![]() ![]() It's a lot better than pacman in some ways like dealing with broken dependencies or orphaned dependencies. The amount of times you get asked for passwords is annoying as hell, so you basically make some polkit changes. Suse has a lot of weird "suse ways" because it seems like a system directed at not single user computing. Before I was patching and compiling with every release which is frustrating. files a side bug report with all the information and they made a test repo for me and now the mainline suse kernel has the patches i need. Once I diagnosed the problem, found an online solution but realized the patches won't make it to mainline until 5.14. I have a hardware issue that requires kernel patching (sleep problems). I like that they do patch things from upstream if needed. On suse it's so much easier to change that then on arch. For example i was dealing with kernel issues so i was changing default kernels a lot. Sometimes you need it sometimes you don't. I like that it has pretty good GUI settings manager for everything. If you are a beginner and want to use Arch, you must be willing to invest time into learning a new system, and accept that Arch is designed as a 'do-it-yourself' distribution it is the user who assembles the system.īefore asking for help, do your own independent research by searching the Web, the forum and the superb documentation provided by the Arch Wiki. It is targeted at the proficient GNU/Linux user, or anyone with a do-it-yourself attitude who is willing to read the documentation, and solve their own problems The distribution is intended to fill the needs of those contributing to it, rather than trying to appeal to as many users as possible. Whereas many GNU/Linux distributions attempt to be more user-friendly, Arch Linux has always been, and shall always remain user-centric. Read the ArchWiki, what you are saying is in clear contradiction with the Wiki and common understandings/principles of the Arch community. You don't need to do any research and don't need to take an active role at all. I really don't like how its become something that people push on Reddit (often without really understanding it).Īrch is very entry user friendly. You can introduce them to it, try to articulate why you personally like it (remembering that this is largely personal and subjective), but I rarely feel its right to recommend or promote it. I think Arch is something people should come to on their own, not be convinced to use. OR the TL DR, Arch is great for the minority of users who treat their desktop almost as a hobby in and of itself, that like tinkering, tweaking, learning And is not best suited for most casual users and beginners. Personally I think these two points are not enough on there own if you don't connect with the Arch philosophy, and you don't like the idea of taking a more active role in configuring and maintaining your system and doing your own research. ![]() ![]() I do enjoy a rolling release, and the AUR (is not ideal) but is very convenient. Two more concrete reasons people state are that its a rolling release, and the Arch user repository (these are probably the two most common reasons you will here). ![]() But, Its great for the people that are attracted to its design philosophy, simplicity as a default, and excited about a 'user-centric' distro that promotes and enables a do-it-yourself problem-solving mindset and promotes learning. In my eyes there aren't concrete reasons that make Arch any better than anything else. Since I started using it, I've been attracted to its philosophy, as "Do It Yourself", "Simplicity" and so on.īut I find it difficult to introduce merit of it in a concrete and easy-to-understand way, because of I use it just because it has beautiful philosophy and useful for development. ![]()
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