4 months into my switch from Debian to Arch.. ..things are going smooth.. ..even only updating every 2 or 3 weeks.. ..a few years ago my Arch journey only lasted about 4 months.. ..system broke at lea...
Once a month updates haven't done me wrong and maintainers do a good job keeping up with packages. You lasted longer than me, I went from arch to deb on another machine and didn't make it past the first firmware update. Felt too slow and too many extra commands. Careful on going too wild with the AUR though, that is what I've seen screw systems up
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