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minus-squareMangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·3 days agoWindows doesn’t force update your driver and remove support though, and even if it did it won’t drop you to some CLI, it will still work.
minus-squarekopasz7@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoRolling distros also only update when you tell them. It is the user who is pulling the trigger on the footgun in both cases. I’d say the main difference is that arch users are more trigger-happy about being up to date. Also, I think pacman should at least warn you if the problem is enough to warrant a post on the arch website.
Windows doesn’t force update your driver and remove support though, and even if it did it won’t drop you to some CLI, it will still work.
Rolling distros also only update when you tell them. It is the user who is pulling the trigger on the footgun in both cases.
I’d say the main difference is that arch users are more trigger-happy about being up to date.
Also, I think pacman should at least warn you if the problem is enough to warrant a post on the arch website.