For me, it’s the combination of its American base, its lack of disk encryption in the installer, the fact that I’ve never managed to get a usable installation, and the fact that Mageia (another Mandriva derivative) and Salix (a Slackware-based distro with a similar UX) are objectively better.
If you are happy with PCLOS, however, godspeed.
I used to run it on my Raspberry Pi 5 without complaint.
Some stuff did take a while to compile, but the trick is to do other things — like make some tea, go for a walk, or watch TV — instead of staring at the terminal the whole time (I am 100% serious; this is not sarcasm).
Idk, autism?
I want to like NixOS. I love the idea of declarative system configuration, but I always found NixOS quite easy to break. It also didn’t seem to like Eduroam much.
Well, I began in 2019, but I distrohopped a lot.
Here’s mine:
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The beginning‽ They’ve been up to shit like this for years!
Crosscommented from https://lemmy.ca/comment/21177187
Real “Ministry of Love” shit right there.
Thanks!
The chances are low, yes, but the potential consequences could make life not worth living.
The classic analogy is the jar of 100 sweets. If I offered you a sweet from a jar of 100, and warned you that one of the sweets in the jar was laced with strychnine, would you take one?
Which ones?
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Even better!
Torrent is fully decentralised and therefore accessible in practically all jurisdictions, regardless of the server status.
In many cases, I have also found Torrents to be considerably faster than direct downloads — however, your mileage may vary.
GuixSD wasn’t an option on Tiermaker, but I have used it. I personally found it hardier than NixOS, but the libre-only package selection was quite restrictive and the lack of the non-free
iwlwifidriver prevented me from installing it on any of my boxes other than my 2007 MacBook. I know this is the point, but it’s still annoying.Like 9front and Haiku, I hope to daily-drive it someday; but at the moment it is sadly quite unsuitable for my hardware, workflow, and use-case.