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Realizing Arch isn't for me after updating broke VLC (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 4 days ago by makeitwonderful@lemmy.sdf.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I realized my VLC was broke some point in the week after updating Arch. I spend time troubleshooting then find a forum post with replies from an Arch moderator saying they knew it would happen and it's my fault for not wanting to read through pages of changelogs. Another mod post says they won't announce that on the RSS feed either. I thought I was doing good by following the RSS but I guess that's not enough.

I've been happily using Arch for 5 years but after reading those posts I've decided to look for a different distro. Does anyone have recommendations for the closest I can get to Arch but with a different attitude around updating?

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[–] BETYU@moist.catsweat.com 20 points 4 days ago (3 children)

https://endeavouros.com/ https://garudalinux.org/ both arch based maybe you will like the forum style better and they will probably also give you this information.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I doubt the forum style is really the issue.

EndeacourOS, one of my favourite distros, uses the same packages (the real Arch ones). So everything he says here applies.

[–] BETYU@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i mean the communication style on the forum.

[–] BETYU@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 1 day ago

i think almost all arch based distros use the arch repos plus there own. i think only manjaro does there own thing.

[–] quantum_faun@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I like Garuda community.

[–] Lonewolfmcquade@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I do too. Though to be fair to OP, Garuda didn't advise about the vlc problem either. I had to go hunting on my own to figure it out. But anyway, still loving Garuda and it is much less painful than any other OS I've ever used.

[–] XenoK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

+1 for Garuda. It's nice that they have their own way of updating (garuda-update), which also handles situations like this one. It was very satisfying to not have to do anything when the linux-firmware change happened a couple of weeks back.

Oh, also snapshots by default are a chef's kiss

[–] BETYU@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 1 day ago

i used arco linux and they just linked the word update to the arch command to update and that made it very easy to update i don't remember the correct name for this. i do not know if garuda does the same or if they have there own program to do this.