Why arch is awesome

oht · 2008-10-21 04:27:56

For some reason or another i have been neglecting my Arch installation for the past year or so. Becoming a digital DJ caused me to focus on windows and mac, and busy with schoolwork, I didn't have much time anymore to tinker around with linux as I used to love doing.
Why is arch awesome?

After booting up my arch installation that probably hasn't ran for about 6 months, I fired up X and instantly ran pacman -Syu (after following the klibc upgrade instructions i saw on the homepage). Everything worked, Nothing broke. A 6 month update executed perfectly.

Here's to a great package manager!

Llama · 2008-10-21 10:55:29

One of the less obvious reasons: the Arch team isn't overstaffed. They just can't afford any technology which is apt to cause trouble. Be really good or step aside; the choce is that simple. Big establishments can afford problems, as everybody knows all too well .

Last edited by Llama (2008-10-21 10:57:36)

mrunion · 2008-10-21 12:57:27

@Llama -- nicely put. I'm not on the Arch team, but here at work we have the same philosophy. We are too small to cause ourselves extra work!

peets · 2008-10-21 13:34:47

Interesting; I'd never heard that philosophy in terms of people before. There's the obvious "less software, less bugs" adage, but I'd never thought of "less people, less problems". Makes sense!

Also: hooray Arch!

SiC · 2008-10-21 13:35:52

peets wrote:

Interesting; I'd never heard that philosophy in terms of people before. There's the obvious "less software, less bugs" adage, but I'd never thought of "less people, less problems". Makes sense!
Also: hooray Arch!

Seems to fit the classic british parable: Too many cooks spoil the broth. tbfh.

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