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wkat4242 ◴[] No.40206210[source]
I'm really starting to hate the sub-community in Linux that tries to constantly change it.

I don't want to learn a new network config alternative with every update (Ubuntu changed its net config tool again with 24.04). I don't want an immutable os. I don't want to learn to write new config files. I just want to do what I've been doing but with new packages. If there's a problem with something, just fix it. Don't throw out the whole thing.

I moved to FreeBSD and am happy for its reluctance to change. If there is any, it's usually offering something genuinely new to me as a feature and to boot I only need to learn about it if I need it.

Hardware support is much lower but it's worth it IMO. I had the same irritation with macOS. Every release breaking something essential that was part of my workflow and i didn't want to change. Eventually I did change but away from Apple.

I don't want to change to LennartOS either.

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dig1 ◴[] No.40214614[source]
This is the main reason why I'm still on Slackware. Pat is keeping the same thing for the last 20-30 years. Sure, he had to introduce some stuff, like NetworkManager or PulseAudio, to keep up with the latest software versions, but every major change is postponed as much as possible. Hell, even systemd is not there yet, and I'm pleased about that.
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1. metalforever ◴[] No.40214748[source]
Same, I am also hiding on Slackware .
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2. trallnag ◴[] No.40215576[source]
So Slackware is your main OS? Or is it just something to play around with?
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3. pwg ◴[] No.40225227[source]
In my case, main, and only, OS.
4. Rediscover ◴[] No.40225417[source]
Main here, with *BSDs or Yocto-based right behind.
5. metalforever ◴[] No.40227394[source]
Main OS.