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    [–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (18 children)

    But with Arch you have to pay attention whenever you update or else you brick your whole system. Ask me how I know.

    I've decided it's not worth my time trying to figure it out. I just use KDE Neon and press the "check for updates" button. Don't get me wrong - I know my way around a terminal - but honestly it's just not worth my time anymore. Just give me a thing that works without me needing to think about it.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    This. I still daily drive arch, and, even though I've rarely had any breaking updates, it's always feels like a gamble. Have to keep a mental note of which critical packages are being updated, just in case I have to rollback the package. Always carrying an install medium with an arch iso when taking my laptop out.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    How do you roll back packages? Do you use Timeshift or just using pacman?

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

    just pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/package-X.Y.Z.tar.xz or install the downgrade script for a better experience. not sure about timeshift, it sounds like a backup tool to me.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

    This is the Arch way, I feel. Timeshift though, if I'm not mistaken, is a system restore tool, which seems pretty useful though I've never used it myself.

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