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    1 year ago

    I have also had issues with Ubuntu. I just stick with Debian because I don’t have to touch it for years.

    Can you do the same with Arch? Also why do you need newer packages on a server? (I’m taking about the VPS)

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      1 year ago

      I haven’t tried not touching it for years to be honest. Longest period without a reboot was something between half a year and a year and it worked without a problem. Check the Arch website, breaking changes or manual interventions are very rare nowadays. There’s just one thing you have to do if you start an update after a long time: make sure to update the keyring first or pacman will exit with an error. That’s also mentioned in the wiki.

      I installed Arch on my server because:

      • I know it very well.
      • The base system is tiny. Fewer packages = fewer problems. Everything else is in Podman containers anyway.
      • It’s very flexible. I have a customized encrypted rootfs which needs to be unlocked through SSH, not a very common thing I guess.