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this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2023
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You could install the
linux-ltskernel alongside the one you have already installed to have the option to just boot into that one when a kernel update seems to be the problem.Another thing would be to look into backup solutions that execute automatically when updating your system. Personally I have my system on BTRFS subvolumes and a package called
snapperto manage the snapshots (backups). Alternatively the packagetimeshiftgets mentioned a lot when discussing backup solutions.Otherwise you did exactly what I have done to fix almost every issue I ever had. Downgrading the likely culprit and updating again a bit later.
I second btrfs with snapper. With snapper, you can set it up so that it automatically makes snapshots at a timed interval and/or when you run your package manager. You can restore any of your saved snapshots from the snapper app or even from GRUB.
It's a bit hard to set up, but some distros come with it set up by default. You could install one if you don't want to figure btrfs setup out and are open to OS hopping. OP, you mentioned you're using arch, Garuda OS is an Arch based distro that comes with btrfs and the grub snapper configurations set up by default.
Thanks for the info! I've tried garuda and didn't like it, but I'll try snapper!