Sometimes you’ve got to adapt to change.

It took me a while, but I moved off apt-get to just apt.

Habits die hard.

Most distros don’t really have yum anymore. DNF is actually running the command in a yum mode, so you’re really using dnf.

It’s greed. Not laziness.

Things like this are why I use AMD.

If you add --delete-before, it absolutely can delete stuff.

I know Plex is a business that has to make money, but if I hadn’t bought a lifetime pass for $50 a decade ago, I’d have dropped them at this point.

That sounds like Arch.

I don’t have time to futz with things, so I don’t bother anymore. I rely on my PC for work, so I run Debian/Mint for everything, because it almost never breaks.

I’ve done Arch installs from scratch and with the install script, but I always come back to Debian.

To be fair, the install guide does say you should do it all manually at least once so you understand what’s going on. However, it’s not strictly necessary.

Yes. Arch has an installer you can run by running “archinstall” from the live boot. Works well, too.

Debian is love. Debian is life.

I was in a similar boat. I’ve been using a Ryzen 5000-based mini PC for about two years now. It’s running:

Debian for stability

Flex Launcher for the 10ft TV UI

Flex Launcher has shortcuts for Plex HTPC, Netflix in a full screen Chrome page, etc.

An AirMouse Remote with a keyboard on the back and basic controls up front. It has 5 programmable IR buttons that I have bound to TV Power, TV Input, TV Select, and Sound Bar Vol-/+

My kids also use it for Steam and Retro gaming, so I have it launch ES-DE and Steam Big Picture Mode from Flex Launcher.

Other than the occasional tweaking, it has needed very little and been rock solid for about 2 years now. I have a cheap Android TV set top box still attached for when Grandma goes to use the TV. I can switch inputs and hand them the Google TV remote, but my wife, my kids, and I use the HTPC almost exclusively.

I mean…sounds fine. Why is it “controversial”?

Was sudo broken in some way that makes rewriting it in rust appealing? Genuinely curious.

Agreed. I’ve saved so much money by RTFM. As a father of three kids, every dollar saved means a better life for my family.

Car broken? RTFM, bought an ODBII scanner, and fixed it.

Need air conditioning? RTFM and installed my own heat pumps in my house, saving $7000 in labor and markup.

House has an old 60 amp fuse panel? Paid an electrician for the service upgrade, read the NEC, wired and installed all branch circuits and sub panels myself. Passed inspection. Saved $7500.

When you take the time to learn something, you not only get the satisfaction of using your own hands to accomplish something, but you also get to save money.

Linux Mint or Debian running Cinnamon DE. Stable and predictable.

There is a dd-like mode on Rufus as well called “RAW Mode”.

Mint is my typically daily driver, too. Freaking love Mint.

I used sed to replace my apt sources.list entries with Trixie…then ran sudo apt update, sudo apt dist-upgrade.

After one reboot my system was updated. Debian is basically that 80 year old tractor on the farm that still starts after sitting for 6 months with no effort. It just works. And that’s why I love it.

That’s a good point.

And LGBTQ+ distros.

And socialist distros.

And…