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  • Not projecting, that is quite literally one of the features of a rolling release distro. I have used Arch and Antergos (rip) myself. If your reason for choosing Arch is that you get to pick and choose what you only want to install, then there are other non-rolling release distros that offer that too, and Arch isn’t any different from them from that perspective.

    And we’re also talking about stability which the original OP was talking about. If you want to set up your system with only the packages you need and only want to update it with the same cadence as a non-bleeding edge distro, then you’re better off with the latter because it’s the same thing with a lower risk of getting buggy packages.

    As for pacman, then yeah I can agree that it’s a good reason to use Arch simply because you like the package manager. But that’s not what we’re talking about here.


  • The whole point of a bleeding-edge and rolling-release distro is that you get the lastest packages available. If you wait longer for the buggy updates to get fixed, then it doesn’t make it any different from Mint and other stable distros. It might even be worse because even if you wait, every update would still include a package that may be buggy because of the nature of rolling releases.






  • I’m currently on my first month of IVPN and I’ve had a better experience with Netflix’s regional restrictions. With Mullvad, Netflix eventually is able to catch up when I switch locations, and they block the content I want to see. IVPN is able to evade that, at least for now based on my experience.

    EDIT: Never mind, I misread your comment and thought you were asking about evading streaming regional restrictions specifically. lol

    But yes, IVPN is a good alternative and recommended in privacyguides.






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    The reality is that most people can’t be bothered or do not have the resources to set up another device to stream content and just use their TV as a projection device. OP is sharing this for those people who still want to use the smart features on their TV but at the same time get back some of their privacy. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. OP is saying not everyone is like you who would choose to disconnect your TV completely and stream from your laptop instead.