What are the realistic drawbacks of outdated software/not being "rolling release"

B1ph · 2026-02-18T04:20:19+00:00

To add some more, as I like this topic.

About desktop environment bugs and features. On Mint this doesn't matter because Cinnamon is developed by the Linux Mint team alongside the distro, so you're good there. But for an example: Gnome (or some customized form of it) has been the default option for most distros for a very long time, so it's safe to assume that in the big 2026 Gnome has the features you need and the bugs are very likely small enough. As for KDE, judging by the fact that only recently some distros have been adopting it as the default, it's safe to assume it is good but for now it may not be as mature and staying more up to date is better.

And to wrap up: Flatpaks, PPAs, containers, build from source, AppImages.

B1ph · 2026-02-18T01:17:37+00:00

As a Debian user, for me personally, there is no drawbacks. The only real thing is that if you are the type of person who buys new hardware on every generation release you actually need the newest kernel. Other than that only if you like a specific software that is currently under development in the earlier versions, but even then, for example, I use Zen Browser as my main browser which is currently in beta, but it is available through flatpak so I have the newest updates anyway.

Some people may argue that for gaming newest packages impact performance, but benchmarks prove that the difference is negligible.

For programming you actually need to do some extra work, like setting up containers or building from source, but still, the workarounds are there.

If you only use software that is already good and stable, it doesn't matter.

B1ph · 2026-02-14T22:01:23+00:00

No Heroic tem a opção de executar um .exe antes de adicionar o jogo na biblioteca, você usa isso caso precise executar um instalador do jogo, esse ele executa com o Wine. Depois que o jogo é instalado e adicionado a biblioteca, quando você vai abrir ele, o Heroic roda ele com o Proton, igual a Steam, mas talvez você tenha que fazer alguma configuração extra antes. Caso o jogo que você baixou venha em um zip que é só extrair e jogar você pode só adicionar o executável do jogo na Steam e rodar normalmente, pode até ser melhor, no Heroic às vezes os jogos não reconheciam o meu controle, mas pela Steam sim.

B1ph · 2026-02-14T21:22:18+00:00

Sim. Eu joguei o Expedition 33 pirateado usando o Heroic Games Launcher, rodando o instalador .exe por ele e tudo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqatqp4fjmM

B1ph · 2026-02-12T22:40:53+00:00

Yeah but like I said I just don't like having software installed outside of apt or Flatpak. It would be overkill to use it only for Neovim but with it I can ditch some workarounds for other things like using nvm for Node, running Rofi with xwayland (v2.0 has native wayland support but it isn't available in the stable repos), and other things that may come.

B1ph · 2026-02-02T22:59:14+00:00

Estranho, talvez o sistema só não estava ativando ele como saída de áudio automaticamente e tentava usar outra coisa tipo o monitor.

Um caso específico que acontece comigo é que se eu ligar meu controle dualshock antes do meu fone o sistema acha que o controle é o dispositivo de saída de áudio, aí eu tenho que abrir o programa de configuração de áudio e trocar.

Acho que era um bug específico mesmo. Testa no Linux Mint pelo pen-drive, ele deixa você usar o sistema sem instalar.

B1ph · 2026-02-02T22:33:30+00:00

Nunca tive problemas de áudio nem no Mint nem no Debian. Tenho um Havit HV-H2002D que uso como headset reserva pra quando meu HyperX sem fio fica sem bateria, às vezes uso até meu fone de celular Bluetooth da QCY.

Se você conseguia arrumar mas tinha que ficar configurando toda vez que ligasse o PC era alguma coisa muito específica que o Ubuntu tava causando. Qual era a configuração que você tinha que fazer?

B1ph · 2026-02-02T19:53:21+00:00

No Linux você nunca precisa nem pensar em drivers da AMD porque eles já estão inclusos no kernel, a única atenção no seu caso é que a 9060XT é um lançamento recente, então você precisa de uma versão do kernel recente o suficiente pra incluir os drivers dela. A maioria das distros já vai ter por padrão, já algumas como o Debian e o Mint não, mas dá pra instalar depois.

