Distros based on ArchLinux, that ship breaking changes and expect users to read .pacnew config files and update their own config accordingly (CachyOS)

You’re absolutely right. The other day I ran into a guy using arch who didn’t know what a tarball was or how to compile software. I was like ‘the fuck?’.

I should have thought of the newbies who just follow guides and might not know they’ve gotten in over their heads.