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  • One word of advice–it can be smart to have the domain name with one provider, and the hosting with a different one.

    If OP is thinking of DDNS, he might be looking at hosting from home. If you're using a VPS, the IP generally doesn't change so DDNS isn't really required.

    I agree with your Namecheap recommendation though. I use it to access my docker containers that's running on a NAS box at home. My router runs the DDNS client and periodically notifies Namecheap whenever my home IP changes.

  • Personally, I think the idea that you can't ask the right questions because you haven't installed Arch manually is a silly notion that's borderline gatekeeping. It's why Arch users have the reputation that they do and why Arch itself has a reputation for being difficult even though it really isn't.

    Over the years, I've moved from Manjaro to Antergos to Endeavor, and then finally the official archinstall tool. I probably will never be arsed to install Arch by hand, but it doesn't mean that when something breaks I don't know how to consult the Arch Wiki and fix it myself.

    Do users of other distros not know how to ask the right questions? Are Arch users the only ones who know their system inside and out? I don't think so. Every person has their own threshold for how much investment they want to make into learning about their system, no matter the distro.

  • There are several programs (such as optimus-manager for nvidia and integrated video card laptops) which are pretty much only found on the AUR

    As a person who uses Davinci Resolve, I can safely say that the AUR version is probably the easiest way to get it on a non-CentOS/RHEL distro. The AUR is still one of the biggest draws to Arch for me.

  • What you hear is probably different from what it actually is like. There's a lot of Manjaro hate from people who've never actually used it as their daily driver and are just parroting what other people online are saying.

    I've used Manjaro for a year before eventually moving to Endeavour and then Arch. It's perfectly fine.

  • RPMfusion is a one time addition on system installation

    But one that you have to manage with every new Fedora version. I've always had issues with RPMFusion packages not being ready in time for new Fedora releases or flat out causing conflicts with packages from the main Fedora repos.

    the rest is available via Flathub, which is significantly better integrated in Fedora than Manjaro/Arch.

    That is just simply not true. As long as you have the flatpak package installed, it works just like it does on Fedora.

    I get the feeling that maybe you just haven't tried Arch in a while, but perhaps a lot has changed since the last time you used it.

  • No, I am asking the packages that you personally are missing. I don't think raw package counts are the way to determine whether one distro is offering more software than another. Arch frequently will bundle software in a bigger packages while other distros will split them up into sub-packages, artificially inflating the count.

    Tbh I've experienced the exact opposite of what you experienced, but it may just be down to our individual software needs. For example, Discord, Signal, and Yuzu are nowhere to be found in the Fedora repos, whereas they're available in the main Arch repos. Likewise, things like codec support often require RPMFusion, but in Arch it's just available right out of the gate.

  • I haven't played BG1 or BG2, but so far I haven't felt that BG3 requires prior knowledge in order to understand the story. As for DND knowledge, the only things I know about the game are from the bits and pieces that I glean from watching Critical Role. BG3 is doing a wonderful job filling in the missing pieces of knowledge with really handy tooltips and descriptions of how everything works. If anything, it's probably the most interesting primer to DND I've ever encountered.

  • Probably because rolling distros get updates for new hardware sooner. The Steam Deck was using a brand new AMD APU at the time so it probably benefited from being on the latest kernel and mesa.

    Arch really isn't that bad. I haven't had too many breakages, and when it does break, they're usually fixed super fast or they're easy enough to workaround, whereas I often have to wait weeks or months for bug fixes in more stable distros. Now, would I hand it to my grandma? Not unless I am the one doing the updates for her, but it isn't the ticking time-bomb that non-Arch users like to say it is.

  • Really? Which packages are you actually missing in Arch? I like Fedora and used it extensively in the past, but it has always devolved into a wild mess of COPR repos. I haven't had the same issue with Arch and I use the AUR very sparingly.

  • Well, I wouldn't be surprised if instead of going USB-C, they just went full wireless charging...because Apple can't be arsed to make their products integrate well with others and they'll find every conceivable way to avoid doing so.

  • I’m not aware of a brand new iPhone that costs $170

    Why would you be replacing the battery of a brand new iPhone? I am talking about the cost of an iPhone when its old enough that its battery is giving out. The value of that old iPhone is not as much as a brand new one. Deprecation is a thing. Spending $80 bucks on something that's currently worth $170 is just stupid. $80 bucks is easily in the price range that makes people consider whether it'd be better off for them to put that towards a new phone. It's a lot of money to sink into an old device that you know is already about to become obsolete.

  • If you think paying a third or even half of the current value of your phone to replace its battery is okay...well that's your loss I guess.

    You can't call a device sustainable when the cost to repair it is more than what most people are willing to pay.

  • Oh man, the controller support is so much better in the final release than in the Early Access. They even swap the entire interface to be more controller friendly. The amount of care Larian gave this game is frankly astonishing.

  • At least the boomerang curved into your palms. This literally curves away. The only part of your body that will be holding onto this "prototype" when you use its joysticks are the tips of your fingers.