Why are distro communities turning linux more and more into Windows and Mac OS clones?

This is why I use Arch.

  • lemmus@szmer.info
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    1 month ago

    Great…Right now, when I was thinking about finally installing Manjaro (I saw its for noobs, pretty well designed, i’m tired of “power users” distros). What else then? I used EOS, it was buggy sometimes errors etc., I use cachyOS and all the time errors and problems, but i just don’t care anymore, Ubuntu is corporate’s shit, maybe Mint or Fedora? Actually, I kinda liked flatpak recently, maybe I could live without AUR he? But on the other hand I need this rolling release cycle, thats why I hoped Manjaro is such “stable arch”, I’m nvidia user…

  • rando@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    I was just getting used to using Manjaro for my dev machines due to rolling release. Gotta find new flavor now.

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        1 month ago

        Haven’t touched suse ecosystem since they were suse. Now I just feel comfortable with Debian or arch.

    • IcyToes@sh.itjust.works
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      1 month ago

      Well Debian doesn’t have a rolling distro, does it?

      It was something that underpinned your choice and now it’s not. I’m not sure why you said gotta find when you already knew the answer.

      • rando@lemmy.ml
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        1 month ago

        Got into rolling release very recently with Manjaro (realized Debian doesn’t have rolling release). Just started getting used to arch packaging. I wouldn’t consider myself knowledgeable in rolling release options

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        1 month ago

        Yup saw it recommended in one of the comments as well, I’ll look it up.

  • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    1 month ago

    Opt out telemetry is annoying. There’s no guarantee it doesn’t send before I’ve had a chance to disable.

    • vordalack@lemm.eeOP
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      1 month ago

      It’s like finding out your favorite YTber touches kids… feels bad man.

  • frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe
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    1 month ago

    Because telemetry as implemented and spying are in fact very very different, and conflating the two is why “noone cares about privacy”. When your giant conspiracy wall is “Manjaro knows a user in north America clicked on the start menu more often then typing into a quick search box” and you refer to that as spying, you hurt the actual cause you claim to support. Badly.

    The same is true for Microsoft, ive been asking for years for any concrete proof of spying a normal human would care about and what I usually get is the Microsoft terms of use, a legal document that reflects reality less than the average legal document, and the average legal document is basically covering your eyes and hoping nobody sues you.