foobarijk

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[–] foobarijk@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

If you don't say it, they don't exist.

[–] foobarijk@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Pedophilia is a mental condition, much like homosexuality. They don't choose to be one, they know it's wrong. I bet there are plenty of closeted pedos (i.e. don't act on their urges and trying to lead normal lives). The only difference is that homosexuality occurs between consenting adults, and doesn't hurt anyone except for the sensibilities of some righteous pious {profanity}, while pedos hurt innocent children, which is fucked up.

tl;dr some pedos are (very) bad for acting on their sexual preferences, they aren't bad for having them. Taking this conclusion a bit further - making child porn is obviously abhorrent and one of the most heinous crimes I can imagine along with rape and murder, but watching these movies once they are made without profiting the perpetrators, isn't so morally depraved. Especially if it keeps the urge to rape a child at bay.

[–] foobarijk@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'd say you're pretty lucky. Just a month and a half ago, there was a package conflict for my installed BLAS due to this. Last year there were this one, and this.

It's not such a big deal, and it depends on the software you have installed. But it's something one should know could happen.

[–] foobarijk@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

I've installed Arch, Arcos and Manjaro (from the Arch based distros). Manjaro and Arcos are faster and easier to install and setup compared to Arch. Manjaro has nice GUI to select kernel, GPU drivers and install software (and does not automatically move you to the newest kernel, as opposed to Arch or Arcos). They had fucked up (I think 3 times) with renewing their SSL certificate, and for a short while their ISOs were unverifiable (not that big of an issue if you ask me). Since they delay their packages' updates, running them in testing for a few months for extra stability, installing from AUR is bound to break.

I've installed Manjaro on 3 computers, and worked with it extensively for about 3 years. It's a decent distro that doesn't deserve all the hate it gets.

[–] foobarijk@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

AFAIK, Opensuse Tumbleweed doesn't offer the LTS kernel... At least I haven't found any documentation on it. Could have been great.

[–] foobarijk@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How long have you been using it, and on how many computers?

From the Arch wiki:

Before upgrading, users are expected to visit the Arch Linux home page to check the latest news, or alternatively subscribe to the RSS feed or the arch-announce mailing list. When updates require out-of-the-ordinary user intervention (more than what can be handled simply by following the instructions given by pacman), an appropriate news post will be made.

Before upgrading fundamental software (such as the kernel, xorg, systemd, or glibc) to a new version, look over the appropriate forum to see if there have been any reported problems.

Users must equally be aware that upgrading packages can raise unexpected problems that could need immediate intervention; therefore, it is discouraged to upgrade a stable system shortly before it is required for carrying out an important task. Instead, wait to upgrade until there is enough time available to resolve any post-upgrade issues.

So unless Endeavour devs are doing anything special to make sure you can safely upgrade without checking the Arch news (and AFAIK, they don't, like most Arch based distros), you should probably check it. Of course it's a matter of chance if your system is the one that gets hit by some bug or conflict, YMMV, but eventually you'd hit a snag if you ignore Arch's devs advice.

[–] foobarijk@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Does Opensuse Tumbleweed offer that option?

[–] foobarijk@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He specifically asked for a minimal distro, that was why I brought it up.

[–] foobarijk@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Arch distros still require you to read the release notes before updating. It's not a hassle free affair, and those who don't do it are bound to break their system once in a while.

[–] foobarijk@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

I'd avoid Arch or Arch based distros if you don't want to always tinker with the system to keep it running.

I think Fedora best fits your needs.

[–] foobarijk@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Just keep in mind that rolling releases are by definition not as stable as non-rolling. For example, Kernel 6.4 has introduced an interrupt storm for some motherboards with buggy implementation of TPM interrupts, and it'd get fixed only in 6.5...

[–] foobarijk@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Not very minimal with regards to disk usage, though.. It comes with lots of (to me) unnecessary bloat.

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