why you choose ArchLinux?

Psykorgasm · 2016-04-07 09:02:32

These days I only use Linux for one thing and I choose Arch still because it's a very simple and fast install with only a small script needed to get my build env fully set up.

Since the only use for this is a windows cross compiler prefix I have so few packages that updates are few and far between but up to date and rolling packages are always a nice thing just in case. Maintenance is super easy and even all these years later it's simple enough to be a pleasure to use since it gets out of my way and I almost forget it's there.

Fabs · 2016-05-23 01:58:50

Because it's simplistic and every package I have was installed by me, unlike debian or fedora who come with 1k packages installed. Also I love pacman, no other package management tool beats pacman. I also like to have the feel that I have power over my system and administrate it myself, it's a do it yourself distro.

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3ight8its · 2016-05-24 11:04:56

The Arch Way
documentation at arch wiki
THIS forum
fits my needs
has no unnecessary stuff
it's a great challenge and opportunity to learn
... and so on ...

ConquestAce · 2016-05-27 02:56:50

For the meme and I like the sound of archlinux compared to the others.

Yrds · 2016-09-02 19:34:17

First I saw it as a challenge
Secondly for some reason it gave me a superiority complex Fits all my needs
Thirdly was the only Linux that is installed to more than 3 months
Fourthly pacman

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Alad · 2016-09-02 19:37:55

Secondly for some reason it gave me a superiority complex

If you're actually serious on this, you might reconsider the distribution. If not, welcome.

eschwartz · 2016-09-02 19:56:51

Alad wrote:

Secondly for some reason it gave me a superiority complex
If you're actually serious on this, you might reconsider the distribution. If not, welcome.

Well... does appreciating the fact that it actually works in a sensible manner qualify as a superiority complex? ("My computer is so much better than yours -- it actually does what I want it to.")

Awebb · 2016-09-02 20:33:03

The funny thing about Arch is, that once you leave the cozy warm engineered society of this bbs, you realize what kind of people Arsch attracts. The worst thing about Arch is its reputation of being hard to use and hard to maintain. It's just like the Dark Souls player base, I am more often ashamed than proud to be part of it. Installing Arch is easy compared to what we had to endure in the late nineties, and even then relatively incompetent users managed to install those arcane Linux distros and somehow survived. Arch and Dark Souls, two passions of my life, that leave me alone with popups, waypoints and hand holding and allow me to pursuit my own goals, without having to ask my mother to chew my food for me. To passions of my life, full of dicks who think that not being a total imbecile is some sort of achievement.

eschwartz · 2016-09-02 21:08:58

Awebb wrote:

[...] who think that not being a total imbecile is some sort of achievement.

In a way it is... though that says more about people in general than it does about said achievers.

cowlick · 2016-10-04 23:13:55

To impress my friends. When I told them I use Arch Linux they said, "What the hell is arch linux?"

qinohe · 2016-10-13 14:57:09

An very old compaq laptop which was given to me choose arch, and I decided to stick with it
The thing died some 3 months later btw.

fluxboxer · 2016-10-13 17:02:27

Stably and hassle-free rolling (with my minimal system); dev pacgages pre-installed easing the compilation from source in (rare) case the desired package isn't found in the very convenient and vast AUR ––once you've found an easy install script bypassing the default, painful installation procedure.

Well, not to forget the rough mods hardening your softer tissues.

drcouzelis · 2016-10-13 17:37:41

fluxboxer wrote:

Well, not to forget the rough mods hardening your softer tissues.

If the Arch Linux moderators don't kill you, then you'll emerge a better, contributing member of the Internet.

fluxboxer · 2016-10-13 17:45:24

drcouzelis wrote:

If the Arch Linux moderators don't kill you, then you'll emerge a better, contributing member of the Internet.

Yes, they make lemonade from lemons.

Awebb · 2016-10-14 07:24:45

fluxboxer wrote:

Well, not to forget the rough mods hardening your softer tissues.

That's what Mark felt.

j1simon · 2016-10-14 14:39:26

I'm using Linux since several years (I don't remember how long). I have used Ubuntu, Gentoo, Suse, OpenSuse. I had seen articles about Arch and, a few years ago, I tried to install it but something went wrong and I gave it up.
Almost one year ago I tried again and I got it installed (this time without problems).
The main reasons of this decision:

I was tired of the distros there is to reinstall/upgrade every n months.
I like to have installed the "latest" versions of the programs I use.

I thought it would be an unstable distro for these reasons but I was totally wrong.
Moreover the Arch wiki is the most complete and best.

I'm very happy to have decided back to try Arch because it is the distro I sought.

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WorMzy · 2016-10-14 15:42:28

fluxboxer wrote:

drcouzelis wrote:
If the Arch Linux moderators don't kill you, then you'll emerge a better, contributing member of the Internet.
Yes, they make lemonade from lemons.

Well I just got my new tagline.

fluxboxer · 2016-10-14 16:16:37

Good luck

EDIT: Oh! Haven't noticed that you're one of them!

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ewaller · 2016-10-14 16:27:48

One of them?

fluxboxer · 2016-10-14 16:32:52

Well, you know…

Alad · 2016-10-14 16:42:01

One of many.

sleepyoh · 2016-11-05 15:38:53

Well, been using Windows since Win95, but lately been having problems, patches braking my system, i dont like how Microsoft acts, i dont like Win10, im just all over it.

Tried every distro on top 50 on distro watch, spent a weekend. I decided for Linux mint, tried it for a few days, said fuck it i wanna learn more.

Spent hours on the wiki here and reading up on things, 2 weeks later i have Arch and cinnamon on desktop and a headless fileserver running Arch on my network.

And honestly, people told me 'arch is for hardcore pro's', but of all the things i have tried i find Arch is the easiest most straight forward simple distrubution. All is logical and if u have a problem just check the wiki. I feel really comfortable even though im still basically a total noob in this world

And i tell ya what, im Really enjoying this so far. I feel such a feeling of accomplishment beeing my OWN boss over MY computer. I love life in Arch so far

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ewaller · 2016-11-05 15:53:40

sleepyoh wrote:

Spent hours on the wiki here and reading up on things, 2 weeks later i have Arch and cinnamon on desktop and a headless fileserver running Arch on my network.

And honestly, people told me 'arch is for hardcore pro's', but of all the things i have tried i find Arch is the easiest most straight forward simple distribution. All is logical and if u have a problem just check the wiki.

I think you will do just fine here The "Hardcore" bit is really just thinking for one's self.

eschwartz · 2016-11-06 03:40:14

99% of people are below average, so yeah, Arch is for hardcore pros. That says more about people in general than it says about Arch...

After having been introduced to Linux via my school's computer lab (running Ubuntu fat clients via LTSP) I decided to try it for myself -- I asked the guy in charge what the best distro is for learning more about linux, he recommended Arch, and I've never looked back.
As far as I am concerned, the only hard thing about Arch is the requirement to occasionally use your brain for its intended purpose.

dreb · 2016-11-18 04:28:36

I chose Arch because of the kawaii desktops.

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