Rikj000

Rikj000 , vor 2 Monaten

I mean same applies to the Chinese,
but wanting to look good in an oppressive system, does not mean you actually like to be oppressed by said system.

Rikj000 , vor 2 Monaten

Why?

It has been my main distro for years now,
and I have only enjoyed the experience.

2 points you'll likely mention which do not make it a bad distro:

• The certificate of their website expired twice
• If you use AUR packages,
  sometimes you need to wait with an update since they hold back official repo packages for a few weeks to ensure stability, which AUR packages might depend on.

Stop the distro hate,
it divides the Linux community...
Instead we should unify against M$/iFruit,
and let people use whatever distro they like.

Rikj000 , vor 2 Monaten

For me the experience has been:

• Stable
• Easy to use
• Enjoyed all the Arch niceness in the meantime.

Which imo makes it a good distro,
idiots would not make a good distro..

Sure the people behind it made some doubtful decisions in the past, but that doesn't change the fact that using it has been a bliss.

Additionally, it's all open source,
so if they would ever turn anti-consumer,
it can be forked into another distro.

As I mentioned earlier, stop the distro hate.
I'm not throwing acquisitions against other distros, instead I let people enjoy whatever flavor of Linux they desire...

By now I helped a fair amount of Arch and other distro users through Lemmy / AUR / Issues, and I also learned a fair amount of Arch / Manjaro and other distro users.

Linux is not the enemy here,
not a single flavor..

Rikj000 , vor 2 Monaten

I went with Manjaro due to the way they do their package releases.

Arch is bleeding edge,
a double edged sword if you ask me,
all the latest versions,
and all the bugs that come along with them.

I'm looking for stability in my daily driver though.

Manjaro keeps releases a few weeks back on their stable branch.
And tests the releases first on their unstable and testing branches.
Resulting in near bleeding edge with enhanced stability on the stable branch.

Rikj000 , vor 2 Monaten

Update your system frequently,
that minimizes the chance of things breaking in my experience.

Rikj000 , vor 2 Monaten

Your comment is my reasoning why I use Manjaro :P

All the Arch niceness,
with fewer bugs / breakage
and easier to use.

Sure you might get an issue from outdated dependencies from AUR packages from time to time, but the chance / impact of those is usually rather small.

Rikj000 , vor 4 Monaten

I hate that nowadays everything comes with pre-installed spyware and that they charge you for it makes it even worse..

• Want a TV? Suck on our Android TV with Google spyware embedded
• Want a phone? Get our Android with Google spyware, or go for an Apple with Apple spyware
• Want a computer? We'll shove Windows spyware down your throat

Ffs I just want devices that I own to not spy on me, and I can't even buy them anymore..

Each of them require flashing a custom privacy respecting OS onto it,
and that's a real problem..

Rikj000 , vor 4 Monaten

Educate yourself fruity,
Apple does spy on you

Rikj000 , vor 4 Monaten

Here are a few examples, but if you do some research like I told you to, you'll stumble upon many more:

• Apple ignored/ignores disabling of "Share iPhone Analytics":
  https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-privacy-dsid-analytics-personal-data-test-1849807619
• Apple started scanning your local files even if you do not use iCloud / Apple services:
  https://sneak.berlin/20230115/macos-scans-your-local-files-now/
• Apple (allegedly) left in a backdoor to iPhones (likely on purpose and in cooperation with government officials):
  https://www.kaspersky.com/about/press-releases/2023_kaspersky-discloses-iphone-hardware-feature-vital-in-operation-triangulation-case

Rikj000 , vor 4 Monaten

What are your sources for debunking mine?
Besides you just not liking to face the truth?

Blanket surveillance is not clickbait,
it's spyware, and a problem.

But sure continue to stick your head in the sand,
that will surely help humanity beat this problem.