Rolling release packages tend to break as they get further and further out of sync with what’s the latest, if you haven’t updated packages in a certain period of time, I don’t know what that time period is, since I’ve never run rolling release, but my point stands. I like that I can leave a laptop sit for a while, pick it up and not break the next time I run updates.
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That’s what’s always stopped me from running a rolling release distro like Arch: the unpredictability of life. I go on vacation for 2 weeks, don’t use my computer in that time and when I get back, I’m going to want my computer to work after an update, simple as that.
Openwrt is life.
Oldie but a goodie, thought I had read this before. oh right, back in 2016! Time flies.
I know you mentioned you have access to touch screens, so you wanted to use an on screen keyboard to do this, but just an FYI:
If it would suite you better for this, or you get caught in a bind, you can use KDE connect to use your phone as a keyboard/mouse on a remote computer on the same network. Its not a great solution to use for normal computer usage, but as you said if you only have to do this once in a while to rename a file or do something simple infrequently, it could be an option.
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This is more or less what I was trying to say:
https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/xismin/can_rolling_release_distros_be_updated_after_a/ip4t3yf/
You miss enough updates on a specific package, it may break without a proper tested upgrade path from version 1.5 from 6 months ago and version 1.76 from yesterday.