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Updating Arch Linux after 1 year without updates



After 1 year of sitting dormant, I spin up a VM I created to test if Arch would survive the update process. Went better than expected.

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  1. Arch users often echo "works on my machine," but computers should facilitate, not hinder. Arch requires more maintenance than a heavily tweaked W10 IoT installation. Sure, call it a skill issue, but I don't want to spend 30 to 45 minutes every few days tweaking or updating on a weekly schedule when I just want my computer to function reliably. It's baffling how some defend this like a religion, much like the Rust evangelicals…

  2. That's why fedora is the genius but unloved middle child. It's more frequently updated then ubuntu, and easier to update than arch…. except when it isn't, but we don't talk about that. Also, RHEL8 is fucking amazing in terms of stability. Can't go wrong with it

  3. I update my arch packages every few months, never had any problems. Sometimes I just need to reinitiate the keyring or follow manual intervention instructions on the website.

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