One of my devices is an offline device that I bring online every few months for updates (my VPN only gives me limited spots, so some devices take turns using the VPN). I guarantee you updates this infrequent would break most distros, including Arch. But since I use an atomic/immutable distro, it works every time.
This is what’s so great about atomic distros. Super reliable and hard to break. Just set and forget.
I guarantee you updates this infrequent would break most distros
This is a complete non-issue for any fixed-release distro I’ve ever heard of. You’re supposed to update more often for security reasons (on internet-connected devices, anyway), not because it would break on updates.
You’re right, somehow I forgot about point releases. I was thinking Fedora, which has broken on my before when I waited too long to update (multiple months). And yeah updates are good for security. I just keep my device offline 99% of the time
One of my devices is an offline device that I bring online every few months for updates (my VPN only gives me limited spots, so some devices take turns using the VPN). I guarantee you updates this infrequent would break most distros, including Arch. But since I use an atomic/immutable distro, it works every time.
This is what’s so great about atomic distros. Super reliable and hard to break. Just set and forget.
This is a complete non-issue for any fixed-release distro I’ve ever heard of. You’re supposed to update more often for security reasons (on internet-connected devices, anyway), not because it would break on updates.
You’re right, somehow I forgot about point releases. I was thinking Fedora, which has broken on my before when I waited too long to update (multiple months). And yeah updates are good for security. I just keep my device offline 99% of the time