Normally I always forget why I still keep thinking about switching back to Windows. Today was a great reminder. Linux can be frustrating. This post is somewhat about awareness and partly about me learning about other peoples experiences. I updated my CachyOS as usual. There were some system packages upgraded and I got the notification to reboot. Figuring I’d do it later I left after some time and the PC went to sleep. Upon returning the screen stayed black. Even upon forced reboot. Remembering I was using Limine with BTRFS snapshots I tried multiple previous snapshots but to no avail. I remember this happened before. So now I face another reinstall… This and having to dive into the deep end of terminal commands to get drivers, programs or games working can be quite frustrating. I understand why people are turned off and go back to Windows…
Onto NixOS for me. A big dive but it seems very stable which might be just what i need. I feel like the philosophy of NixOS combined with a graphical store to install programs and what not seems like a great solution.
What would your ultimate distro be like?
I mean, the ease of use is to be able to choose to reboot IMO. As you say: there is no drawback, just fukken reboot if you don’t have to keep running.
I have to keep my machines running, so you do you, I do I, but if you want to force me to reboot we gonna have issues agreeing mate.
Edit: also, i think linux is not for everyone, i agree that removing choice to allow for braindead usage is a viable policy in other OSs, so putting off people is a feature, not a bug IMO