Arch and stability

Kilz · 2009-10-22 14:52:50

Dont get me wrong, I love Arch.
I love being able to make the install just what I want.
I love never having to install a new version of the operating system.

But I also love stability
I need to get things done, I don't have time to deal with multiple bugs.
I dont have the testing repo enabled because of this.
I have one system that I upgrade before the others.

But right now my laptop (the system I upgrade first) is a real pain. Yes, I am a gnome user. Yes I think the release of 2.28 was nice, but I have now spent days dealing with the aftermath. Dont get me wrong, this isnt a request for help on the bugs. Its a request to find out how I can make my systems less bleeding edge and still retain the advantages that I like.

foutrelis · 2009-10-22 15:10:02

Enhancing Arch Linux Stability comes to mind.

Regarding your problems with Gnome 2.28, you may want to be more specific and/or search for threads describing similar issues.

kgas · 2009-10-22 15:18:20

Kilz, as you said Arch is bleeding edge. If you don't need that rolling you can ignore the packages in pacman.conf. A lot has been discussed. Even there is a lts kernel to help users to have more stability with arch. I did not find any difficulty with gnome 2,28 in two of the laptops (del mini and hp dv5).I learn every day one or another with Arch and keep me active.

grey · 2009-10-22 15:24:26

There are a few suggestions here: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=82648
I tend to run pacman -Syuw, followed pacman -Su *if* either nothing major has changed or I have the time to fix things in case of breakage. At least that's the theory. In praxis I tend to upgrade immediately anyway and then kick myself afterwards.
Another way might be to use the ARM with a one week delay and check the forums for major issues.

Kilz · 2009-10-22 16:12:30

Thanks for the replies. As I said in the original post, this wasnt a request for help on the bugs. I have work arounds for almost all, still have one I am working on but should be able to get it fixed. I already had the lts kernel, but the link foutrelis gave is good and gave a few other points.
I know its partly my fault because red flags should have went off when I saw a new gnome version, I should have waited at least a week or two, or did a partition backup. O well lessons learned by hitting your head into a wall tend to cause those mistakes to not repeat themselves.

Last edited by Kilz (2009-10-22 16:12:58)

grey · 2009-10-22 16:30:43

... tend to cause those mistakes to not repeat themselves

for at least a month.

Kilz · 2009-10-22 22:05:39

lol lets hope for a little longer.

sekiz · 2009-10-31 21:42:33

My humble solution is downloading all core, extra and community repos on my laptop, about 15 G. this way you can choose which to update, which not. You can use repo-add to update your own repo, and still use every program there is.

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