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whatsupdog[dead post] ◴[] No.45050631[source]
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majkinetor ◴[] No.45050903[source]
Nah, I used various Linux distros for years and the update problems happen there all the time, I think even more TBH, and require substantial technical expertise to fix them.

IMO, the only good way is "if it works, don't fix it", which means, no updates. People are seriously overhyping updates.

I stopped updating all the stuff - OSes, smart locks, android apps, TVs, BP monitors - I honestly had multiple update problems on ALL mentioned devices, multiple times. I only update the thing when I have an actual problem and there is changelog stating that the bug is fixed, or when I want a new feature. You can handle security in other ways in almost all the cases.

I think this IT update burden has gotten out of hand - I don't recall any other domain is like that - my car, my house, my bicycle, my glasses DO NOT UPDATE and its glorious - apart from physical damage, they work the same as yesterday.

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jamesnorden ◴[] No.45051015[source]
I've also been using Linux for years (Arch, btw) and never had an update break my install or cause issues, I've only had to fix the Linux bootloader when Windows overwrote it after a major update, multiple times...
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1. bee_rider ◴[] No.45051464[source]
Using a rolling release distro is not really a fair comparison. Little frequent updates are a lot easier than giant catastrophic ones.