>install Arch
>it sucks
Welp back to xubuntu
>install arch
>can't figure out how to use it
>it sucks
>>53904677
Arch is for people who don't have anything else to do, and want to make something for themselves to do. So they use an all-manual distro that they constantly have to tweak and repair and maintain
>>53905075
obv bait is obv
>>53904677
Nice blog.
>>53905075
> never install Arch
> everything is just fine
Ha, pretty much the same as I did
>>53905118
Arch is for people that like to fully customize their system based on what that system is meant to do, from the ground up ( imo ). Keeping it simple and only having what you need. Enjoy Canonical's tard-buntu
>xubuntu
wew lad
>>53905118
Is it really? You tried it? It seems like when you set it up only thing you have to do it is:pacman -Syu
You can "rice" almost every OS and turn it into a timesink anon.
>install Arch to see what all the fuss is about
>follow instructions
>everything set up quickly
>run it for a week
>WOW, IT'S FUCKING NOTHING
Back to stock Ubuntu
>Post claims a distribution sucks with no reasoning as to why
>4chan/g/
>????
>Profit?
>>53905138
go /a/way
>>53905229
Xubuntu core is not proper ricing bro.....
>>53904677
ITT people who never used aur
>get told to install gentoo
>download iso
>put it on usb
>boot into usb
>cli appears
>type Install Gentoo
>installed arch
>doesnt go further by setting up DE or WM
>arch sucks
>>53904677
>install xubuntu
>it sucks
Welp back to Arch.
I can play this game too OP.
>>53905174
Nigger you don't do any of that shit with Arch. You install meta packages using wiki copy/paste commands. Leave the bragging to gentoo/LFS kids and go hang yourself over a flaming sandnigger.
>>53905427
Spongebob sudoku pants best anime
>>53905443
You can rice anything. The huge perk of Linux is that you can run any wm de you want. That means your desktop should look very similar regardless of distribution run.
That also means once you have your config down you can copy a few files and have a riced environment nearly out of box on any fresh install.
Xubuntu in its nature is a minimal Ubuntu. Not bad for a rice base IMO. I usually start with xfce bases if I do a de at all.
>try to install arch
>community.db corrupt
Well back to Xubuntu
>itry to install arch
>even the wiki makes it too complex
back to debian
>>53905208
Xubuntu is the comfiest distro desu
openSUSE is bretty good.
>>53908237
I'll go ahead and say it
The arch wiki sucks
>>53908237
>>53908362
at least gentoo put real effort in making their wiki understandable and easy to follow.
>>53908384
I agree
Everyone always c-jerks about how great the Arch wiki is, but it's needlessly obtuse and skips over a lot of things that may be unfamiliar to users coming from an nonPacman based system.
But that's the Arch way! many of its supporters will cry. Yes, that may be the "Arch Way" but it's not a very good way
>>53904677
that's not even a good meme
go shill somewhere else
>try installing arch
>840m driver issues
>20 ways to get wifi, all of them more complicated than the others
>even getting ethernet to work takes 2-3 commands
>configure everything to get anything working
>everything bleeding edge = everything unstable
Meanwhile
>ubuntu gnome
>don't need to use the cli at all to get anything working
>feel like I have no control (just like in windows and os x)
>still do as much in the cli as possible
>it's worth it as I can use gnome without killing myself
>>53904677
>it sucks
You do realise you just declared yourself a sucker don't you.
Arch desktop is shaped by the user himself and if the desktop sucks, it's the users fault
Retard
>>53908589
Yep. OP just reconsider your life
>>53908589
It sucks because it's a massive time sink to get the same functionality as other distros for one
>>53908618
Wew lad
#pacman -S kde-desktop kde-applications-meta
>Timesink
>>53908589
>implying you can't do that on any distro
>implying Arch "tools" don't suck dick
>inb4 check the wiki brah
>implying arch wiki doesn't suck dick
Gentoo and Funtoo wikis are pretty much the golden standard. And both are better than Arch.
>but muh compiling times
Stop running a toaster you faggot ricer.
>>53908635
>has to write a blog post to install anything
dnf install @xfce
Wew
>>53908642
Gentoo had a good wiki
>Until the incompetent devs had their server crashed
Newfag
>>53908655
>2 arguments passed into pacman -S; one for barebone KDE and the other for "bloat packages"
>>Blog
Go back to OSX
>>53908717
Then stop whinging
>UEFI
>Pacman -Syu
>Keyboard stops working on login
>waste 5 minutes of my life fixing the problem
>mad af I will never get those 5 minutes back again
>>53908788
Same shit happened with my xubuntu core, some people don't cry over these shit
Is Parabola a meme too?
>>53905301
Ubuntu release schedule is actually tolerable. I cannot stand the Debian stable 2 year cycle shit though
>>53908824
>slackware release schedule
>>53904677
Arch was my first linux distro and I learned a lot during install.
It was fun.
Why do people say it's hard? Do they just give up when something goes wrong?
