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Realizing Arch isn't for me after updating broke VLC (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 6 days ago by makeitwonderful@lemmy.sdf.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I realized my VLC was broke some point in the week after updating Arch. I spend time troubleshooting then find a forum post with replies from an Arch moderator saying they knew it would happen and it's my fault for not wanting to read through pages of changelogs. Another mod post says they won't announce that on the RSS feed either. I thought I was doing good by following the RSS but I guess that's not enough.

I've been happily using Arch for 5 years but after reading those posts I've decided to look for a different distro. Does anyone have recommendations for the closest I can get to Arch but with a different attitude around updating?

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[–] Shanmugha@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Where did you get the idea that Arch is a daily driver for regular user? The very distro that tells in big letters: stuff can break, you better watch out on updates? The very distro that has command-line install process with chroot-like commands as official one?

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Plenty of people seriously propose it as such.

It is not - at least if you're not an enthusiast happy to tinker with your system all the time.

[–] Shanmugha@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Yup, it really is not. Those plenty of people are doing a big disservice to others with such proposing. I am sad to hear it

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There are distros based on Arch that are proclaimed to be user friendly and ready for general desktop/gaming use. Plus plenty of people online tell others to use Arch as a daily driver.

Regardless I don't think an update should happen if it's going to break something, unless you manually over ride the warnings it should be showing.

[–] Shanmugha@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Well, Arch wiki explicitly tells you are expected to read the page before doing an update. Those distros which claim to be user-friendly as in "we treat you with kids gloves" definitely should take care of this, no questions here