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Re:Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settin... by freeqaz on Monday January 24, 2022 @07:15AM (#30056712)
I'd definitely recommend checking out Arch or Manjaro if you're a developer btw. Ironically, I've had fewer issues with Linux since swapping. Simple things like being on the newest kernel tends to keep hardware issues at bay. (And switching to Pipewire has fixed all of my audio issues completely)

It's ironic that a "rolling release" OS is often more stable than a "mainstream" OS like Ubuntu. That's just been my experience over the past few years though, and I feel that it's important to help more devs realize that!

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Re:Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settin... by opan on Monday January 24, 2022 @07:52AM (#30056998)
Seconding this, except Manjaro specifically seems to have a lot of issues that don't hit me on regular Arch. Void and Alpine are also good.
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Re:Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settin... by derekp7 on Monday January 24, 2022 @08:56AM (#30057587)
Similar reason to why I'm on Fedora. 6-month release cycle with a 12-month maintenance cycle. Which means I can frequently get on the latest kernel and other goodies such as Pipewire, yet I can also wait a couple months after release to pull the trigger in case there are issues.

I'm also seriously considering Fedora Silverblue once I get more of a feel for how it works under the covers.

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Re:Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settin... by freeqaz on Monday January 24, 2022 @10:56AM (#30059187)
How does that work with EOL for a release? Does everything break and you have to re-install?

My disk encryption is a little complicated so I'm happy that my rolling release means I only have to re-install when I swap boxes. That was my biggest issue with Ubuntu -- your were SOL when EOL :P

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Re:Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settin... by bravetraveler on Monday January 24, 2022 @11:16AM (#30059583)
There's an in place upgrade process, as long as you haven't put a bunch of third party repositories/packages on the system they tend to go generally well

Some of the more drastic changes aren't adopted this way, eg: filesystem defaults

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Re:Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settin... by tata71 on Monday January 24, 2022 @11:18AM (#30059606)
Eh, you could change your source repos/force upgrade etc — just couldn't expect the forums to support your borked system, afterwards.
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