• steeznson@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    You should try gentoo as a therapy replacement next. It’s basically the adult version of maintaining a long running Animal Crossing save.

    Every morning I wake up, grab a coffee and update my system @world. Almost every day it goes without a hitch and I watch the system evaluate and resolve any incongruities that might emerge from updates by itself. Other times I might need to make a intervention in the dependencies to guide it to a resolution; but it’s a small nudge in the right direction, like tweaking a miniature ship inside a bottle.

    This is partially tongue in cheek but I unironically get a lot of joy out of administrating my PC: Having it completely customized and working exactly like I need it to.

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        8 months ago

        Well, you do have to feed, er, update it at least every six months if you don’t want to be left with an unholy mess to clean up.

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          8 months ago

          I’d advise every week, within six months a lot has changed and you may end up with messed-up inconsistencies.

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            8 months ago

            Six months is the max that’s supposed to be supported. (Longest no-update period I’ve ever sorted out was twelve months. Possible, but time-consuming.)

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      8 months ago

      USE flags are so addictive…