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The Arch Linux paradox. To update or not to update. (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by MyNamesNotRobert@lemmynsfw.com to c/arch@programming.dev

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Does updating more often make things break more often? Or does updating less often make things more likely to break when you do finally update? Or do things randomly break regardless and there's not a damn thing you can do to prevent it either way?

If anyone else is having problems with the latest updates making their ax200 wifi speed capped at 3.4mb/s and has found a fix that doesn't involve buying new hardware or reinstalling the os, I would love to hear it.

I would like to think installing new updates will eventually fix the problem but I've never seen updates fix anything Iike that ever, not even once.

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[–] zygo_histo_morpheus@programming.dev 5 points 8 months ago

Anecdotally, big infrequent updates have been much more likely to cause problems for me. If you have a small update it's also easier to debug what's gone wrong when you do get problems since you have a smaller set of updates to reason about.