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I update my Arch when:
a) I want to install new software
b) Arch news mentions an update requiring manual intervention
So, about once a month. Takes 5 minutes including a reboot and I haven't had the slightest issue so far.
This was way more complex 10 years ago. I quited arch after the second update broke my system and I had to fix it for a week
Linux-based systems in general have matured to a point where it's pretty painless regardless of distro.
Yeah and I love it. For my part I am very happy with debian-testing
Updates requiring manual intervention? I use Ubuntu LTS btw.
It's a rolling release distro. It continuously changes. So sometimes there are changes that can't be resolved just by updating packages.
During the past year, there were half a dozen changes that required running an additional terminal command before an update.
https://archlinux.org/news/ mentions when that is the case, and there's also several ways to get a warning before you update.
On the other hand, you never have to do an upgrade from one release version to the next (which has never once worked for me on Ubuntu LTS).
Huh. I've been running Arch for over 7 years and I don't think I've ever run an additional command before updating. Simply just updating has worked for me.
It might have worked for you, but you might have accumulated some outdated cruft and missed replacements of old packages that way.