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    i hate that it's very often like this (sh.itjust.works)
    submitted 1 year ago by nekothegamer@sh.itjust.works to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    [–] foggy@lemmy.world 274 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Well the solution here is to just use the superior distro, naturally.

    This post will surely upset nobody.

    [–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 180 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    the superior distro

    Finally, puppy linux is getting the recognition it deserves

    [–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 66 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    I ordered something from someone awhile back and it came with a free flash drive in the shape of a credit card. It had pictures of puppies on it so naturally it's a puppy linux drive now.

    This is entirely irrelevant but hopefully someone gets a smile out of it.

    [–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    flash drive shaped like a credit card

    Wait, what?

    [–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Thin, credit-card-sized USB drives are a popular promotional gimmick because they have a practical use but also have a large surface area for promoting your brand. Most often given out as vendor gifts.

    [–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

    Weird, but interesting!

    [–] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    If you donate to the FSF, you get a member card with pre-installed Linux.

    [–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago

    and GNU?

    [–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

    I think you mean Hannah Montana Linux.

    [–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Puppy's awesome. I've used it on a laptop so old I had to install a bootloader in the MBR so it would boot from USB. It ran like a dream.

    [–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

    Red Hat 5.0 for lyfe.

    Kernel 2.0.36 represent! ✊

    [–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    When did TempleOS start supporting .deb files?

    [–] Asudox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Agreed. Debian Linux is just a children distro with a fibonacci logo that god created.

    [–] xeekei@lemm.ee 51 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You're right! If a deb file exists then surely it's in the AUR. ABS will repackage it seamlessly for you and then install it directly with Pacman.

    [–] dhtseany@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

    Btw I use Arch

    [–] foggy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

    TRIGGERED

    [–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 13 points 1 year ago

    Linux mint ftw

    [–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

    BRB. Sharpening my teeth.

    [–] nekothegamer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    is there a way to make it work like a rolling release of sorts? i'd want to use debian, but i don't want to stay with old packages and wait 2 years for an update

    [–] Wulff@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    You could use debian testing. It's a somewhat "rolling-release" model. You will get more up to date packages with more stability too.

    You could also use unstable, but I wouldn't recommend it personally.

    Edit: if you really need the most up to date version of some packages, you can pin them to use the unstable repo. This would be a pretty reasonable solution.

    [–] lwe@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    You could just go with Debian unstable. I rarely ran into issues while running it in a rolling release style.

    Debian testing might also work for you. But it will have a freeze window before each release.

    [–] this_is_router@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

    As will have debian unstable. That's the way it goes, for a few months every few years it slows down until the new stable gets released. Testing is just 10 days after unstable to avoid the biggest bugs.

    Never had big problems with debian unstable in 15 years though, as long as you use apt-listbugs

    [–] hadi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

    sparky Linux is based on Debian and it has stable and rolling release

    [–] azvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

    Most of such packages, be it deb rpm or really whatever, have their AUR entry, install and run fine on Arch.

    [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Savage. 💣