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submitted 1 month ago by Bunny19@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

so a common claim I see made is that arch is up to date than Debian but harder to maintain and easier to break. Is there a good sort of middle ground distro between the reliability of Debian and the up-to-date packages of arch?

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[-] PushButton@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

That's Void Linux, exactly how I would describe Void...

[-] Uebercomplicated@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

My thoughts exactly. It may take more time to set up (I, for example, never got my laptop speakers working when I installed it there), and it may not have as much hardware support (a shitty old HP pre-built was giving me ACPI errors and refusing to boot; and yes, I had updated the BIOS), but update-wise, it's super stable, but also quite up-to-date. It's not crazy (kernel updates take some time occasionally), but it's a great experience, and the inclusion of runit is fantastic. Hearty recommendation.

[-] PushButton@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

You might want to check if your drivers are in the nonfree repo for your speakers/ACPI...

My laptop need those for, let me check... the sound and the ACPI :D

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