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Realizing Arch isn't for me after updating broke VLC
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this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2025
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There are distros based on Arch that are proclaimed to be user friendly and ready for general desktop/gaming use. Plus plenty of people online tell others to use Arch as a daily driver.
Regardless I don't think an update should happen if it's going to break something, unless you manually over ride the warnings it should be showing.
Well, Arch wiki explicitly tells you are expected to read the page before doing an update. Those distros which claim to be user-friendly as in "we treat you with kids gloves" definitely should take care of this, no questions here