In years of use I just had 2 episodes where manual intervention was needed, and one of them was because of a power shortage in the middle of an update. Now that's amazing... 3+months without update... And it works!
Well, I was expecting it to break, lol. A power shortage will break an update. I think I also had two problems in the past, one was my fault. Thanks for sharing.
Hi luis I have updated arch (a few) in my VMManager after 5 & 6 months and - even if had some problems with mirrors - worked as if updated every 3 or 4 days
I've swapped back in old hard drives that have Arch installs on them over a year old and updated without any issues. This either shows how good pacman is on the order it updates or the maintainers of packages are making sure updates are robust before releasing. Having said that I don't keep more packages installed than I need and certainly no packages which do the same thing. If I decide to start using a better or more efficient package I uninstall the one I was using including all dependencies not needed. This certainly helps with keeping your system lean and quick to update and no chance of conflicts causing problems.
Wow, over a year without updating Arch! That's impressive. Most Arch RUclipsrs mention going too long without updating will break it and I believed it. Perhaps it was true years ago before Arch matured. No doubt keeping your install lean probably helped; for sure, it didn't hurt. I update my Arch systems regularly; however, if I'm not using a computer I turn it off, like one in the video. Thanks for sharing.
I read when I first started to explore Linux as an alternative to Windows that Arch was a cutting edge distro and best not to use it as a beginner. Well I used Manjaro to start for a few months then used Zen Installer which was excellent while the maintainer updated it before moving on to the automated Archinstall to customize Arch to my personal preferences, while experimenting with different packages. Never had a breakage but Ctrl+Alt+F1 should get you back to the tty to fix something should you need to do a repair. Now I do a manual install to keep Arch as minimal as possible but for beginners I would now recommend Archinstall from the iso over a Arch-based distro if you want your own custom install despite that many on YT saying not to use Arch at all.
I started with Linux Mint, tried MX for a few weeks, then made my way to Manjaro for 6 months. At the time, there was no Arch automated installer included with the ISO. But I installed Arch using a third party installer called Anarchy. It was not a distribution, just an installer to install pure arch. Finally, I learned how to install Arch the manual way and it's my favorite distro. Eventually Arch included the installer on their ISO which is good for beginners and experienced Arch users who need a quick install. I'm always making new Arch VM's for my videos, so the automated installer is really handy. But I prefer manual install for my bare metal computers. I also installed pure Debian and various other distros; however, I think Arch is the best and with the installer, a newbie can use Arch.
Same, I had an old laptop with Arch I hadn't used for over a year, the only issue I had updating using pacman was that the signatures were out of date, which is a simple fix.
Hi Mench, Thanks for your Video When I update some of my Arch virt machines after 5 or 6 months sometimes it upgrades more than 2.000 pkgs without any problem So high number I feel is due to so many soft apps I have installed (and not so little crap)
I wish the programs ran independently from the desktop environment, would be cool to be able to flip between window managers or desktop environments without any issues.
Most apps work in all desktop environments and window managers. If you meant to imply you would like to flip between window managers and desktop environments without having to close your apps, then that is possible with Antix Linux which is based on Debian. However, I think you meant without any issues. It's true some apps don't work or don't work properly in some desktop or window manager environments.
With Antix, you can flip between window managers without closing your apps; however, it's based on Debian. I made a few videos on it. If you're interested, search for it on my channel.
if i shrink the volume of my windows to install another OS theris no problem. but if i shrink my arch volume which is 10% used, arch breaks. Is there a correct way to shrink it ? I love your videos :D
Thanks for the positive feedback, I really appreciate it. I have only decreased a Windows volume to install Arch and Debian on it. Not both at the same time, it wasn't a triple boot. I never tried decreasing an Arch volume or any Linux volume to install Windows. Sorry I can't advise you. On my channel, I have several videos on shrinking the windows volume to install Arch; however, I'm not a great fan of dual boot. I had Arch installed as a dual boot in a Windows computer and the Windows update broke my Arch install so I couldn't get in to it. When it broke, I didn't bother trying to fix it. I think VM's are the better way to go. If you're installing a Linux VM in an Arch Host, your host should have at least 8gb RAM. But if you're installing a Windows VM in a Arch Host, your host machine should probably have at least 16gb Ram.
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In years of use I just had 2 episodes where manual intervention was needed, and one of them was because of a power shortage in the middle of an update.
Now that's amazing... 3+months without update... And it works!
