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I didn't grow up on Linux, but rather was accustomed to OSs that do everything for me: first Windows, then Mac. And when those have failed me, by feeling too co
by yuvadam 12y ago
I didn't grow up on Linux, but rather was accustomed to OSs that do everything for me: first Windows, then Mac. And when those have failed me, by feeling too complex and not giving me enough control as a power user, I discovered Arch Linux.
As opposed to other distros, Arch is the only user-centric distribution out there. When something goes wrong, I don't have to deal with "where does this come from", because the distro itself doesn't interfere with anything. It's either a bad config on my part, or an upstream bug.
Upstream bugs are fixed immediately due to the rolling release nature of Arch. And configuring my system is extremely easy, since 95% of the problems are solved by looking at the wiki.
I won't bash on other distros - to each her own. But I urge any power user that wants full control over their system to try Arch. It's truly another class of Linux.
- philtar 12y agoAll/vast majority of linux distros give you the same amount of control. The only difference is that most of the others customize a bit (debian is supposedly just setting sane defaults). Never in my life have I had to work ON my computer as opposed to doing work using my computer as much as I have using Arch.
- qbrass 12y ago>Never in my life have I had to work ON my computer as opposed to doing work using my computer as much as I have using Arch. I'd say FOR instead of ON, but otherwise, that was my impression of Arch.
- lmm 12y agoI was a similar user, but lately the mainstream of Linux is forcing these monolithic, fragile systems on every use. I switched to FreeBSD a few years ago and haven't looked back - it has the same advantages you describe, only more so.