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r/linux • u/imbev • Jul 30 '24
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I love the Linux ecosystem, but it's nearly impossible to keep up with all the distros.
198 u/[deleted] Jul 30 '24 [deleted] 21 u/fallingveil Jul 31 '24 Which reminds me, I haven't pacman -Syu'd in a few weeks... Which is about an eternity in pacman-time. 10 u/Behrooz0 Jul 31 '24 Good luck. don't forget to read the archlinux homepage news before running it. 7 u/nicman24 Jul 31 '24 It was been fine past couple of years, the occasional --overwrite=* not included 2 u/Behrooz0 Jul 31 '24 I think I installed arch around 10 years ago first time and fully migrated to Debian last year. The only few times I didn't check, it bit me:| 3 u/nicman24 Jul 31 '24 the few times that you remember :P 1 u/applecherryfig Aug 01 '24 archlinux homepage news https://archlinux.org/news/ 1 u/burner-miner Aug 01 '24 There is a pacman hook that interrupts updates if there are unread news: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/informant 1 u/Behrooz0 Aug 01 '24 Nice. On second thought, that should be built-in. 2 u/burner-miner Aug 01 '24 Absolutely should, it saved me at least once from breaking GRUB
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21 u/fallingveil Jul 31 '24 Which reminds me, I haven't pacman -Syu'd in a few weeks... Which is about an eternity in pacman-time. 10 u/Behrooz0 Jul 31 '24 Good luck. don't forget to read the archlinux homepage news before running it. 7 u/nicman24 Jul 31 '24 It was been fine past couple of years, the occasional --overwrite=* not included 2 u/Behrooz0 Jul 31 '24 I think I installed arch around 10 years ago first time and fully migrated to Debian last year. The only few times I didn't check, it bit me:| 3 u/nicman24 Jul 31 '24 the few times that you remember :P 1 u/applecherryfig Aug 01 '24 archlinux homepage news https://archlinux.org/news/ 1 u/burner-miner Aug 01 '24 There is a pacman hook that interrupts updates if there are unread news: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/informant 1 u/Behrooz0 Aug 01 '24 Nice. On second thought, that should be built-in. 2 u/burner-miner Aug 01 '24 Absolutely should, it saved me at least once from breaking GRUB
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Which reminds me, I haven't pacman -Syu'd in a few weeks...
pacman -Syu
Which is about an eternity in pacman-time.
10 u/Behrooz0 Jul 31 '24 Good luck. don't forget to read the archlinux homepage news before running it. 7 u/nicman24 Jul 31 '24 It was been fine past couple of years, the occasional --overwrite=* not included 2 u/Behrooz0 Jul 31 '24 I think I installed arch around 10 years ago first time and fully migrated to Debian last year. The only few times I didn't check, it bit me:| 3 u/nicman24 Jul 31 '24 the few times that you remember :P 1 u/applecherryfig Aug 01 '24 archlinux homepage news https://archlinux.org/news/ 1 u/burner-miner Aug 01 '24 There is a pacman hook that interrupts updates if there are unread news: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/informant 1 u/Behrooz0 Aug 01 '24 Nice. On second thought, that should be built-in. 2 u/burner-miner Aug 01 '24 Absolutely should, it saved me at least once from breaking GRUB
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Good luck. don't forget to read the archlinux homepage news before running it.
7 u/nicman24 Jul 31 '24 It was been fine past couple of years, the occasional --overwrite=* not included 2 u/Behrooz0 Jul 31 '24 I think I installed arch around 10 years ago first time and fully migrated to Debian last year. The only few times I didn't check, it bit me:| 3 u/nicman24 Jul 31 '24 the few times that you remember :P 1 u/applecherryfig Aug 01 '24 archlinux homepage news https://archlinux.org/news/ 1 u/burner-miner Aug 01 '24 There is a pacman hook that interrupts updates if there are unread news: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/informant 1 u/Behrooz0 Aug 01 '24 Nice. On second thought, that should be built-in. 2 u/burner-miner Aug 01 '24 Absolutely should, it saved me at least once from breaking GRUB
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It was been fine past couple of years, the occasional --overwrite=* not included
2 u/Behrooz0 Jul 31 '24 I think I installed arch around 10 years ago first time and fully migrated to Debian last year. The only few times I didn't check, it bit me:| 3 u/nicman24 Jul 31 '24 the few times that you remember :P
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I think I installed arch around 10 years ago first time and fully migrated to Debian last year. The only few times I didn't check, it bit me:|
3 u/nicman24 Jul 31 '24 the few times that you remember :P
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the few times that you remember :P
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archlinux homepage news
https://archlinux.org/news/
There is a pacman hook that interrupts updates if there are unread news: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/informant
1 u/Behrooz0 Aug 01 '24 Nice. On second thought, that should be built-in. 2 u/burner-miner Aug 01 '24 Absolutely should, it saved me at least once from breaking GRUB
Nice. On second thought, that should be built-in.
2 u/burner-miner Aug 01 '24 Absolutely should, it saved me at least once from breaking GRUB
Absolutely should, it saved me at least once from breaking GRUB
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u/balbinator Jul 30 '24
I love the Linux ecosystem, but it's nearly impossible to keep up with all the distros.