This. It’s a good distro to base something else on (like SteamOS), and therefore good to learn how distros work without the need to even now how software as a whole works (that would be Gentoo).
It’s however horribly unstable, finicky and time-consuming as a daily driver as all the tiny adjustments and pre-configuration other distros make are missing by design.
Arch was my first choice precisely because of the learning curve. As soon as nothing works with the other distros the user is completely overwhelmed because just like on Windows he is kept stupid and away from bash etc…
No, with every other “used” friendly distro I had such massive problems… and their wikis and other help end at the arch wiki anyway.
Edit: Btw I don’t want to talk down the other distributions in any way. It’s just my personal opinion.
Especially since Arch Linux is not out for stability because of the rolling release, users naturally save themselves the trouble with distributions that are primarily out for stability.
This. It’s a good distro to base something else on (like SteamOS), and therefore good to learn how distros work without the need to even now how software as a whole works (that would be Gentoo).
It’s however horribly unstable, finicky and time-consuming as a daily driver as all the tiny adjustments and pre-configuration other distros make are missing by design.
It’s good if you want to become the soldier.
I think that’s unfair. Despite the meme once you get it going it’s pretty stable.
At first. But then once you’re setup you can coast on years of just doing updates on my experience.
I’m not suggesting anyone who isn’t excited to pick and configure all the packages on your system try it, to be clear.
It is unstable in the actual sense becahse its rolling release. However its usually pretty reliable.
Running arch for years now. If you keep it up to date and don’t lean on the aur too much its very stable.
Arch was my first choice precisely because of the learning curve. As soon as nothing works with the other distros the user is completely overwhelmed because just like on Windows he is kept stupid and away from bash etc…
No, with every other “used” friendly distro I had such massive problems… and their wikis and other help end at the arch wiki anyway.
Edit: Btw I don’t want to talk down the other distributions in any way. It’s just my personal opinion. Especially since Arch Linux is not out for stability because of the rolling release, users naturally save themselves the trouble with distributions that are primarily out for stability.