I would use that for complex stuff like vlc back in the day.

            I’ve not heard of ROCm, but I think I get the gist. It’s something like Cuda for AMD?

            Are you going to upload and maintain it if you get it working?

            • slacktoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
              1·
              11 months ago

              Its easy to forget it cause the name is forgettable lol.

              yeah basically. Its annoying af to build from source.

              yeah i would like to do that but baby steps it needs to build and work.

              • downhomechunk@midwest.socialEnglish
                2·
                11 months ago

                Come say hi at ##seven on libera.chat if you are so inclined. We’re a group of wild slackers who all met on the main irc channel.

                • slacktoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
                  1·
                  11 months ago

                  For sure… And come drop in at #slackware:matrix.org if you use matrix. Its an unofficial room btw.