Time to Reformat; Any reason to wait for next release?

Anytime I think things are getting “wonky” or slow, I run “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Endeavour OS Maintenance”

EndeavourOS Maintenance / Update / Upgrade

  • [Frequency: Every 1-2 months, or user discretion]
  • I made this cheat-sheet for the way I like to do it
UPDATE SYSTEM:
[Frequency: Daily, Weekly, or user discretion]
yay

UPDATE ARCH MIRRORS:
sudo reflector --protocol https --verbose --latest 25 --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

ATER UPDATING ARCH MIRRORLIST, UPDATE SYSTEM:
yay -Syyu

UPDATE EOS MIRRORS:
eos-rankmirrors --verbose

ATER UPDATING EOS MIRRORLIST, UPDATE SYSTEM:
yay -Syyu

CLEAN JOURNAL:
sudo journalctl --vacuum-time=4weeks

CLEAN CACHE (All Packages):
paccache -r

CLEAN CACHE (Uninstalled Packages):
paccache -ruk0

REMOVE ORPHANS:
yay -Yc

Original “Idiot’s Guide” thread by @fbodymechanic can be found here…

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