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[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 46 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I haven't updated my Manjaro install for past 2 months. Things are going to be crazy.

[–] prunerye@slrpnk.net 37 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I haven't updated my Arch install for almost 2 months. Things are going to be... seemless, probably. I do this all the time. It never breaks.

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

The worst I did, a computer without turning it on and not being updated for 2 years. Long long ago. I think I even got a huge change, don't remember if it was a big kernel version or the change to systemd. It basically just worked and there was a single thing I had to do that was in the news page.

Arch works fine for those who know how to read.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 months ago

I just updated. No issues this time. I just had to re-compile dump1090 and WSJT-X, but that's expected. Dependencies.

[–] nexussapphire@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Last bug I had was a power management daemon bug in kde and it was fixed the next day. It was also a desktop so only brightness control was broken (whoop-de-do My brightness didn't work on a desktop).

Not to bad after 6 months from when I first switched from Windows.

[–] richardisaguy@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I haven't updated my manjaro install for 35 seconds. Things are going to be crazy.

./s

[–] poinck@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago

I haven't updated my Gebtoo install for past 6 months. Things are going to take a bit longer then usual.

But since there are binaries available now, it may go faster.

[–] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's crazy hearing all the Windows hate but then hearing this.

This is why I prefer friendly and stable distros, I don't have time to fix Linux every month.

[–] brotundspiele@feddit.de 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I‘m having (minor) trouble with updating my machine about every year or two. That’s exactly the same experience I had with Ubuntu, when installing a major upgrade every 1-2 years. The only difference is, that with Ubuntu I had 20 broken packages and no clue what to do. Now I have trouble with one or two packages and the solution can be found right on the homepage of my Distro.

The only thing that breaks my workflow with every update is Gnome. But there’s a simple solution for that: Don’t use Gnome.

I use Arch by the way.

[–] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

I do have time to fix Linux every 2 years

[–] olutukko@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's how I broke my manjaro on 2 PCs at once :D now I'm going to update my fedora for the first time in like 3 months and see what happens

[–] deliriousn0mad@feddit.it 5 points 7 months ago

I broke it the same way years ago! And now I haven't updated openSUSE Tumbleweed in 4 months and I know I won't have any issues when I do, there's no rush!

[–] NOPper@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I keep meaning to set up timemachine but just roll the dice every few weeks. I think it bit me once and it was only for the weirdo wifi driver I needed and installed the lazy way.

The blog is probably smart to check if you see anything weird in pamac but otherwise I've either been very lucky or things have been pretty stable.