Interview with the Arch Linux team on OSNews

drcouzelis · 2010-01-14 21:29:01

For those who didn't catch it, OSNews recently posted an interview with the Arch Linux team:

http://www.osnews.com/story/22692/Arch_Linux_Team

Choice quotes:

Aaron Griffin wrote:

I think that people are getting tired of Linux distros trying to be more Windows-like. People see all this automation with 100 links in the chain, only to see one link fail and bring the whole thing crashing down around them. With Arch, they gain awareness of the whole chain, not just the tail end that they see.

Aaron Griffin wrote:

People have crazy attitudes about Linux and free software in general. Some people act like it's some sort of holy grail that's going to save us from global warming, swine flu, and World War III. It's just software. Get off the high horse.

I think it was a good interview. Arch Linux has a great team. I was rather disappointed by the user comments. Not many of them were really worth my time.

EDIT: Here was the request for questions (for reference): http://www.osnews.com/conversation/4af09cb4

Last edited by drcouzelis (2010-01-14 22:28:53)

toxygen · 2010-01-14 22:11:34

Question: What do you like least about Arch Linux?

Pierre Schmitz: It's name is suboptimal for promotion in German speaking countries.

someone elaborate on that for me plz. it sounds hilarious, but i'm sure it's not.

Last edited by toxygen (2010-01-14 22:12:03)

barzam · 2010-01-14 22:15:43

I was wondering the same thing.

Interesting read though, but it sounds like a collection of quotes more than an interview. And what a silly discussion about Wine in the comments, bah!

Mikko777 · 2010-01-14 22:23:39

toxygen wrote:

Question: What do you like least about Arch Linux?
Pierre Schmitz: It's name is suboptimal for promotion in German speaking countries.
someone elaborate on that for me plz. it sounds hilarious, but i'm sure it's not.

I think he refers to:

Arch -> Arsch which can be put in context like this -> arschloch=> asshole

But i'm just guessing ofc

Edit: german is rusty and yes good interview. Allan rocks <3

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Anonymo · 2010-01-15 00:25:56

Mikko777 wrote:

Allan rocks <3

Allan broke the interview

sHyLoCk · 2010-01-15 01:46:04

Allan McRae: I do not care what other people do with their time, much like I doubt they care what I do with mine. So I have no issues if someone rolls yet another distro to scratch an itch they have. You cannot tell people what to do with their time.

ngoonee · 2010-01-15 01:51:34

I loved Allan's answers, as well. In general the whole dev team comes across as practical. Most importantly (to me personally) there's no religious extremism of the F/OSS sort, or ultra-conservatism in the 'systems were perfect 20 years ago' sense.

Thumbs up!

Allan · 2010-01-15 03:43:32

Mikko777 wrote:

Arch -> Arsch which can be put in context like this -> arschloch=> asshole

Correct. Arsch = arse and is pronounced much the same was as Arch...

anonymous_user · 2010-01-15 04:26:01

Allan's answers are so full of win

Allan McRae wrote:

My magic 8-ball says "maybe".

Allan McRae wrote:

People. Prescription == Getting rid of people.

Allan McRae wrote:

Computers. You should always use Arch on a computer.

Allan McRae wrote:

The developers being awesome.

Allan McRae wrote:

Users. At least the demanding ones...

Acecero · 2010-01-15 05:35:49

The repetitive replies to these questions were funny as well.

What part of the Arch Linux development is the most active?
Thomas Bächler: Definitely the package update monkeys.
Allan McRae: Packaging.
Aaron Griffin: Packaging is by far the most active part, followed closely by Pacman development.
Ionut Biru: Hmmm. Packaging, packaging and packaging.
Ronald van Haren: I suppose that is the packaging part.
Pierre Schmitz: Definitely packaging.
Dan McGee: What part of Arch Linux is most active: packaging.
Hugo Doria: Someone mentioned "packaging" already?

Where is development primarily focused for the Arch Linux team (the installation, pacman, etc)?
All: Packaging.

How I imagined this:

OSNews: So again, in the development of Arch Linux, what is the most important aspect?

All: Packaging, do we have to say more?

Misfit138 · 2010-01-15 13:20:03

Allan wrote:

Mikko777 wrote:
Arch -> Arsch which can be put in context like this -> arschloch=> asshole
Correct. Arsch = arse and is pronounced much the same was as Arch...

Then we should mandate an arbitrary change in pronunciation from Arch as in p[arch]ment to Arch, as in ark....but only in Germany. :P

drcouzelis · 2010-01-15 14:18:47

Misfit138 wrote:

Then we should mandate an arbitrary change in pronunciation from Arch as in p[arch]ment to Arch, as in ark....but only in Germany.

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