On: Valve Steam Deck

[desine]

If you're combining external packaging and debian packaging, or installing things manually, this is typical. Oftentimes if you're doing those, you'll have broken dependencies because Debian lags behind. I had issues keeping Blender and some other creative software up to date, because of this.

It works great if you mostly stick to official Debian packages through and through.

[wayneftw → desine]

Yeah, I almost always need something from an external repository with Debian based systems.

I need external repositories (albeit rarely) with Arch too though and that has never caused a problem.

[fomine3 → wayneftw]

I was same, but now in Docker era, I no longer need to install newer programs directly on base system OS.

[Wowfunhappy → wayneftw]

My solution on Debian has been to use Flatpak.

[sincerely → desine]

So Debian is fine if you want to use your desktop computer like an iPhone?

[desine → sincerely]

Or you can put in enough time and effort to actually read error messages and do a little work

If you want iPhone ease Linux use Ubuntu based distros. But traditionally Linux hadn’t been single click easy. Much like smartphones weren’t originally iPhone level easy.

Polite edit: if you’re a Linux noob start with a vm or live disk Ubuntu image and play around. If you like computers and understanding them, you’ll find the lessons you need as you need them by searching the web. Then you’ll install a bunch of distros and understand what I mean.