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    [–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 points 16 minutes ago

    I check all these boxes. This install is ancient now. I moved the disk into a new PC (Intel/nvidia to amd/amd) and it didn't even stutter.

    I had issues in the past, sure, but nothing really severe. Archlinux.org frontpage has information on breaking updates if need be.

    [–] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

    I live like this, it has been 10 years, no problem

    [–] deadset@leminal.space 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

    Same here, not sure what they on about.

    [–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 points 22 minutes ago

    I third this

    [–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

    I'm in this picture and I don't like it.

    [–] the_q@piefed.social 3 points 2 hours ago

    Old man meme. It's like saying "you need the command line for Linux!"

    [–] realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip 18 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

    Where are those people whose arch installs break after every second update? I don't think I had a single problem with arch that I wasn't responsible for. Hell, I had more problems with mint on my girlfriends PC than the arch machines that I'm running.

    [–] muhyb@programming.dev 1 points 4 hours ago

    If you don't count my 6 years with Manjarno, I've used Arch for ~7 years and only 3 times I had to fix something, 2 times because of Nvidia, once my fault. I had way more problems with Ubuntu in the past than Arch by the way. :)

    [–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

    This is still true but I find you are using bcachefs where every update is a death threat.

    [–] iltg@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 hours ago

    what's a snapshot, new kernel? lets roll!! almost 2k packages in

    never really broke my arch tbh, its been serving flawlessly for 7 years now. its a decently recent thinkpad tho so stuff tends to just work and i have no gpu to bother about

    [–] Pomal@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago

    Decade running arch on a laptop w encrypted drives, the only fails were from powerdevil.

    [–] esc@piefed.social 2 points 3 hours ago

    btrfs with pacman hook and i do backups semi reguralry (monthly + -)

    [–] mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

    to be honest that setup is faster to arch-chroot if things go wrong.

    [–] lemonhead2@lemmy.world 14 points 5 hours ago (6 children)

    there are two types of computer users

    1. those who make backup
    2. those who never had a hard disk crash
    [–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
    1. Everything is replaceable
    [–] Pika@hikki.team 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
    1. Assuming you do have a backup
    [–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

    I honestly can't think of a thing I'd want to backup. Game saves, resumes, media. Its all replaceable and not worth backing up. I dont think I have a single "important" document or picture or anything.

    [–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 points 15 minutes ago

    It's time saved rebuilding all of it

    [–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

    Or those who can fix it.

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    [–] xylogx@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

    Yeah but you do backups right? Right?

    [–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

    Nope. The stuff I need on my machine is all managed with git. I'd lose a few documents, but nothing I couldnt love without. Photos and important stuff are in a few different places, but not my main PC.

    [–] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

    I dont actually but I can reinstall the system easily, and the user data is mapped to my nas drive.

    Sure if I would delete all my files on the nas by mistake, I guess I lose them. But hasn't happened.

    Should actually back up my nas... Will get some external drive to do that I guess.

    [–] Revenstale@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

    I always back up anything that I feel is actually important, do people actually rely on the stability of their OS?

    Not that Arch has caused me any issues whatsoever so far, going on 2 years now while very much a Linux noob.

    [–] Denjin@feddit.uk 3 points 5 hours ago

    Just get your snapper to run before/after any update and if you bork something, roll back. Easy peasy

    [–] pewpew@feddit.it 7 points 7 hours ago

    I'm rawdogging my Debian Unstable install

    [–] megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 7 hours ago

    I will simply reinstall and forsake my files if it shits the bed catastrophically

    [–] wilmo@programming.dev 1 points 4 hours ago

    That's me right now. Just use deja dup on my home to my NAS.

    [–] FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 9 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

    Me with arch: what is timeshift? Time to updstr without backup, lol!

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