Will it be safe to update to Gnome 41 when it's released?

[Scotty_Trees]

@mpw

just wondering why make your system overly complicated by using AUR for system type packages when using a rolling release like Arch.

I touched on this topic for you over on post #16 the other day in case you missed it, the direct link to that comment is below:

My 90 Day Review of EndeavourOS

I didn’t experience any bugs with the installation itself (in either the April or August .iso), I actually noted that the EndeavourOS installation was quite painless and even complimented the team on the work they did under the hood of Calamares If you’re talking about post install bugs, then I would say it was a mix of both. Some were legitimate bugs I came across in my first couple weeks of use and some were on me not having a proper understanding of how various things work. I don’t …

Direct quote from that #16 post:

@Scotty_Trees

Well, initially I didn’t plan to use the AUR, unless I had to. But right off the bat I had to. According to this EndeavourOS wiki: (click here), which is basically that in order to get nvidia/intel hybrid setup working with optimus-manager, I had to install gdm-prime (both these packages are in the AUR). So those packages were essential to even get my system working properly.

I wouldn’t say it’s overly complicated to swap out two packages: gdm and libgdm for their AUR equivalents, which in this case is gdm-prime and libgdm-prime. The process itself to do this is actually very straight forward, use yay to install gdm-prime and it automatically knows the gdm package already on my system conflicts so it uninstalls that for me and pulls in the additional libgdm-prime package which is needed as well. These two AUR packages are not heavily modified, they just add a very small patch to make gdm work with optimus-manager, which helps to allow me to use nvidia headache free. And so far that has been the case, thank goodness! No headaches, no migraines!

@mpw

If you want something safer maybe use a Distro that is not rolling.

I don’t know if you’ve come across any of my other posts, but one of the very main reasons I came to EndeavourOS was not for a system that just works, but I came here to learn as much as I could about the Arch ecosystem. I accept and expect to get my hands dirty from time to time. I like to take proactive measures with my system instead of problems blindsiding me, which is why I had originally started this topic in the first place. Because at the very least I knew it could possibly be an issue. So I took some initiative to try to understand and if possible work/fix this problem BEFORE the problem found me. Luckily the update worked without a hitch!

But even before I updated, I already had a handful of awesome users here ready to get my back in case anything went wrong. A sense of community like that is a very wonderful and powerful thing, and I for one am grateful to have found that here in this community. I came to EndeavourOS for it’s close to Arch nature, for the rolling release, for the security and stability, and I stay because learning more about my system has been a very fun experience and this community has many very helpful and extremely knowledgeable users and when you wrap all of that together, there isn’t any other distro I’d rather be one