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Mister Auron

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Registered: 2008-04-23

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Is it just me?

Is it just me or is arch not taken seriously as a real distro?

I've taken this quiz (http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/) many times, yet I have NEVER gotten arch as one of the results, even though it is one of the possible results.  I never tried putting myself as an expert, and yet I got gentoo once...
Personally, I think arch is easier to setup and maintain than ubuntu.
I probably would have never tried arch, if it wasn't for that fact that someone recommended it to me.

DasWu

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-03-29

Posts: 13

Re: Is it just me?

I think this test, is made by a single person from feedbacks as I remember, so you may ask the developer behind "how" you actually get Arch as result.
Probably you can convince the person that arch is not that much for pros.

Wu

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kakabaratruskia

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From: Santiago, Chile

Registered: 2003-08-24

Posts: 596

Re: Is it just me?

I just got arch... first time.

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DasWu

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-03-29

Posts: 13

Re: Is it just me?

Made the test as well, got Arch first then Slackware and Gentoo... also first try

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fukawi2

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From: .vic.au

Registered: 2007-09-28

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Re: Is it just me?

I got Slackware, Zenwalk and Gentoo

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hennes

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-03-31

Posts: 50

Re: Is it just me?

Gentoo, Arch, Slackware.

Anonymo

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Registered: 2005-04-07

Posts: 418

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Re: Is it just me?

Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu  :^(

hk2717

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From: China

Registered: 2007-09-13

Posts: 213

Re: Is it just me?

Fedora, Kubuntu, Debian.

Just wandering, why Kubuntu instead of Ubuntu? I did not choose "I perfer KDE".

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robmaloy

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-05-14

Posts: 263

Re: Is it just me?

arch
slack
gentoo

last time i tried it, i got debian, ubuntu (was using debian only at that time)

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daf666

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Registered: 2007-04-08

Posts: 459

Re: Is it just me?

got Arch, Slack, gentooo lalalal la la

Barrucadu

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From: Hull, England

Registered: 2008-03-30

Posts: 1,157

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Re: Is it just me?

Gentoo, Arch, Sackware. I've been getting that result for quite a while now.

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droog

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Registered: 2004-11-18

Posts: 877

Re: Is it just me?

I never tried putting myself as an expert, and yet I got gentoo once...

I didnt put expert and got arch, gentoo slack.

I think the main question that decides is the bleeding edge or stable one.

DasWu

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-03-29

Posts: 13

Re: Is it just me?

yeah and the package types, and develpment packages, if you want .deb packages you wont get arch

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Stefan Husmann

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-08-07

Posts: 955

Re: Is it just me?

Arch Slackware Gentoo

kevin89

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2007-03-14

Posts: 218

Re: Is it just me?

I got Arch, Slackware & Gentoo.

I should try out Slackware & Gentoo sometimes!

Jansson

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2006-09-10

Posts: 106

Re: Is it just me?

Well, just to further prove that arch is real ;P

I got:
Arch
Gentoo
Slackware

kakTuZ

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From: Hannover, Germany

Registered: 2007-10-20

Posts: 86

Re: Is it just me?

I remember that test, I must have done it years ago. Actually it said, Arch would be best for me. Was the first time I heard about Arch. At that time i thought the test was crap, because I answered the questions with Fedora in mind, but must have made something "wrong" at some point. Long Long time after that, when it came to really choose a distro for every day use i eventually installed arch. The suggestion     is appropriate for one year now.

moljac024

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 2,675

Re: Is it just me?

I think it's the package format question that decides. I think you need to put "I prefer other", don't know what's wrong with selecting "I don't know/ don't care"

Anyway, not knowing and not caring isn't the same thing at all, not even vaguely close.....

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jb

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From: 95% FL / 5% MI

Registered: 2006-06-22

Posts: 464

Re: Is it just me?

Yeah, a few of those those options were improperly overloaded.

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skottish

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Registered: 2006-06-16

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Re: Is it just me?

I always get Slackware and Gentoo if I put in 64 bit. Arch doesn't appear until I change to 32 bit, then I get it always too.

Flying Saxman

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From: Northern Hesse

Registered: 2007-02-26

Posts: 252

Re: Is it just me?

Debian, Kubuntu, Fedora and OpenSuSE. I ran SuSE before I came to Arch and like Arch much more. I tried Debian and Kubuntu in a virtual machine and didn't like it... The only Distribution left is Fedora but as it sounds to me like SuSE from another company I won't try it out...

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Redroar

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Registered: 2008-03-17

Posts: 200

Re: Is it just me?

Gentoo and Slack when I did 64-bit, Arch, Gentoo and Slack when I did 32-bit...I really need to try Slackware sometime.

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Cerebral

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From: Waterloo, ON, CA

Registered: 2005-04-08

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Re: Is it just me?

I always get Slackware and Gentoo if I put in 64 bit. Arch doesn't appear until I change to 32 bit, then I get it always too.

Exactly the same.

iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

Posts: 2,228

Re: Is it just me?

Gentoo, Slack and Arch were my 32-bit results. It just returns Gentoo for 64-bit. This test needs to be updated to account for Arch64 being an official architecture.

JeremyTheWicked

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From: Poland

Registered: 2008-05-23

Posts: 193

Re: Is it just me?

Arch, Slackware, Gentoo

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