Thread 106870159

This is the best linux distro
>stable compared to windows 10
>just werks with the latest software and drivers
>best package manager on linux to date
>minimal bloat, just what you want and nothing else
>got a problem? use timeshift

There's nothing else to use and its relatively easy to insall.
Let me say this, linux is different than windows but the install is no more difficult vs windows 10's install.

Just use fucking arch

main problem with arch for beginners is that linux package names are always some cute shit. how are you supposed to know ex nihilo that for your printer to work you should install "cups?" Cups? The fuck? But the fact that they only push actual point releases (hence rolling release) of packages to their repos is always nice, with Ubuntu SAC and Fedora you can get broken git builds because fuck you.

>>106870159 (OP)
>arch logo
>stable
I audibly keked
This got to be a troll post

>>106870159 (OP)
>>106870695
>easy to install
Yeah it is indeed a trollpost

>>106870705
Is archinstall really that complicated?

>>106870733
>insecure archtard makes it about me when pointed out about lying about arch being stable and easy to install, things that arch is not lmao.
Lol, do you feel unusually superior and smarter than you normally are just because you read off and followed instructions from a wiki page? Nigga I installed arch before any of the archinstall shit they added later on. You were probably in highschool back then lmao. It's hilarious your first retort is to call in to question my intelligence for not being able to use archinstall when I called out your lie about it being easy to install lmao.

>>106870695
In the linux world, "stable" means all your packages are out of date, "unstable" means your packages are new.
In the OC world "stable" means your PC works well, "unstable" means your PC crashes.

archinstall and archiso derivatives were the worst thing to happen to arch. 95% of the community are shitters and troons.

>>106870877
>muh gated community
there is always gentoo :^)

>>106870877
Just don't use them, nobody's making you
Installing Arch is trivial using the guide

The only thing that ever made Arch cool was you had to do it yourself and you could be proud to run it
Now it's a baby distro, Arch = Ubuntu baby distro for retards
it's too easy to install
get a real distro that's hard and I'll give you props mintbaby

>>106870159 (OP)
>>stable compared to windows 10
>>just werks
>>best package manager on linux to date
No

>>106870159 (OP)
Arch is great if you really want rolling release, but sadly all rolling release distros will break sooner or later.

>>106870841
bruh unc really wrote a paragraph

>>106870841
>Nigga I installed arch before any of the archinstall shit
And you still think it's not easy to install? Takes like 30 min to do a full setup with everything you want

arch being as popular as it is astounds me

yeah it's totally a good idea to use a distro where each individual package is maintained by a different random guy who drinks beer all day

genuinely you cannot say you haven't run into bugs if you use arch

>>106873355
>use a distro where each individual package is maintained by a different random guy who drinks beer all day
This is just FOSS in general

>>106873380
at least in the corporate backed distros things are somewhat standardized and tested against eachother. I think rolling release just sucks. happily have no problems with fedora, used gentoo for a full year before realizing it was a waste of time

>>106870159 (OP)
>pacman -S firefox
>gets hacked

>>106873404
to clarify, gentoo was extremely stable and is basically arch done correctly, but managing package conflicts is way more of a pain and time sink than its worth and it's virtually guaranteed to happen if you use your computer for multiple tasks

>>106870221
Basically you're forced to update Arch every few days. Given how massive the dependencies are, it's just a matter of time until shit hits the fan.
I'd personally update once a year but that's pretty much impossible if you use Steam for example.

>>106873426
> until shit hits the fans
which is very rare. It's much more likely that a major update in s traditional distribution destroys your system.

>>106873457
I'm talking more about malware and bad intentions.

>>106873404
>at least in the corporate backed distros things are somewhat standardized and tested against eachother.
So, that's why in Fedora (corporate backed distro) has btrfs (filesystem that it uses by default) bug that was forcing filesystem in ro and they didn't upstream fix so it was only fixed in a minor kernel release, while CachyOS (Arch fork that's maintained by roughly 3 dudes who provide support in discord channel) upstreamed fix in 3 days?

>>106873491
still happened on both. tbqh I tend to never update my system so I'll probably switch to debian soon or something

>>106870842
kek loonixtards BTFOd

>>106870159 (OP)
It's decent but the best depends on what you want. For the large majority of desktop users, yes you want Arch

Here is how it goes:
- Traditional distributions have major versions that avoid updating major versions of applications. This is on purpose because servers require this. However once you do a major update the whole thing may crash. Also your system may crash if you don't follow the distribution logic.
- Arch doesn't have a version at all. You get all stable latest versions when you update. There are no custom anything either, all packages are vanilla. This makes the system very stable. The catch, you may get a major update of a package and now you have to manually reconfigure it.
- NixOS is a mix of both. You can do rolling release or traditional. Multiple versions of the same application can live together. Instead of installing you declare packages and the system updates for you atomically with guarantee of integrity.

There's also a atomic/immutable distros which don't allow you to make system modification and replace the system entirely. These are for servers and serve no purpose for desktop users. It's used to simplify maintenance.

>>106873549
Thanks chatbot
Please send my gratitude to prompt so I can burn those precious tokens

>>106873560
You must eat shit with a spoon to think this was written by a chatbot.

>>106870159 (OP)
>stable compared to windows 10
That's a fish-in-a-barrel comparison: ALL other operating systems are more stable than Windows. :)

>>106873473
If your point is malware you should update often and pay attention to AUR scripts.

>>106870159 (OP)
>just werks with the latest software and drivers
I did a full update today and the sound was gone, had to delete the wireplumber folder ~/.local/state to make it work again GG Arch

Not an arch user btw. Could someone file a bug for the chromium desktop file so that it looks for Icon=chromium-browser and not just chromium. This is the default on ubuntu and fedora.

>>106873749
AUR is bit suspicious, really.

>>106873759
That is the price of Arch. If you have a major update you need to reconfigure. In your case it would also happen in a traditional distro on a major update because you had your own local script.

>>106873780
actually, checking how icon naming works, it looks like chromium picks up chromium-browser. Sorry arch

99% of people who post in these threads have never used it or even installed it, they just repost le ebin memes seen on youtube/reddit like >>106870705 thinking that it's obvious to anyone in tech that haha arch so difficult to install amirite while it's just not fucking true. you input 10 commands at most. there's five million tutorials on youtube. hell, you could write a tutorial within the character limit of a 4chink post.
not to mention archinstall.

Arch is so easy to install without archinstall. A 15 minute youtube video can teach you.
>This is too hard!
Is the defeated wail of those who refuse to activate their almonds. I was like that too, so long ago.

>>106873426
>Basically you're forced to update Arch every few days.
Not true i updated Arch few times after few months of not updating without problem, i only had to sync keys or something which is just one easy command you can find on wiki. Right now I'm almost year without updating.

>>106873473
You guys are funny. There are hacks and malware everywhere, just google Ubuntu hacks and you will know, better ask AI. Whats more, even corporations are in danger of leaking information about you or selling you out. Thinking that your identity or system are secure because its managed by corporations is delusional. AuR is managed by people who love what they are doing not by fags who hate what they are doing but have to because they are paid.

>>106870841
he didnt even make it about you brody

>>106870841
Someone is insecure.

While I don't really like arch or their posters, I'm always going to praise their excellent wiki. Masterpiece