alt Hacker NewsI've used Windows, Ubuntu, and NixOS all for longer than I ever used arch and never had an update leave my computer inoperable.
I've used Windows, Ubuntu, and NixOS all for longer than I ever used arch and never had an update leave my computer inoperable.
And the other person did, as have many others on support forums.
Updates generally just work, on the balance of my experience and other available evidence. It's still unwise to schedule them at a time where a failure would be more disruptive than baseline, and it's still best practice to be prepared for a failure and not have to figure things out on the fly.