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I use Arch because its the only distro that "Just Works" for me. I like to use the latest version of every software I use, and this is almost impossible on non-
by wz1000 12y ago
I use Arch because its the only distro that "Just Works" for me. I like to use the latest version of every software I use, and this is almost impossible on non-rolling-release distros. Installing from source almost always ends up breaking something on distros like Ubuntu.
Also, Arch is predictable. There are no weird quirks and distro-specific patches. Almost everything that is on the system is something that you consciously put there, not something that was decided by the distro-makers.
Finally, the AUR and the Arch wiki are simply amazing. Much has already been said about them and I have nothing to add.
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- zxcvcxz 12y ago>Installing from source almost always ends up breaking something on distros like Ubuntu. Example? I've never once "broken" something by installing a program from source.
- cosarara97 12y agoI haven't either, but I've had trouble trying to uninstall them later.
- hobarrera 11y agoIf you install form source, you lose all the advantages of a package manager (updating, clean uninstallation, dependency management, etc). pacman (and makepkg) make creating your own package stupidly simple. (not to mention that the official repos + AUR have an immense amount of packages present already).