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    Mint is for older laptops, "based on Ubuntu" (lemmy.world)
    submitted 2 days ago by CarlLandry357@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    I think I should just choose Arch.

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    [–] megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

    Bazzite is an immutable distro, which is great for something like a console or a hand held, where it’s only really supposed to do one thing, but not really advisable for a daily driver system. it’s not unreasonable that someone might want to change some core element of their system, and an immutable distro makes that super difficult to do.

    The newer packages come from it using DNF package manager via being based on fedora. So if the issue is old packages then Fedora or something Arch based would probably a better suggestion then bazzite which is for a very specific use case. But realistically, outdated packages is not usually due to using the APT package manager, usually it comes from getting an unofficial package that isn’t being maintained well, usually from a “software store” or “software center” that allows unofficial packages to be listed. Flat pack (what bazzite defaults to using in its software store I think) has less of this issue, but there are plenty of poorly maintained flat packs out there that will cause this issue as well. Out dated packages are just the risk of relying on an GUI program for interacting with the package manager at the moment.

    [–] dreamy@quokk.au 3 points 14 hours ago

    You still need to enable third-party repositories like RPMFusion on Fedora for a lot of packages, which may annoy the average beginner. Immutability is really not an issue for most use cases, and if it is then Nobara also exists.

    But realistically, outdated packages is not usually due to using the APT package manager

    No outdated package is the fault of the package manager. The software in Mint's (and also Debian's) apt repositories are just old because they are long-term support distros.