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It's perhaps coincidental, but I don't remember ever having a trouble on an update that I couldn't find a quick fix for in the Archlinux homepage. In my opinio
by jolmg 7y ago
It's perhaps coincidental, but I don't remember ever having a trouble on an update that I couldn't find a quick fix for in the Archlinux homepage.
In my opinion, the reason why Archlinux can be so dependable is that packaging is based on really simple ideas, like not starting or stopping services on installation like Ubuntu would, and that most if not all system files belong to a package. The package manager can do a whole OS installation just by installing the basic packages on a directory different from /. The package format is also really simple. Getting into the guts of Archlinux packaging is really approachable and that makes me feel at ease for whatever trouble I may find myself in.