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Just for the record, Synaptic does work in wayland via xwayland. You need to do xhost + which is a bit shit, but it does work. I believe Ubuntu was working with Gnome to automate this sort of thing, for the gnome users.
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Originally posted by GdeR View Post
I'm even surprised it made it in Buster eventually, just before the final freeze. The original plan was to drop it entirely exactly because it wasn't going to work on Wayland. Many Xorg aficionados didn't quite appreciate that though, so it was just kept as it was. I personally can't remind any such exception for any other software on Debian, but I do understand Synaptic has been around for so long, and users got so used to it, it wouldn't have been nice to kill it without any real replacement ready.
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Originally posted by debiangamer View PostFor example, the Xfce desktop is old and buggy in Debian stable and that is a big problem. Xfce 4.12 spams errors to the .xsession-errors file and wears your solid state drive.
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Originally posted by armetuz View PostWhy does anybody need an old-style distros like Debian when there are really good rolling distros like Arch Linux?
We come to Arch because of the Wiki. We stay because of makepkg and the AUR.
What does that really say and mean?
We needs lotsa helps. Oooh, and I can has Shiny Things really ez.
I don't agree with these Debian Sid posts. In my experiences, it's just as likely as Arch to break upon update. Live on the edge and you might fall...that's just common sense there.
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Originally posted by debiangamer View Post
For example, the Xfce desktop is old and buggy in Debian stable and that is a big problem. Xfce 4.12 spams errors to the .xsession-errors file and wears your solid state drive.
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Guest repliedOriginally posted by armetuz View PostWhy does anybody need an old-style distros like Debian when there are really good rolling distros like Arch Linux?
Majority of users just need a working tool which provides needed functionality. Upgrading comes with time cost, and risks of breakage. But, upgrading doesn't always provide any benefit. So, rolling release is an extra cost, which doesn't provide any benefit.
Exception is gaming, where having the latest GPU drivers usually helps a lot with performance. But, gamers aren't a majority.
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Originally posted by pmorph View PostRight, but release cycle of debian stable is still quick enough to avoid that becoming a real problem.
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Originally posted by debiangamer View Post
This way you lost support for your hardware and software and bisecting a problem comes harder. Nobody has the resources to test code with every possible hardware/software combination.
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Originally posted by pmorph View Post\o
Once I have everything set up the way I want, "new stuff" coming in would likely be just a distraction. .
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Once I have everything set up the way I want, "new stuff" coming in would likely be just a distraction. It's of course a different situation if you want to be the first to try out all new trends and developments in linux world, I don't have much interest in that.
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