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    [–] toasteecup@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    I used to run arch back before the big /usr/lib migration.

    I forgot what got me to change to debian but a buddy was talking up the rock hard stability and something dumb happened so I made the switch to debian.

    I usually run it as a rolling release (need to point to the version type rather than the codename) in testing. More stable than arch but more recent than stable.

    My big reason for wanting it built into a kernel from my source repo is then I don't have to worry about some bullshit upgrade not actually updating the kernel module like it should have. Dealt with that a few too many times when using ZFS on debian.

    [–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    I usually run it as a rolling release (need to point to the version type rather than the codename) in testing. More stable than arch but more recent than stable.

    Yeah, this was me before I got tired of constantly building my own packages to have current versions of some software. I've been pretty content with Arch since I switched to it a few years ago, I still spend some time mucking with packages but nowhere near as much as before. My breaking point with Debian was a new Ryzen laptop a few years ago, I could either package my own kernel for it along with all of the platform software I needed or I could hop over to Arch and just build a patched kernel so I went for it.

    My big reason for wanting it built into a kernel from my source repo is then I don't have to worry about some bullshit upgrade not actually updating the kernel module like it should have. Dealt with that a few too many times when using ZFS on debian.

    There is nothing more annoying than dkms failing to build your primary storage (or NIC) module after a kernel update because ✨reasons✨ - that's a huge part of why I settled on Proxmox for my server boxes, no more unexpected ZFS breakage.

    Check out the Proxmox kernel when you get a chance, you might be able to just pull packages from their repo and roll with Sid otherwise.

    [–] toasteecup@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

    Dude if that's the case I'm so stoked. I don't hate Ubuntu but I think forced snaps are dumb and wrongbad. It'll be a bit before I can commit to the project sadly. I've got a work trip, a proposal and some pinball repairs on the docket first.

    Should probably get a new battery for that laptop too.