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There are still distros without it, I may have to go to one, since I already jumped Win10 to Cachy for the BS MS is pulling. I was going to go systemd-free but Cachy "just worked" compared to the others in terms of setup. So I stuck with it.
I wish Lennart would just stop already.
1. There are actually TWO GUI package installers in Cachy. a. Cachy Package Manager (the one that you get from Hello) b. Octopi (as shown from their install instructions at their wiki, pasted below).
https://wiki.cachyos.org/configuration/post_install_setup/
"Octopi is a graphical package manager for Arch-based distributions that provides a convenient way to manage packages and updates. To update your system with Octopi, follow these steps:
Launch Octopi from the application menu.
In the main window, click on the Check updates button (Top left), now next to it System upgrade.
Octopi will now check for available updates and prompt you to either install them on Octopi itself or in a terminal.
To proceed with the update, click the Apply button.
Octopi will download and install the updates.
It is advised to reboot your computer after a big update (especially if the kernel got an update)."pacman is the core arch repo installer tool (think apt or rpm). Only for the official repos (IIRC).
For AUR* you need something like yay or paru. * Arch User Repository, for applications not in the default repo's contributed by end users, but require a bit more attention since anyone can add an AUR build script.
paru $PKG_NAME will give you a list of all possible packages relating to that, and usually the first one you want is the one at the top of the list. It tells you what repo it's coming from, (cachy, extra, base/arch, aur (non-official builds by user contributions).
Can you at least try to put forth an effort? You're looking at all the wrong places (going to jetbrains instead of Cachy's repos... just use the repos)
This is the laziest attempt at "I know what I"m doing and I don't need to try and therefore it sucks and isn't ready" If you bothered reading the install instructions and following along it's not that bad.
I could use your logic against Apple since I'm not familiar with their software, and it doesn't operate the same way as Windows. But I don't blame MacOS for not operating the way Windows does. If you want a Linux that's more like Windows, then use Mint or Fedora or Ubuntu or something.
I fail to see how any of these are "failing to get it right" and not understanding you just want to use Windows and what you're used to and grew up thinking "this is how it should be" ignoring the fact that it's that way because you were exposed X number of years to it.
Do I think Linux is perfect? No of course not, nothing is, no operating system is.
Maybe it's not for you, but to say "it's not ready" is a bit of a joke when you've taken two very specialist distros and use it to act as if it's a Linux issue.
It seems you want convenience, but when you get it you complain about "indian spyware"
First - Convenience is the Enemy. If all you want is convenience enjoy the "indian windows spyware". Frankly, just use a distro that isn't as specialist/geek/game heavy Try Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, Debian or whatever.
Second - Knock it off with that "indian" bullshit. Sorry I know I'm supposed to be positive and not pick fights here, but I'm not the one whose making racist insults/implications here.
The "UX" issue seems to be more PEBKAC than actual issues of the software.
Sorry but this is just FUD with someone who wants the easy way forward instead of adapting to a new system/paradigm and learning how the system works. There is nothing wrong with that, but don't blame Linux for your inability to read and follow directions and not have everything handed to you on a platter (frankly - there is SO much more and better documentation on Arch wiki about Linux (across all platforms) compared to trying to solve Windows issues and get support on that from a million other forums with "Microsoft Ambassadors" or whatever giving you the most basic useless info.
I laugh because if this guy had any foresight, he wouldn't have to beg users to love AI, it would sell itself.
Publius is calling and would like to speak to the manager.
I'm honestly worried about the forces pushing systemd in Linux spoiling the BSD ecosystem. And I'm worried that the BSDs do not have enough people to forge alternatives and will have to go along with the systemdification of everything. sigh
*Note, I ended up on Cachy, which is systemd, so I'm not some pure virtue signaler. I'm a dirty hypocrite :P
Looking at the examples in the comment above, I really hope it's not that bad.
It's like the stupid "ROFL"/CLOWN by political fighters, and the (handclap) 500 times in a row, like. Or the ROFL by people who are trying to make their shit seem "funnier" than it every could be and only makes it more obnoxious.
There's a difference between "making a powerpoint at a conference and using emojis as bullet points" and throwing emojis every other word to be cute and getting papers published, or medical records with that.
You will own nothing and be happy.
But Annies wins the flavor contest (at least with the cheese sauce pouch, not the Kraft dust kind)...
So I think a good renaming is in order: Disruption of Government Efficiency
Slows it down to give them time to catch up, especially in this new tech era.
I read Wired in the 90s, I remember the Libertarian Logic.
The best part is "Oh gee, we might doom society, we should think about these things... hmm. OK, guys, let's keep building it."
Fuck it, let's straight up Stalin it, not just remove restrictions but FORCE these fuckers into slave camps building it all out, industrializing (Siliconizing? LLM-izing?) the future landscape.
We've already bent our "conservative principles" in the name of corporate expediency and fascistic tendencies (who doesn't love a little "public/private" co-operation).
The worst part is, most of these people have no principle and are merely opportunistic rent seekers bent on bending the rules for me, not for thee.
And I think it relates to the idea in the Declaration of Independence where it says "people are disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable".
A generation experiences pain (like Cuyahoga, the river-on-fire), acid rain, ozone holes, etc... Struggle happens politically solutions help resolve some of the worst effects (if not outright), and people forget there was a problem.
"Why do we have these laws, this isn't even an issue" (this is for things that are obvious, not long term difficult to explain CO2 rise that people don't see easily (or explain away with industry provided excuses).
So we get a new generation falling for the corporate line because they don't see a problem, and ... yeah.
It doesn't even have to be a "solved" problem, just that it appears to be solved or mostly solved. Or people accept a new equilibrium, which is also the sad part.
Here's the link to the current version for modern systems: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/
I thought : If only the CEO would dogfood this instead of farming it out to their lackeys/gofers/personal assistants, etc...
Instead these poor people deal with stuff like that (if they're doing online shit).
"Privatize the profit, socialize the (pain in the ass enshittification, or whatever)."
The AI guaranteed I will never touch MS again, and recently switched when it did expire.
"No ethical consumption" under capitalism or whatever; every tech company has their finger in the pie. sigh
I'm slightly worried about the Linux Kernel and whether AI features pushed by NVidia, and MS in particular, will get brought in.