I’m looking for the opinions and experience of unbiased Linux enthusiasts whose daily driver uses an arch based distro.
When I was using and learning EndeavourOS I frequently (enough) came across posts and videos that stated that although the AUR is useful, but it’s use should be limited to keep your system stable. If someone was having issues or a discussion about stability came up, there was always a seemingly condescending tone of “well my system has always worked fine, just don’t install too many AURs and it won’t break”.
However, whenever I see posts that relate to package managers, I always see praises for the AUR that seem to imply that there aren’t really any issues.
The AUR is a great tool. however I personally try to not install to many packages from it since many packages are outdated and you have to trust the maintainer(s) of the package which can be quite dangerous (especially for small projects).
That seems in line with what I am reading for the most part and is definitely a point for risk assessment.
Thank you for your input.
no problem