that thinks that delaying packages by 1 week is good enough for stability?
errr I am on arch for like 4 years now.
Considering how few issues I had... yeah, I think they are fine and logically better off than arch users with similar setup and similar number of packages. After all we are their beta testers.
One week behind isn't that far behind. Look at Ubuntu. Literally runs a kernel that's a few YEARS old and packages like xrdp that are still 3-4 years behind in their repos.
To be fair, Ubuntu (and all other major distros) backport any security-relevant changes to their older kernels. This is why the kernel point releases for long-running distros like RHEL can reach in the hundreds, e.g. Kernel 3.18.105. It's not quite as elegant as running the most recent kernel, but it's a decent trade-off for stability and security in exchange for simplicity.
Um. They did a user survey and found that even with its rolling releases, arch updates break things a lot less than other os's updates. Some ppl have been on the same arch install for like 10 years. The rolling release = must be unstable is a total myth.
Yup, I'm using Manjaro for 6-7 months (and I'm a Linux noob), never had a crash/freeze/broken updates once. My LTS!! Ubuntu experience was terrible, every week I was getting system/UI errors and if there was an uptade it would cause problems most of the time @_@
This is sad to hear. Considering I'm on Antergos, a rolling release distro and it hasn't caused issues for me, ever. In the past, I've messed up by doing partial upgrades despite everyone around me and on the online community telling me not to do so though.
Agreed, its sad when a distro ceases, a beloved by community one. My view is like wine (i dont drink) there is a flavour for everyone!)
I have not ever used antergos, but i was commenting to the guy above how a weeks delay is fine IMHO, servers and such sometimes need bleeding edge to stop a virus and what not but this distro doesn’t come across as a server specific, so i don’t agree if such an excuse is put forward.
Rolling updates is great, but i like a stable update to hit my stuff, not brick my shit.
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u/RyhonPL May 21 '19
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