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dataprolet ,
@dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Correlation vs. causality!?

Amphobet ,
@Amphobet@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Let’s go Pop!_OS! We’re #2! We’re #2!

ryannathans ,

Coming for #1 baby

nossaquesapao ,

That will happen after the stable release of cosmic de

simpleguy ,
@simpleguy@cuddly.space avatar

@superkret But where is nixos?

filister ,

Under 6 😜

simpleguy ,
@simpleguy@cuddly.space avatar

@filister Above 7.5 and in right side of graph (not in picture) 😅😂

narc0tic_bird ,

This is one of those correlation != causation things, hm?

It might be more a case of the “average” Arch user being more sensitive to small quirks/bugs or certain defaults. Arch is at least comparatively unbiased, which might be why these users pick Arch in the first place.

I would personally agree with where Arch is because I prefer a distribution that mostly works out of the box and already made a lot of the decisions for me that I don’t want to be bothered with. I do still customize quite a few elements to my (sometimes very specific) liking, but I also like that I don’t have to do anything when it comes to configuring my disk layout, or configuring zram, or install and configure fwupd or other packages that kind of just make sense to have.

But I don’t really see why Arch users can’t be as happy with their choice as I am with mine, unless the only reason they “use Arch btw” is that they think that’s unironically something to brag about (or peer pressure, but that shouldn’t be a thing I hope).

superkret OP , (edited )

This is just fun with statistics. I don’t think your Linux distro has a big impact on your overall happiness in life, but of course you can order the results by any parameter you like.
Often, it’s a third factor that influences both, in this case probably age, which influences happiness and distro choice.
Or maybe having the time and inclination to install Arch correlates with being in a bad place in your life right now.
I know I was tinkering with Linux all day when I was procrastinating and locked away in my room for days.

TimeSquirrel ,
@TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org avatar

in this case probably age

Arch: for the young'uns with some fire left in them that just discovered open source and want to stick it to M$ and show off in front of friends.

Debian: When those people grow up and start having to do actual work on their computers...

I went through that cycle over the last 25 years. Thought I was hot shit running Slackware on a ThinkPad 380 when all my friends were on Windows 98. Then I got better things to do than running configure scripts all day and tweaking the UI yet again.

Bitrot ,
@Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I installed Gentoo on an already ancient IBM Thinkpad with a Pentium 100. It had to use Debian boot floppies to kick off the installation process.

I don’t think I’d do that today.

superkret OP ,

I run Slackware because I got better things to do than configure my system.
The installation was a bit more involved than Debian cause you have to set up grub and install flatpak yourself, but then it just sits there, works and never really changes, which is nice.
It’s designed to not surprise you and let you do with it whatever you want, including nothing.

GolfNovemberUniform ,
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Even though most people don’t agree with the stats, I think it makes sense because Arch users are never satisfied with their setup. It could cause many of them to choose an average number.

MajorHavoc ,

The real data point here is that Skackware users are happy.

I suspect it’s because they’ve mastered the art of not giving a fuck.

superkret OP ,

Yeah, that’s pretty spot on.

Engywuck ,

That’s why I use Arch but avoid Firefox. Balance is the key.

FatLegTed ,
@FatLegTed@piefed.social avatar

What would you recommend instead of Firefox?

Engywuck ,

I’m done recommending stuff, because my use case is not necessarily your use case. I can only tell you that Brave is the sweet spot for me, at the moment.

FatLegTed ,
@FatLegTed@piefed.social avatar

I get what you mean, we all have different requirements, didn't expect Brave, though. It's getting a lot of flak lately.

Thanks anyway; -)

TheGrandNagus ,

I’m immensely sceptical of anything that comes from Lunduke.

I don’t really know what happened to him but he went kinda nuts.

pH3ra ,
@pH3ra@lemmy.ml avatar

Yeah, he was already on a weird path but after Covid he went down really hard.
I hope he will seek help and get better

SexualPolytope ,
@SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Nicco Loves Linux made a pretty interesting video on him a month-ish ago. You might enjoy it if you’ve known Lunduke since when he was still nice.

Edit: Link to the video

TheGrandNagus ,

This seemed interesting to me, so I prepared a cup of tea, sat down to watch, then quickly realised I’ve already seen this before, oops 😅

Thanks for the link regardless, I’m sure others are seeing it for the first time

apotheotic ,

I guess the nixos users were all too busy asking everyone if they’ve heard of nixos to answer the survey?

BTW have you heard of nixos?

Blaster_M ,

Looks like I need to consider flipping back to Debian again… it’s always beeen a Stable relationship…

TheBigBrother ,

Happily using Pop! OS, cheers!!

Technotica ,
@Technotica@lemmy.world avatar

I use Arch! How dare you say that I am unhappy? I am frothing at my mouth! I am totally happy, can’t you see that? CAN’T YOU SEE THAT???

Rozauhtuno ,
@Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

lunduke

Oh. bye 👋

traches ,

Bryan „trans people choosing pronouns is like the Picard 4 lights torture scene” Lunduke

vintageballs ,

I’m ootl I think, what did he do?

SexualPolytope ,
@SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Take a look at this.

Floshie ,

I knew it I should’ve chosen Gentoo instead of arch

Dirk ,
@Dirk@lemmy.ml avatar

I wonder if Arch makes people unhappy or if unhappy people chose Arch.

superkret OP ,

Looking at the distro/happiness graph, it’s probably an age thing.
Younger computer users are less happy.

moonlight ,

Probably the latter. I've been a two or three on the scale since before I used Arch or Firefox.

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