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Re:Why Valve Is Switching from Debian to Arch for Steam Deck... by edgyquant on Thursday August 12, 2021 @11:41PM (#28165140)
I mean on ubuntu it's literally just apt update && apt upgrade. Snaps serve a purpose, but they aren't something you use for every program.
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Re:Why Valve Is Switching from Debian to Arch for Steam Deck... by trey-jones on Friday August 13, 2021 @09:02AM (#28168327)
Two big differences with Arch and derivatives though:

1. AUR - almost anything you could need.

2. rolling releases - I admit I haven't used Ubuntu in a long time, but I use Debian for a variety of things, and it can be painful to need a release upgrade in order to get the next version of some piece of software. With Arch and derivatives, as long as you do updates regularly, everything stays new.

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