Comment by behnamoh

3 days ago

> You know what software doesn't fill me with dread to update? FOSS.

As someone who's been burnt several times with CachyOS (Arch) updates, I don't think this is true.

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bhaak  3 days ago

Arch is bleeding edge. Breakage is expected there. It breaks so others can be stable.

Thank you for your service.

  • Gigachad  3 days ago

    So many Linux user problems are self inflicted. It’s almost a demonstration why proprietary platforms limit your options so much when users choose to shove a stick in their bike spokes and complain it let them do that.

  • unsungNovelty  3 days ago

    Arch is not "bleeding edge" . It's latest stable version of packages/software.

    • ludston  3 days ago

      The fact that Arch is bleeding edge has been an explicit part of the Arch philosophy for as long as I've been using it (for 20 years now). It breaks a lot less frequently than it used to.

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    • ragall  3 days ago

      Upstream developers declaring a release as "stable" isn't sufficient to make it so. Distros and users are the ones who decide what is stable and what isn't.

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  • LargoLasskhyfv  2 days ago

    Using Cachy since about two years now. Never had any stress with it. Maybe it's about the random combination of components, hardware, driver/firmware quality? If you've got a bad combo, it will always crap out at some point in time. But so do others, too. Just on different combinations.