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SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

There’s definitely something to be said for stability. I use stable releases for all my server boxes.

Arch is fine for a gaming desktop or a desktop you don’t do actual, you know, work on.

But for work or servers you need stability.

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wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Indeed! And the most stable machine is one that is EoL and never gets updates! Nothing breaks if nothing gets updated! That’s why I run IIS on a Vista x64 box!

🌌🧠

Spoiler
DUCK FOR COVER DUCK FOR COVER

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- notabot@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  DUCK FOR COVER DUCK FOR COVER
  
  Quack! *BOOM*
  
  You can securely run IIS on Vista, you just have to unplug the network and power cables.
  
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swab148@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I mean, you do you, but I do plenty of actual work on my Arch machine. I’ve been working on an album, which involves not just the recording, mixing, and mastering, but also there’s a bunch of paperwork involved in the business side of things, not to mention stuff like album art. I game on it as well, but saying Arch isn’t good for work is just ludicrous. It’s a DIY distro, you get what you put in. A few basic steps can keep Arch just as stable as anything else.

That said, my server is a Debian machine, but that’s because my services don’t need up to date packages, and I just wanted something I could stick in a corner and forget about.

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- dan@upvote.au ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  A few basic steps can keep Arch just as stable as anything else.
  
  “stable” in this case means “doesn’t change often”. Is that actually doable with Arch?
  
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  - swab148@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Sure, you don’t have to update every day like I do, it’s a good idea to do it once every quarter since Arch updates it’s keyring around then. My sister runs Endeavour and she hardly ever updates lol
    
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