cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17993021
I’m a big fan of debian. I’m also a big fan of golang. One of the sacrifices debian makes to be so stable is lagging behind a bit on software versions. Debian users generally understand this, and also understand that it’s a good idea not to mess with the system versions of software. Here I will demonstrate how I configure my system to use whichever version of go I wish without harming the overall system configuration.
Use distrobox
Nix > distrobox for this scenario
Unless you don’t want to use Nix
Rust can also be installed for the user only. Still, stable distros are a very strange concept.
Classic Linux problems, just use Windows.
just use Windows
Oh but when the Linux crowd does it it’s okay?
Yes. Because you’re talking in the Linux community :P