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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

The real "scorched earth" strategy:

Format system drive
Reinstall Arch
Keep all your files on the data drive
Run your personal setup script to put everything back how you like it
(Optional) Be happy

Edit: forgor 6. Tell everyone you use Arch

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Install Debian
Experience stability.
No, really. It's very stable.
Spend years growing old with the same packages.
Accept your fate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Use flatpak for anything newer. Most things are already available as flatpak, only things I haven't seen available are terminal based applications as Flatpak.

Though maybe in a future version we might get that capability. I've always been told you can't install terminal based applications like neofetch or bpyTOP as flatpak. Which is kind of a bummer but not that big of a deal.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If you're at the level of having a personal setup script, you should be able to solve just about any problem on Arch without reinstalling.

Source: Been doing it for 10 years now, not a single reinstall.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

that just sounds like nixos impermanence with extra steps

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

repeatedly, and put it in your bio "I use Arch, btw!"