When my arch testing prod server reboots cleanly after a kernel update
Next update: the same thing breaks again. After searching forums, you notice a pattern going back to 2002.
Windows: You got a kernel panic from an update just once this week? I went through two BSODs today!
Mac: It’d happen more often if I actually had software! You get everything!
Arch: While getting updates can cause crashes sometimes, new stuff is fun.
Debian: You guys are getting updates?
Debian: You guys are getting updates and crashes?
Oh we get updates, after all the other distros have spilled their blood all over them for us first. Why do you think they call it bleeding edge?
Is this some sort of Arch joke I’m too stable and usable to understand?
Debian stable. I don’t understand why people would want an unstable system.
I get wanting the latest applications, and by that I mean end-user tools one uses frequently, e.g. Blender or Steam, but for anything that those rely on, very very rarely does one genuinely need anything “new” urgently. I’d argue pretty much never but I’d be curious to discover counter examples. Just fa couple of days ago https://lemmy.ml/post/24882836/16154377 arguing about the topic too. Even for drivers for gaming, which are supposedly changing relatively “fast” there is rarely an actual need for it. Quite often it’s a desire to get the latest but the actual impact is not that significant.
TL;DR: IMHO stable system with security updates running few bleeding edge apps isolated is the best compromise.
I’m on fedora 41 and gaming is almost perfect on it, the final hurdles are some VRR refinements and HDR. These are supposedly coming in f42 so I’d rather not wait god knows how long on Debian for these features to show up. However once the features arrive and I run into issues with F42, I’ll consider Deb.
I’m gaming pretty much daily, VR and flat, and… I don’t even know what those abbreviations mean. I’m not saying these aren’t important to you and other gamers but also want to suggest that a lot of “features” pushed by the industry are for other casual yet frequent gamers like me totally unimportant.
I’m on fedora 41 and gaming is almost perfect on it, the final hurdles are some VRR
Variable Refresh Rate - synchronizing your monitor’s refresh rate with your computer’s output, yielding a potentially smoother image and, for portable gamers, better battery life. This is a key feature of “Freesync” monitors, etc.
refinements and HDR.
High Dynamic Range - increase in the variability of light levels achievable in a scene, allowing monitors to better approach the dynamic light levels one would experience IRL (In Real Life). This is a key feature of most new displays, especially higher-end OLEDs (Organic Light Emitting Diodes, a type of display technology where pixels are individually lit)
These are supposedly coming in f42
Fedora 42 - the 42ndiest version of Fedora.
so I’d rather not wait god knows how long on Debian for these features to show up. However once the features arrive and I run into issues with F42,
Fedora 42 - the 42ndiest version of Fedora.
I’ll consider Deb.
Not an acronym, but abbreviation for Debian. Or perhaps OP lives in a Hallmark movie and Deb is the girl who has always been by their side, but they’ve never considered as a romantic partner… Until now…
