cannedtuna@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoArch Linux is a Tamagotchi for IT nerdslemmy.worldimagemessage-square257linkfedilinkarrow-up1879arrow-down173file-text
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minus-squarephexinator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down6·2 months agoUnpopular opinion, but how about we take Linux seriously? Arch is a solid OS, unlike Ubuntu, but it’s still much more manageable than say Gentoo or LFS. Get off your high horses.
minus-squareUnityDevice@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoYeah, the arch installation on my desktop is about a decade old at this point. It was installed on a completely different computer. No issues.
minus-squarevividspecter@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoI know this wasn’t your main point, but I never found Gentoo to be unmanageable, just that compiling everything can get a bit tiresome. I’d still be using it were it not for NixOS, and declarative system management in particular.
Unpopular opinion, but how about we take Linux seriously? Arch is a solid OS, unlike Ubuntu, but it’s still much more manageable than say Gentoo or LFS. Get off your high horses.
Yeah, the arch installation on my desktop is about a decade old at this point. It was installed on a completely different computer. No issues.
I know this wasn’t your main point, but I never found Gentoo to be unmanageable, just that compiling everything can get a bit tiresome.
I’d still be using it were it not for NixOS, and declarative system management in particular.