Just curious. I’m not in the intended demographic of such newbie handholding.
I’ll admit to trying out a fully default CachyOS install with Limine and btrfs with boot rollback support, just to see what all the fuss is about. I may still be misunderstanding something, but it seems to solve a problem I do not have, while creating a potential problem with unencrypted /boot.
The same can be said for btrfs in general. Again, I may be misunderstanding something, but I don’t have the problems it purports to solve. It seems like a lot like buying a vacuum because it’s highly rated for removing pet hair from carpet, when you have hardwood floors and don’t have pets.
Not sure . I haven’t used grub in years, so I would have to look that up myself.
Depends what you use now. The features of are well known. If you don’t need or want them that’s totally fine. For example personally I don’t care much about encrypted boot, it doesn’t solve a problem I have - or at least perceive as such.
I believe the author was trying to compare backing up Arch systems (“way too complicated” in his eyes) compared to other Linux systems though he didn’t make that clear.
My first Linux OS was Mint and I broke it 3 or 4 times during the first year or so trying out different software/apps and not really knowing my way around in the Terminal at all.
I find Arch OS’s much easier to get around in now (and far more enjoyable) than Debian or Ubuntu!
They clearly talk about snapshots to recover or restore the system from a broken state. A) snapshots aren’t a backup and b) they don’t say it’s “way too complicated” but something only power users do.
Personally I agree. Again, I would be surprised if 1% of EOS users set up snapshots and even 50% have a decent OS backup strategy in place.
“way too complicated” is my take, on his take, on comparing other distros to Arch when it comes to backing Linux OS’s up.
The author of that article apparently believes their is a large difference between them.
And he states he’s a lifelong tech enthusiast with over a decade of experience writing thousands of articles about Android devices, Linux, and more, and he just now " finally figured out" Arch isn’t for him?
That seems like a reasonable take. Some Linux distros shelter their users more than others when it comes to freedom to break the system (and therefore an ability or necessity to restore it).
There’s a vast difference in using Android devices or heavily currated - maybe immutable - Linux distros compared to Arch. I’m glad they figured it out.