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> The situation is as unatenable long-term as it is on a regular distro. I may be misremembering, but isn't this pretty much the default user experience on rol
by rgoulter 4y ago
> The situation is as unatenable long-term as it is on a regular distro.
I may be misremembering, but isn't this pretty much the default user experience on rolling distributions like Arch Linux? -- You consult the wiki to see what changes you need to make are (or maybe see what breaks after an update), make the change, and get on with your desktop experience.
- tgv 4y agoIdk, but Arch Linux is a bad model, in my experience. I had inherited a system that ran Arch Linux, but hadn't been updated in a while. Imagine my surprise when I needed to update something, and couldn't. A part of the upgrade path (or whatever you want to call it) had been removed. So now I have an Arch Linux system that hasn't been updated for way too long, and we need to consider abandoning the product that runs on that machine, or invest in porting it to some modern environment. It's hidden behind a firewall with access for only 2 IP addresses, so it's unlikely to get hacked, but it's most undesirable. If you like that model, fine, but don't force it onto the whole world, unless you can commit more resources to it than to Arch Linux, and basically keep all upgrade paths alive forever.
- AshamedCaptain 4y agoThat is exactly my point.