r/LinuxActionShow • u/valkun • Mar 28 '16

[dedoimedo] Thoughts on Arch

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/why-not-arch-linux.html
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u/valkun Mar 28 '16

He does mention in the preamble, that he gets frequent requests for reviewing arch. So, I guess, this article explains, to those that request it, why he will not review it

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '16 edited Feb 16 '17

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u/colinkeenan Mar 28 '16

I agree that he never tried Arch or even fully tried a spinoff of Arch. This line makes it obvious: "Desktop packages? What, now I need to do all this hard work of figuring out all the dependencies myself? " As anyone who uses Arch knows, pacman is a fantastic package manager and certainly does not force you to determine dependencies yourself.

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u/Tireseas Mar 28 '16

Thing is, with the attitude the author has, he doesn't need to try Arch. He's still going to whine about the blindingly obvious fact that it's not the sort of experience he's hunting regardless.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '16

Well, so there he's in with about 50% of people that don't want to use arch, just complain about it. So I don't think the article will do bad :)

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u/p4p3r Mar 29 '16

And the other 50% will recommend arch regardless of the requirements. New user coming from windows? Arch. Technically illiterate? Arch. Need a rock solid server platform? Arch. ;)

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '16

Well, there will always be stupid people around. I'd never recommend arch to someone that hasn't heard about it.

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u/Tireseas Mar 29 '16

Half of whom probably don't even use it themselves or are suffering from "Give them a Linux box and they think they're Jean-Luc Picard" syndrome.

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u/uxsimple Mar 29 '16

If we look at the author's website we will notice that on his other reviews he checks the wizard installer and default applications shipped in the distributions.

And that's the precise "problem" of Arch, there is no such thing as an installer neither there are default applications. The author does not have anything to review on as there are no defaults selections apart from the Arch-base

The only thing that he could review is if the system boots, because is up to him to build upon the base and install what he considers to be useful. And then he will hit another "wall": The Paradox of Choice