• bleistift2@feddit.de
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    My package manager has 400+ updates, but I can’t install them because some packages are conflicting, and I don’t have the willpower to untangle that mess.

    I use arch btw. I use the arch-derivative Manjaro, btw.

    • Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      First time?

      jdk-openjdk vs jre-openjdk? archlinux.org mentions it, although the workaround it provides is fake news and also results in pacman complaining about conflicts.

      I just removed stuff, abused pacman --nodeps and prayed that my backups would be sufficient to restore my inevitable fuckup (no fuckup happened, somehow). Try that at your own risk though…

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        I think I’ll just switch to something more user-friendly again. When I installed Manjaro, I thought I liked tinkering. But since then I’ve started working and just want to get home to a functioning computer.

        I appreciate the effort, though.

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          I feel this, Fedora filled the gap for me. I needed more current software, but if that isn’t a priority Debian is amazing.

        • ѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρє@lemmy.sdf.org
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          Manjaro nowadays has become a hassle. It used to be really solid around 5-6 years ago. I had it for 3+ years. Then it started breaking a lot. I switched to EndeavourOS 1.5 years ago, been solid since. The jre/jdk issue was pretty painless to deal with as well.

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            The jre/jdk issue was pretty painless to deal with as well.

            What’s driving me away is that I have to deal with it at all. The command just fails and leaves you to google the solution. That’s annoying and unnecessary.

            I know now that Manjaro isn’t the OS for me if I’m not willing to do that.

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            If you like to tinker but still have some consistency, I’d suggest gentoo. It’s been really solid for the last 16 years for me.

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          I don’t want the easy life, if I wanted the easy life I would have bought a macbook for programming and kept Windows with default settings for gaming.

          Besides, Kubuntu was my first AND third distro.

          … and I have no self respect whatsoever. Nor pride.

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        i just updated jdk-openjdk by it self then did the system update and it worked (endevaros/i3)

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      Same - it is probably why I will change soon. Manjaro has been a bit too flaky I think. Still nice, but annoying with things like this.

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        Join us in glorious GarudaLinux land. I swear they don’t pay me to shill this distro every other day.