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Re:Do you really want Linux phones by incrudible on Thursday March 25, 2021 @08:16AM (#26579285)
They were updates. I have attempted an upgrade once, it broke the system. Now I just do clean installs in favor of upgrades.
Re:Do you really want Linux phones by jokethrowaway on Thursday March 25, 2021 @09:36AM (#26580056)
I had the same experience with ubuntu upgrades. Something was always broken.

I don't think you can blame linux, it's just a specific distro trying to do a task which is too hard and fail.

Not sure if it's still the case with ubuntu, I just run Arch which is a rolling release distro; I decide when to upgrade and what it implies + their info on breaking updates is always punctual.

Re:Do you really want Linux phones by cptskippy on Thursday March 25, 2021 @11:13AM (#26581251)
> I don't think you can blame linux

No, of course you can't but that's also the problem. It's always someone else's fault.

If you try to upgrade Ubuntu you're told to RTFM. If you try to upgrade Raspbian, you're told you should have just installed a new image.

Linux distros routinely offer up options and features that do not work and there's no responsibility to be had.

With Windows, it's Microsoft's fault and they fix it (eventually).

Re:Do you really want Linux phones by noobermin on Friday March 26, 2021 @07:54AM (#26590978)
Kind of changing the goalposts of MS...windows fails too
Re:Do you really want Linux phones by cptskippy on Thursday March 25, 2021 @11:10AM (#26581215)
I see nothing has changed in 10 years.