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I am in two minds about the "community" aspect of Ubuntu. It is true that Ubuntu has many users. Subsequently, whenever you run into a question, you will get lo
by rmk2 14y ago
I am in two minds about the "community" aspect of Ubuntu. It is true that Ubuntu has many users. Subsequently, whenever you run into a question, you will get lots of Ubuntu-specific posts. The problem I see with this is, however, that with a higher volume comes a higher number of a) unanswered or b) duplicate or c) redundant questions/answers, and since Ubuntu markets itself as "the distribution for everyone", many questions are very basic (→ "signal-to-noise", etc.).
The Arch wiki, on the other hand, often offers in-depth writeups, guides and howtos, simply because that is its philosophy and it is geared towards a more proficient but therefore also significantly more specialised userbase.
Now, I use neither Ubuntu nor Arch, yet I find the Arch community's work infinitely more helpful and transferable than the documentation churned out by the Ubuntu machinery.
Size is a double-edged sword, you have a better chance of finding something, yet finding good solutions becomes substantially harder,
- Adaptive 14y agoI concur. I use both Arch and Ubuntu in various contexts and the Arch resources are a vastly better experience. Not just the wiki and bbs but also (significantly) the AUR which is a superior experience to the rats nest of PPAs.
- lawn 14y agoAgreed. Often when I'm searching for a problem I stumble on the Arch wiki (I don't use Arch) and it has often been the perfect thing for me.