alt Hacker NewsYou might know this, but unfortunately, if you leave an Arch install unused for enough time, and then run an update, you might not be able to boot into a working desktop.
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Oh, and I had a lot of problems installing Kalpa (from the submission) - all which I got fixed by using ChatGPT.
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I left an Arch install sitting for a few months and came back and had trouble getting the updates to properly install. Seems the advice around it is basically just don't go that long without updating.
Bollocks. This can happen for any distro or OS. Stick to distro packages and this isn't notably more true for Arch than for most other distros or OSs.
If you build and install packages from AUR, or use dodgy repos like Manjaro, then risk of update woes will increase significantly.
I've left it for a long time and also run it daily sometimes, still no issues. My understanding is brick level changes usually are fixed quickly.