Well, I was expecting it to break, lol. A power shortage will break an update. I think I also had two problems in the past, one was my fault. Thanks for sharing.
Hi luis
I have updated arch (a few) in my VMManager after 5 & 6 months and - even if had some problems with mirrors - worked as if updated every 3 or 4 days
That's great! Thanks for another report that it's safe to update an Arch system that's been off for months.
@@RicardoGarciso amazing! ... Thanks for let us know about it.
I've swapped back in old hard drives that have Arch installs on them over a year old and updated without any issues. This either shows how good pacman is on the order it updates or the maintainers of packages are making sure updates are robust before releasing. Having said that I don't keep more packages installed than I need and certainly no packages which do the same thing. If I decide to start using a better or more efficient package I uninstall the one I was using including all dependencies not needed. This certainly helps with keeping your system lean and quick to update and no chance of conflicts causing problems.
Wow, over a year without updating Arch! That's impressive. Most Arch RUclipsrs mention going too long without updating will break it and I believed it. Perhaps it was true years ago before Arch matured. No doubt keeping your install lean probably helped; for sure, it didn't hurt. I update my Arch systems regularly; however, if I'm not using a computer I turn it off, like one in the video. Thanks for sharing.
I read when I first started to explore Linux as an alternative to Windows that Arch was a cutting edge distro and best not to use it as a beginner. Well I used Manjaro to start for a few months then used Zen Installer which was excellent while the maintainer updated it before moving on to the automated Archinstall to customize Arch to my personal preferences, while experimenting with different packages. Never had a breakage but Ctrl+Alt+F1 should get you back to the tty to fix something should you need to do a repair. Now I do a manual install to keep Arch as minimal as possible but for beginners I would now recommend Archinstall from the iso over a Arch-based distro if you want your own custom install despite that many on YT saying not to use Arch at all.
I started with Linux Mint, tried MX for a few weeks, then made my way to Manjaro for 6 months. At the time, there was no Arch automated installer included with the ISO. But I installed Arch using a third party installer called Anarchy. It was not a distribution, just an installer to install pure arch. Finally, I learned how to install Arch the manual way and it's my favorite distro. Eventually Arch included the installer on their ISO which is good for beginners and experienced Arch users who need a quick install. I'm always making new Arch VM's for my videos, so the automated installer is really handy. But I prefer manual install for my bare metal computers. I also installed pure Debian and various other distros; however, I think Arch is the best and with the installer, a newbie can use Arch.
Same, I had an old laptop with Arch I hadn't used for over a year, the only issue I had updating using pacman was that the signatures were out of date, which is a simple fix.
That's good news, thanks for sharing.
Hi Mench,
Thanks for your Video
When I update some of my Arch virt machines after 5 or 6 months sometimes it upgrades more than 2.000 pkgs without any problem
So high number I feel is due to so many soft apps I have installed (and not so little crap)
You're welcome. That's good to know. Thanks for sharing.
I wish the programs ran independently from the desktop environment, would be cool to be able to flip between window managers or desktop environments without any issues.
Most apps work in all desktop environments and window managers. If you meant to imply you would like to flip between window managers and desktop environments without having to close your apps, then that is possible with Antix Linux which is based on Debian. However, I think you meant without any issues. It's true some apps don't work or don't work properly in some desktop or window manager environments.
@@linuxmench2118 I meant without closing your apps. :D I'd like to flip between AwesomeWM and XFCE lol
With Antix, you can flip between window managers without closing your apps; however, it's based on Debian. I made a few videos on it. If you're interested, search for it on my channel.
if i shrink the volume of my windows to install another OS theris no problem. but if i shrink my arch volume which is 10% used, arch breaks. Is there a correct way to shrink it ? I love your videos :D
Thanks for the positive feedback, I really appreciate it. I have only decreased a Windows volume to install Arch and Debian on it. Not both at the same time, it wasn't a triple boot. I never tried decreasing an Arch volume or any Linux volume to install Windows. Sorry I can't advise you. On my channel, I have several videos on shrinking the windows volume to install Arch; however, I'm not a great fan of dual boot. I had Arch installed as a dual boot in a Windows computer and the Windows update broke my Arch install so I couldn't get in to it. When it broke, I didn't bother trying to fix it. I think VM's are the better way to go. If you're installing a Linux VM in an Arch Host, your host should have at least 8gb RAM. But if you're installing a Windows VM in a Arch Host, your host machine should probably have at least 16gb Ram.