[10:38] <Mamarok> I don't understand why a standard user would need an LTS version, those are meant for multiple installations, or did I get that wrong? Because an update is so easy "update work" is certainly not a valid reason for a single user installation
[10:40] <Mekaneck> LTS isn't that special imho... it just longer supported. So if a standard users wants longer support than 9 months and don't want to upgrade every time, they go for a LTS.
[10:42] <Mamarok> still, why would you need longer support? in the fast world of Free Software development this seems illogical. Especially since an upgrade is so easy
[10:43] <Mamarok> easy and very fast, compared to the simple updates Windows does that immobilize you for an hour
[10:44] <Mekaneck> upgrades don't always go flawless for some peopel
[10:47] <Mamarok> why wouldn't they? the only reason I can imagine what prevents an easy update is bad bandwidth
[10:48] <Mamarok> I don't recall when an update went bad on my machines
[10:48] <Mamarok> I mean, there is a disroportionate amount of LTS users who wold be better off with a regular version
[10:48] <Mamarok> disproportionate*
[10:50] <Mekaneck> i've seen enough people reporting issues after upgrading from one release to another, missing icons or no icons at all, sound not working properly etc... als nVidia issues. So upgrades don't work flawless for everyone
[10:50] <Mekaneck> als/also
[10:51] <Mekaneck> there's so many different hardware out there
[10:52] <Mekaneck> if a upgrade works well on your or my machine it doesn't mean it works well on our neighbours machine :)
[10:53] <Mamarok> true, but guess why I avoid Nvidia GPUs :-)
[10:53] <Mamarok> its a shame that in 2021 there still no good drivers for Linux
[10:54] <Mamarok> there are*
[10:57] <Mamarok> as for the missing icons: there were a bunch of reports in the KDE forum about that, all of them had no problems with a new user. Most had 3rd-party themes installed and so many modifications from the vanilla version it was hard to blame on any distro
[10:59] <Mamarok> I understand you play around with modifications when you are new to it, but at some point you just go vanilla as it causes so much less trouble
[13:45] <BluesKaj> Hi all
[17:08] <Mamarok> I don't think I want to help that person...
[17:10] <RikMills> nope. they seem determined to make a drama of a simple issue
[17:11] <RikMills> well. not that simple, but not one that is hard either
[17:12] <Mamarok> no, really not, but hey, it's all our fault if he is an idiot who doesn't even want to read instructins
[17:12] <Mamarok> instructions*
[17:13]  * RikMills goes to find a nice bottle of beer ;)
[18:18]  * Mekaneck hands RikMills a nice cold bottle of beer