a big reason i use linux is because it gives me Control over the computer. no windows dark pattern spying shit. i can set up everything to look and function exactly how i want. but every couple months there's a package update that overrides or changes something so it no longer works how i configured it. they just reached in and broke something i worked hard on. and i have no choice in this, because you need to eventually update packages to install new ones. i don't really feel in Control at all
this thing happens really often, but the latest one that happened to me this week was with desktop icons. after an update, the selection rectangle around them looks weird and different, and the icons are the wrong size, they're clipped so you can't see the icon fully or read the label. haven't attempted to fix it, will probably take at least an hour. it makes me feel like the computer isn't really mine. it belongs to a bunch of nerds who keep making weird mistakes. a kind of clumsy nerd cabal
the problem isn't that updates can cause undesirable changes. that happens on every OS: windows has malevolent updates every day. the issue is that, due to the interdependent nature of software on a linux system, you are forced to update most things, most of the time, whether you like it or not, as a basic prerequisite of using the system at all. my opinion? about this design?? it's Bad! ! !
@mavica_again @jk I think you're describing NixOS but every time I try to learn about NixOS my brain dries up
@mavica_again Sounds good to me