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    submitted 7 months ago by 0x4E4F@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    [–] skyin7@feddit.de 116 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (7 children)

    Why would one unuse Arch btw?

    [–] sxan@midwest.social 126 points 7 months ago (9 children)

    Arch is only the larval stage. When a Linuxite consumes enough CLI, they metamorphose into one of two adult forms: a Void user, or a NixOS user. As these two adult forms are incompatible, this is a rare case of species divergence within a life cycle. Even more oddly, like the axolotl, many Arch users never leave the larval stage, and continue living comfortably in their ecological niche.

    [–] 0x4E4F@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 7 months ago

    Wow, this is so well explained, I'm making it my personal copypasta!

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    [–] steersman2484@sh.itjust.works 58 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Switching to nixos?

    [–] drmoose@lemmy.world 45 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    As someone who switched to nixos - eh. So much hacking to make dev stuff work really kills the magic that nixos is supposed to be :|

    [–] steersman2484@sh.itjust.works 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

    Yeah, it is a lot of initial work, but once you got your shell.nix or flake.nix in place it is really nice, to not have to deal with different dependencies and versions in different projects.

    But you can also archive the same on any distro with the nix package manager.

    [–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 26 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    except i want my computer to function for my needs without "a lot of initial work"

    [–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 11 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    It's an investment for the next time you install on a new dev machine. After install, I will literally run a single command to return to the exact state of my dev environment.

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    [–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 23 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

    i dunno wanting an os that actually just works without a lot of setup?

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    [–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 16 points 7 months ago

    Look at the community where it was posted.

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    [–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 77 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I think with inflation a picture is only worth 700 words.

    [–] BetterDev@programming.dev 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    S6E4 Game Changers dropped literally yesterday and you wasted no time recycling the joke

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    [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 70 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Friendship ended with Arch. Now Void is my best friend!

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    [–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 59 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    We get it, you used arch. You don’t need to write a thousand words telling us.

    [–] Norgur@fedia.io 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    But the Wiki is soooo nice! And have you seen AUR!

    /s

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    [–] azvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.works 53 points 7 months ago

    I used to run Arch, btw

    [–] Zink@programming.dev 40 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I use mint, btw.

    (…Not really but it fits the joke the best. I have used it and it’s an excellent distro whether you are a beginner or just want something stable and full featured. )

    [–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 30 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Mint is such a pragmatic distro. Honestly I admire people who are just happy with their Mint and don't feel the need to distro hop to ever more esoteric package ecosystems just to feel alive

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    [–] sirico@feddit.uk 36 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

    Ugh ex Star Trek nerds, am I right guys? /s

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    [–] phorq@lemmy.ml 28 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

    Yeah, it's obvious a jealous Manjaro user stole that dude's sticker...

    Edit: almost forgot... I use arch btw...

    [–] Neon@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    I use NixOS btw

    [–] jaykay@lemmy.zip 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    No no, that’s ours, find your own

    [–] sayitghoul@lemmy.world 26 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    I don't see what the problem is with Arch Linux and why it gets so much flak. I am not a Linux expert by any measure, but I use EndeavourOS and find it really use to use (don't ask me to install from scratch). Its extremely stable and I like the fact that it gets updated constantly.

    The only other distro I really liked is MX Linux. My main gripe was that I don't want to reinstall every so many years. I want to set up an OS and just use it without worrying about it being a temporary thing. But maybe I'll change my mind in the future.

    I'm not for or against any distro really, maybe except Ubuntu and its bloat. I just use what best suits me, which is the whole point of all the different distros.

    [–] Communist@lemmy.ml 22 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Manjaro is truly the worst distro of all time and probably helps give arch a bad name

    [–] pixeltree@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

    Oracle Linux exists

    [–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    I use Manjaro, btw.

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    [–] tubaruco@lemm.ee 18 points 7 months ago

    i think its just people taking the "i use arch btw" meme too seriously and thinking its bad to show or even use it all

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    [–] mkuznetsoff@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago

    Became straight

    [–] varnia@lemm.ee 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Tips Fedora.

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    [–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago (63 children)

    I've used arch on one machine now, am a total noob to it, and I really like it. I see what people are raving about and I see no reason to shit on it. I don't really care if 6 years ago some people were annoying about it

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    [–] samus12345@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    I don't use Arch, btw

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    [–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 15 points 7 months ago

    I was asked what I think of the distro "Arch btw" since everyone recommends it. Gold.

    [–] eya@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 7 months ago

    artix my beloved

    [–] locke@sopuli.xyz 11 points 7 months ago

    !btw

    [–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    What dist to you use btw?

    [–] TheBat@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

    I use BTW btw

    [–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    NixOS, it has a lot of the same pain points as Arch, even steeper learning curve for installation and configuration. And lose support for even more software titles.

    If it's not 1995 slackware difficult I don't want it.

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    [–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    I'm going to use Debian btw Edit: nvm wifi not working, NixOS it is

    [–] spiderwort@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I know a guy who looks like that.

    He's good at JavaScript.

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