Nick @ The Linux ExperimentApr 19, 2023

I upgraded my main laptop to #Fedora 38. One click in the Software Center, it downloaded everything in about 5 minutes, and the upgrade itself took around the same amount of time. Everything works after rebooting, except the Quick Settings Tweaker and Dark mode switcher extensions, which are not crucial, so I’d say it was pretty damn smooth! I’m always amazed at how simple our desktops have become these days…

Will upgrade the desktop today as well!

Show threadNick @ The Linux ExperimentApr 19, 2023
Spoke too soon, Resolve doesn’t run, it throws a symbol lookup error linked to libpango. So I won’t be upgrading the desktop just yet, I guess!
Show threadNick @ The Linux ExperimentApr 19, 2023

Also, this is why I can’t wait for deb, rpm, .run or .bin formats to die, at least for applications. If Resolve was a Flatpak, a Snap or an Appimage, it would have had no issues surviving the upgrade. It would have come with the versions it needs. It would install and run on any distro without additional packages to install manually.

App Developers: use these new formats, you’ll do yourself, and your users a favor.

Show threadJoshixApr 19, 2023
@thelinuxEXP I don't want to have multiple copies of all the libraries the apps on my system use
Show threadNick @ The Linux ExperimentApr 19, 2023
@joshix I much prefer using multiple copies and losing about 1Gig of space in total than having to check each program I use after each distro upgrade ;)
Show threadRicardoApr 19, 2023
@thelinuxEXP @joshix another option is to change distribution! I've been using openSUSE since forever and never had package problems!
Show threadlele (Zieht um)
@RGBes @thelinuxEXP @joshix never tried SUSE, but a friend told my their pc at home ran i for quite some time and now she's kinda traumatized by Linux overall 🥴
Apr 19, 2023 at 1:34pmWeb