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   Jimmy Logan to J.O. Aho   
   Re: OpenMandriva shits me to tears   
   02 Sep 25 07:10:59   
   
   From: punk.book8853@fastmail.com   
      
   On 2025-04-26, J.O. Aho  wrote:   
   > On 26/04/2025 11.16, Woozy Song wrote:   
   >> I liked it years ago, BUT. Upgrading it always seems to break something.   
   >> Version 6 came out, so I took a punt.   
   >> With the latest kernel, it goes into a boot loop. Try the second newest,   
   >> get blank screen. Going back, it only works with old kernel 5.16 and   
   >> furthermore only with lxdm display manager. With sddm, get streaks of   
   >> scrambled colour, maybe not setting graphics card properly. With gdm,   
   >> get a GUI greeter, but can't login - it says password is wrong.   
   >   
   > I do prefer a rolling distribution, tend to not get breaking changes   
   > once a year and for me at least never had issues with my 20 year old   
   > installation that is up to date.   
   >   
      
   Can I ask which rolling distro are you using ? 20 year is a lot!   
      
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