• TommySoda@lemmy.world
    39·
    15 days ago

    Very dumb question, but I’m kinda new to Linux. Do I have to manually update that or does it just do it when I update packages and the like? I’m on Arch btw.

        • Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
          41·
          15 days ago

          “I use Arch BTW” is a meme in the Linux community. It reflects the perceived urge of Arch users to boast about using it.

          Welcome to Linux :)

        • TimeNaan@lemmy.world
          158·
          15 days ago

          Then Arch is kind of a terrible choice for you. I use it (btw), but I’ve been using linux since 2008.

          The learning curve and constant need to troubleshoot things isn’t great for beginners.

          EDIT: can someone explain why I’m getting downvoted? Isn’t this common knowledge that Mint and other begginner-friendly distros that don’t have complicated package managers and require less configuration and maintenance are better for someone who’s just starting with Linux?

          I myself began with Ubuntu back in '08 but nowadays use both Arch and Mint.

          • TommySoda@lemmy.world
            18·
            15 days ago

            That’s one of the reasons I chose arch. Because of the difficulty i can’t take shortcuts or be lazy and have to actually learn. When I tried something like Pop_OS I definitely enjoyed it but didn’t really learn anything because it was all done for me.

          • morbidcactus@lemmy.ca
            4·
            15 days ago

            What are y’all doing that you need to troubleshoot constantly? My experience with arch is about the same as my experience with Debian.

          • Petter1@lemm.ee
            1·
            14 days ago

            I had way more struggle and frustration using mint/ubuntu than arch/endevourOS/openSuse TW

            🤷🏻‍♀️

            Using old kernel and mix of flatpak/repo/snap etc. Is just unpredictable, what happens and why. At least for me.

            I love, how in arch anything is verbose! Main reason I love linux and Arch especially.

    • Hawk@lemmynsfw.com
      1·
      14 days ago

      With Arch pacman -Syu will do it for you. Generally you are encouraged to stick with the version in the repositories.

      You can install things from source by downloading the source code, building it (eg. gcc code.c or cargo build) and then copying the binary somewhere.

      Typically if you were going to install things from Source, you would write a pkgbuild for it and that would integrate it with pacman so you have a centralised manager of everything that you have installed to simplify updates and removal and conflicts etc.

      Doing this for small packages is pretty trivial and sometimes necessary. For a large package like KDE plasma It is a very large undertaking and you would never do it in practise.

      The maintainers package the desktop environment with a pkgbuild, test it, And then upload it so that you can use it.

      Also note that when the arch maintainers do package that software they compile it into a binary so you just have to download it. You don’t also have to build it.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      14 days ago

      Gnome on Debian is fairly out of date. I personally like all the new features.

      However, I think it would be cool if you could run Fedora with gnome in Podman. Solid base with containers for newer stuff.

    • boonhet@lemm.ee
      2·
      14 days ago

      I don’t even need to install any new packages to get that

      sudo zypper dup

      992 packages to upgrade, 2 to downgrade, 18 new, 3 to remove.

      Package download size: 1.81 GiB

      Half the packages are LibQT6something or LibKF6 something lol

    • Hawk@lemmynsfw.com
      2·
      14 days ago

      Mate is really nice, I was always a fan. (Although XFCE is nice too). However, I dont believe it has support for Wayland yet?

      I think LXDE has Wayland now but I haven’t tried it.

    • Matriks404@lemmy.world
      1·
      14 days ago

      I was running MATE door years before switching to Windows 8.1 and shortly after first public beta of Windows 10 when it was available. I was even helping translating it to Polish for like a month or two, but given that I was probably like B1 (about B2 right now) in English at that time it was probably not ideal, lol.