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[David C. Rankin]

On Wednesday 07 October 2009 12:54:22 pm jozefk at gmx.com wrote:
> Usually I don't have too much time for pulling my hear or for 
> anything else that's why I like when things just works. Even if I 
> need to fix things it's OK but sometimes I can't fix them just like 
> that for few minutes. I read the news, I went to #archlinux, I sent a 
> message here in the list but still nothing. 
> Then I search the forum and tried different things until once it 
> start working again. Few days I didn't touch anything at all. Really 
> didn't have time.
> I still can't try any other OS here because I spent too much time 
> setting this Arch up and configuring. It's my baby :)) It looks and 
> works beautiful. Except after Syu; but not always. Most of the time 
> things just work... Can't just say goodbye to Arch so easily. But if 
> once it will happen that I really can't fix something, that will be 
> the moment... I guess.
> Anyway, I'll try to buy another PC and install something else...
> 

Remember it well. I was just like that with the first Mandrake server I set up 
for my office a decade ago. Then you learn that Linux is fairly indestructible 
and that no matter what config changes happen along the way, a bit of reading 
of the latest release notes and a bit of tweaking and anything can be brought 
back to life.

As for looking at another OS, it's great to experiment, but I'd be willing to 
wager that you find your way back to Arch. By far the most current, responsive 
and cleanest I've found. (I've tried a lot) Updates are going to causes 
changes in configs, etc. occasionally, that's just progress. One thing that 
really helps if you are using your linux box in a critical role is to setup 
another 'testing' box to test updates on and confirm all is well before 
updating the box you rely on. That will virtually eliminate any downtime. With 
P4 3.0GHz boxes being excessed for as little as $60 it's cheap insurance.

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