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So many factors at play.

The number of packages installed, the use of externally unsupported repos, the distro you use, reliability of their packaging system, how much you deviated from the baseline customization, and probably more.

Keeping track of everything off what and how much you changed may prove difficult. But it helps taking notes of how you solved the more complicated issues.

With time you learn to live with the inevitability of something breaking. You update less often, and only when you really have to. Repairing stuff becomes less overwhelmeming with time.

24 years exclusively running it.

Short answer: magic.

Long answer: a stressful full week trying to get everything right, followed by a long, blissful period forgetting how hard it was to get it up and running like magic.

Open it. Search for f-droid. Click it. Scroll down, click on versions. Choose version 2.0 . Install it. You will force upgrading to the latest.

That’s why I log in through tty. What comes next is anyone’s guess. Nerd wizardry.

Great advice. I rarely use dd, but when I do it always sends chills down my spine.

Try Helvum (https://github.com/relulz/helvum).

Helvum is a GTK-based patchbay for pipewire.