I love Arch, I went the full custom DE route some years ago, I loved i3 to death. But in the end, it just took too much time to maintain and switched to KDE, and now everything works out of the box.
Software is never still. Things change. One day, PulseAudio stops working. Another, the automount/udev script doesn't pick up a flashdrive any longer. There's always some little thing that needs attention, and attention is a scarse resource this these days.
I think I can answer from my experience. It isn't that there is something to maintain, it is a mindset (mental illness) that you are never done, you always have to tinker, etc.
I had this problem with my Linux installations. Always thinking about ways to upgrade /update something that has no need for them.
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I love Arch, I went the full custom DE route some years ago, I loved i3 to death. But in the end, it just took too much time to maintain and switched to KDE, and now everything works out of the box.
I don't understand what there is to maintain, actually ? Once my configuration was done I never needed to touch it again ?
Software is never still. Things change. One day, PulseAudio stops working. Another, the automount/udev script doesn't pick up a flashdrive any longer. There's always some little thing that needs attention, and attention is a scarse resource this these days.
This is true, but I noticed those issues :
1/ can happen on just any system;
2/ have been dramatically decreasing the longer I use Arch
I remember a lot of issues like this happening in my first 6 months of Arch, but today I'm unable to remember when or what was my last problem !
I think I can answer from my experience. It isn't that there is something to maintain, it is a mindset (mental illness) that you are never done, you always have to tinker, etc.
I had this problem with my Linux installations. Always thinking about ways to upgrade /update something that has no need for them.