Arch is not meant to be a daily driver if you’re expecting “shit just works” stability long term when you just blindly run updates. You have to understand what you’re updating and sometimes why.
It is targeted at the proficient GNU/Linux user, or anyone with a do-it-yourself attitude who is willing to read the documentation, and solve their own problems.
If you want to use Arch, you need to invest in snapshots using rsync or dd. Given how it’s a rolling release, you should do this weekly. If something fucks up, grab all your logs and put them somewhere safe. Roll back and look at your logs to see what broke. Then apply updates as needed. You can ignore packages for quite a while. If you’re not smart enough to understand it now, you may in the future. It takes time and practice.
Debian based is only “out of date” feature wise because they do a package freeze. They ensure stability before release. Updates are largely security related.
To be fair if you set it up properly, you don’t install a ton of stuff from the aur, and you stick to a major desktop like kde or gnome it’s stable to the point of being boring.
I’ve recently switched to hyprland from kde just to have something to mess with or tweak when I feel like it. Sometimes they change the config file for hyprland and I have to fix it but I like it none the less. I used kde for a couple years with zero issues and only just switched desktops using the zx backdoor as an excuse to while my system.
This is coming from an individual that hasn’t had an opportunity to switch from an Nvidia card yet.
Arch is not meant to be a daily driver if you’re expecting “shit just works” stability long term when you just blindly run updates. You have to understand what you’re updating and sometimes why.
If you want to use Arch, you need to invest in snapshots using
rsyncordd. Given how it’s a rolling release, you should do this weekly. If something fucks up, grab all your logs and put them somewhere safe. Roll back and look at your logs to see what broke. Then apply updates as needed. You can ignore packages for quite a while. If you’re not smart enough to understand it now, you may in the future. It takes time and practice.Debian based is only “out of date” feature wise because they do a package freeze. They ensure stability before release. Updates are largely security related.
To be fair if you set it up properly, you don’t install a ton of stuff from the aur, and you stick to a major desktop like kde or gnome it’s stable to the point of being boring.
I’ve recently switched to hyprland from kde just to have something to mess with or tweak when I feel like it. Sometimes they change the config file for hyprland and I have to fix it but I like it none the less. I used kde for a couple years with zero issues and only just switched desktops using the zx backdoor as an excuse to while my system.
This is coming from an individual that hasn’t had an opportunity to switch from an Nvidia card yet.