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[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If you actually want to use your machine, keeping the machine from nuking itself shouldn't be a hobby on its own. I need a reliable platform to work on, not a minefield on a fault line.

[–] treadful 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Don't know what you've been using but I sure wouldn't describe Arch as any of that. Once things are setup, I've extremely rarely run into issues that I didn't cause myself.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"That I didn't cause myself" is basically self-gaslighting. Using a system in exactly the way it's supposed to be used shouldn't cause any issues. Regular updates shouldn't cause issues. Sure, it can happen, but it shouldn't be the norm.

[–] treadful 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Recognizing your own mistakes is self-gaslighting now? FFS. And making a mistake sure is not "using a system in exactly the way it's supposed to be used."

Sometimes we make mistakes, it's okay. If I wanted my OS to coddle me I wouldn't be using Linux.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Doing an update is not a mistake.

Again, this is exactly how the system is supposed to be used. You run whatever the update command is on your system occasionally. If that regularly breaks your system, the OS is not a stable platform. That might have its reasons, but it doesn't change the facts.

[–] treadful 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's not a fact that updates regularly break the system. I've been using Arch for like 20 years now and I can count the amount of times that's happened to me on one hand. I can do the same for CentOS and other distros as well.

It also wasn't what I was referring to when I said I broke my shit by a mistake so you're sticking words in my mouth.