>Installed arch
>Try to configure xen server
>How the fuck do I apt-get install on this shit
>Download source via instructions on wiki
>404 on some mystical URL
Well I'll be fucked
>>53908846
The most timesink binary based distro in existence
>>53908362
>>53908417
>>53908384
>actually being this retarded
I went from being a winfag to an arch fag in one day flat. No issues, and 1.5 years later I'm using arch with no major issues. Go back to /v/
>>53908974
>one whole day
>>53908974
>expecting tripfags to ve intelligent
>>53908993
Yeah, it took quite a while for all the packages to download and I fucked up once because I skipped a step like a retard... but I still got it done in ~5 hours (with a break).
I don't understand why so many people take time to do a manual step by step install but not do Gentoo. Arch install is basically same steps but using generic binaries. I get wanting to install the OS faster but it seems like if you cared about speed you wouldnt be installing arch in the first place.
>>53905174
No, that's what people use Gentoo for.
Arch is just for ricer fags
>>53908149
this
I got xubuntu, installed i3wm on it, riced the hell out of it, i was looking at my m8 set up with his newly installed arch. It's pretty much the same when it comes to efficiency, sure it would be nice to have control over every single thing that's installed in your system and it update with the latest releases before any other distro, and the package manager etc etc.
But honestly a lightweigt distro, with a lightweight wm can get the job done just as good
>>53905118
have you ever personally used arch beyond booting an iso, or only seen it discussed?
personally, I set up my system in a night (basic arch install, slim->openbox with tint2, got aur working), spent a couple more days theming/getting things visually nice (font rendering, terminal emulator, etc.), and I've never significantly felt a need to modify it since. I'll occasionally find out about something interesting (e.g. tlp) and install it, set up a config for it, and leave it be
I'm not anal about updating my system (often leaving it for weeks without update/reboot), anything I've ever needed has been in the repos, it's light as hell, and it never breaks (and I've done loads of dumb shit, only had to boot off a usb and chroot once, after accidentally removing my display manager)
I really don't understand the vitriol, I've found it well designed and functional. I don't even think testing repos are as broken as laymen assume arch to be
>>53905301
this was my experience, except I don't think that's a bad thing
why return to ubuntu when it's non-rolling and doesn't have aur/updated packages?
>>53909185
hi oh wise one, may I burden you with a moment of your time to help a knowledge seeking pleb such as myself?
What's the FSF equivalent of gentoo?
>>53908974
>>53909013
I'm using Arch right now you massive cuckolds
>>53904677
>i don't actually know what i'm doing, and i need shiny buttons to help me do even the most simple of tasks on a gnu/linux system
>install Arch
>this doesn't have shiny buttons, and i don't have the first fucking clue how to get them
>"it sucks"
Does this sound about right?
>>53910243
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html
Do your own research faggot. Gentoo is free software as you can choose to how your system runs. However, since it have ebuilds for proprietary software on their server, they are not endorsed by the FSF. If you want a FSF distrobution you can use Utux XS
>Ututo XS, a GNU/Linux distribution based on Gentoo. It was the first fully free GNU/Linux system recognized by the GNU Project.
However, unless you can read bean runes, it may be difficult to read documentation.
>>53908362
I love using the arch wiki for everything except installing arch. The Arch wiki is a great source for learning how to configure or use Linux programs even in non-arch distros.
Example:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/mpv
Their mpv page is very helpful no matter what distro you use.
>>53904677
arch is sjw anyway
gentoo or go home
>>53904677
>>53908285
>xubuntu
why not mint xfce?
>>53912037
>I love using the arch wiki for everything except installing arch
Same here.
The fucking wiki is more useful than the OS.
>>53912049
exherbo
>>53912049
>arch is sjw anyway
lolwat
>>53912468
https://archwomen.org/
>>53909987
I installed and set up my system in about half an hour.
>>53912513
>there is a group of women who use arch
>arch is therefore sjw
You're a special kind of special.
>>53905229
Can confirm, lost lots of hours of sleep just by ricing
>>53912841
>ignoring "internships"
>>53912937
Do you actually think any of them are ever going to amount to shit? Like every other "sjw womyn's user group" it's just a bunch of fat, mentally-ill women playing pretend, not so different from the usual fat /g/ NEETs using a Linux system as a prop for their weird hacker roleplaying.
A bunch of fatties sitting around pretending to be "web devs" is about as far as any of them actually go. I wouldn't worry about a SJW takeover of Arch.
Last time I installed Arch on my old X41, XServer came broken out of the box with a segfault error
I'm gonna guess this was XServers fault though, because that thing sucks ass, but even then I really don't want to hold my hand over my heart every upgrade hoping nothing will break
I think I will try some flavor of Ubuntu (or Debian) next time, but only when Wayland is the default
>>53905587
almost - you should have typed just 'gentoo' on the first cli.
>>53908533
Antergos
>>53905118
>he said while posting on a Mongolian cave painting board
You're right though
>>53904677
>Install ubuntu 15.10
>let the GUI update
>reboot
>System error has occurred *200
>Reinstall
>update via CLI
>reboot
>>System error has occurred *200
>Install arch
>update
>reboot
>everything working as intended
I'm still migrating to either void or gentoo and installing unity
>>53904677
>instal debian
>its old
i used windows xp so im ok with this
