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.

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This is why I keep my Fedora install one version behind. Gives them time to work out bugs, RPM Fusion (which I use for hardware-accelerated Mesa) repos are current, and Gnome extensions are less-likely to break.
Apr 19, 2023 at 1:38pmWeb