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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Problems with Arch upgrade (feddit.uk)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I’ve been using Arch for just over a year on my older Dell laptop, and have been regularly running sudo pacman -Syu but not once have I had a problem or anything break. What am I doing wrong?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You do not use AUR enough

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

How would using the AUR help with stability?

(unless you're being sarcastic, in which case an /s might make things clearer)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I think they said that because OP wrote "not once have I had a problem or anything break. What am I doing wrong?" making it sound like the problem is that they haven't experienced anything break yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, ok... That makes more sense.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

AUR packages tend to break more often compared to repos ie. anything on AUR that utilizes python needs to be rebuilt if system python is updated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I know, that's why I wasn't understanding the push to use it more. 😉