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If that were the case then they could all pool together their documentation and help guides. But I'm guessing the reason they don't is because there are some n
by MichaelZuo 3y ago
If that were the case then they could all pool together their documentation and help guides.
But I'm guessing the reason they don't is because there are some non-superficial differences.
- dijit 3y agoyear-by-year they are doing exactly this. I hear more often than not ubuntu users using the arch wiki for example because despite the package manager, lots of things are similar.
- deaddodo 3y agoNo, the differences are purely superficial. Which is why they don't pool together. Your argument is like saying Lutherans and Episcopalians aren't both Protestants because they disagree on the meaning of the trinity, despite agreeing on 99% else. Most Linux guides do work on all distros, as long as you're willing to adapt for package management solutions and Desktop Environments (when applicable).
- conradev 3y agoSuperficial from your perspective, but likely not from the maintainer's perspective Debian caring about reproducibility matters quite a lot to some people, but not most, etc
- deaddodo 3y agoYou're just reinforcing my point, not countering it. There's very little experiential difference, being superficial at best. But governing body and community differences are chasmic, meaning the Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora communities have little reason to add information for other distros to their guides; despite the instructions being 99% compatible.
- mikepurvis 3y agoAlso visible in the popularity of the Arch Linux wiki as being reliable, up-to-date "how to fix it" instructions for common problems, regardless of whether you're actually running Arch.
- deaddodo 3y agoNot sure why you downvoted my response when we're agreeing; but yes, I fully concur.
- mikepurvis 3y agoWasn't my downvote.
- jokethrowaway 3y agoThat's the reason I started using arch and that's why it's the distro I used the most (moved to nixos now, though)
- mikepurvis 3y agoRight, but most users don't care about that at all. Particularly for non-technical users who are only ever going to use the GUI frontend to the package manager, almost none of the underlying system matters at all. In a world that has almost completely standardized on grub, systemd, fhs, etc with major applications being shipped in container-like blobs (snap, flatpak, appimage) that mirror a Windows-style setup.exe workflow and then bypass the filesystem and package manager and talk right to the kernel anyway... yeah, if you're an end user, your distro choice doesn't much matter. Pick whatever has out of the box drivers for your laptop's trackpad.
- tux3 3y agoIt's not that far off. Whenever I'm looking for distro-level documentation, I end up either on manpages (which are shared), or the Arch Wiki. And as a Debian user for many years, the differences are surface-level enough that the Arch Wiki is still one of the best resources with completely applicable answers.
- bhaney 3y agoI regularly use other distros' docs and guides for getting things done on Debian. I probably spend more time on the Arch wiki than any Debian-specific sites.
- slikrick 3y agoactually it's literally why I use the archwiki no matter what distro I'm on
- Gigachad 3y agoI don’t think I ever read the actual Fedora docs for anything. I just read the docs for whatever software I’m trying to do something with.