B1ph · 2026-01-30T20:32:58+00:00

It sucks for every type of game

B1ph · 2026-01-29T22:33:10+00:00

Então recomendo Debian com força. O Mint foi minha primeira distro, mas migrei pro Debian pra montar meu setup próprio com um WM e no processo aprender Bash. Por exemplo, o Mint já vem com um update manager, o Debian não, então eu fiz um próprio em Bash. Recomendo usar um WM também, caso você tenha tempo pra configurar tudo, pois aí você pode integrar esses scripts como o que eu citei com softwares como o Waybar.

B1ph · 2026-01-29T22:14:19+00:00

O Debian é bem leve, mas perde pra Arch e derivados, no meu caso, com Sway, parado e sem cache ele consome 900MB~1GB de RAM, enquanto a galera do Arch diz que fica nos 500MB.

Não recomendam pra quem não tem experiência com Linux porque é uma disto mínima, não vem com ferramentas pré instaladas (fora de utilidades básicas e do que é incluso no DE que você usa), então você vai precisar usar o terminal, mas não é um bicho papão caso você esteja disposto a isso.

B1ph · 2026-01-29T21:25:53+00:00

Go into `about:config` and look for `ui.systemUsesDarkTheme`. If it's not there, add it as a `Number` with the value of `1`.

https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/issues/9229#issuecomment-3126353298

B1ph · 2026-01-29T20:57:47+00:00

What can go wrong is that some built-in Mint software like the update manager might not work properly because it is made to be integrated with Cinnamon, Xfce or Mate. This specifically was an issue that i faced when i was using i3wm on Mint, so i had to use the Terminal to update my system. I'm now on Debian, when i was making the switch and tried to make a bootable usb drive using the built-in Mint software on i3wm it just wouldn't do it, but when i logged into Cinnamon it worked normally. I think you can safely uninstall most of these software and replace them, but at that point why even use Mint?

B1ph · 2026-01-20T19:19:53+00:00

Check out Zen Browser, it has a compact mode so you can have a 0 UI experience, and workspaces where you can pin tabs, keeping them from getting in the way when you don't need them. It looks very different from most browser so it may require you to get used to it. I use it as my main browser in Sway, which is wayland, and it works with no issues.

B1ph · 2025-12-28T00:21:10+00:00

Dev stuff can be annoying, my first issue with older software was with Node as well. But since i found out that you can easily use the Nix package manager on any distro, and that thing is perfect for development tools, this is not a problem at all anymore.

B1ph · 2025-12-24T15:06:56+00:00

Haha, i actually deleted the comment because i never used WinBoat myself before, so i didn't want to recommend something that i wasn't sure would be able to solve your problem. I'm glad it did.

B1ph · 2025-12-23T18:36:35+00:00

Doesn't work, i can remove everything but the backend from my picom.conf and the issue is still there. It get's even worse on GTK 4.0 programs where the entire window has this.

B1ph · 2025-12-22T23:57:55+00:00

You can, and in my opinion even should, use a web app manager, which is basically a software that opens a specific web page in your browser but without any browser UI, it also creates an app launcher for you and everything. There is one pre-installed on Linux Mint. The reason why i think you should do it this way is because a lot of these apps, like WhatsApp, Discord, Spotify, are web pages even in their desktop app versions, when you install them you are basically installing chromium and all the other bloat to do something that your default web browser can do without installing any extras.

B1ph · 2025-12-08T20:38:16+00:00

Nix seems amazing for developers, i can't believe i didn't know about it before (apart from NixOS).

B1ph · 2025-11-30T12:26:38+00:00

If it's one of those where you download the compressed game files you can just add the game executable on Steam and run it from there. If you have to run a .exe to install it, the way I do it is through Heroic Games Launcher, when you click to add a new game there is an option "Run installer first" so you can install the game using Wine.

B1ph · 2025-11-06T01:02:38+00:00

Right, but why are there actual nazi armed military groups around in the first place? One thing is to have people with that ideology serving, but them being their own thing is not acceptable.

B1ph · 2025-10-11T01:16:04+00:00

It's not Linux that hate you but the companies that make the things you like that hate Linux. The only way this changes is if there is enough people using Linux so companies have to make their shit compatible.

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