Dotfiles in git my dude
this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2026
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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.
I live like this, it has been 10 years, no problem
Same here, not sure what they on about.
I third this
I'm in this picture and I don't like it.
Old man meme. It's like saying "you need the command line for Linux!"
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.
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. :)
There's the argument to be made that all three were your fault, since you decided to use nvidia on Linux.
Hyuk hyuk hyuk.
This is still true but I find you are using bcachefs where every update is a death threat.
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
Decade running arch on a laptop w encrypted drives, the only fails were from powerdevil.
btrfs with pacman hook and i do backups semi reguralry (monthly + -)
to be honest that setup is faster to arch-chroot if things go wrong.
there are two types of computer users
- those who make backup
- those who never had a hard disk crash
- Everything is replaceable
- Assuming you do have a backup
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.
It's time saved rebuilding all of it
Or those who can fix it.
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Yeah but you do backups right? Right?
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.
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.
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.
Just get your snapper to run before/after any update and if you bork something, roll back. Easy peasy
I'm rawdogging my Debian Unstable install
I will simply reinstall and forsake my files if it shits the bed catastrophically
That's me right now. Just use deja dup on my home to my NAS.
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