Is Arch good or is it a meme?

meme and good. also bad.

>>55634437
this

>>55634429
A good meme.

poor man gentoo

Just read their FAQ and try to install it if you think it looks interesting

Do you ask for /g/'s approval for every little decision you make?

best distro if you lack the cpu power for gentoo

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>>55634695

All Linux distros are for the poor man.

>>55634429
I really enjoy it. Its nice to have the most up to date packages with no hassle. Xserver crashing and unstable packages are a meme tho. Also prepare to do everything yourself which is not that much of a problem thanks to the very well maintained arch wiki.

>>55634429
it's made for lazy autists

>>55634429
It's the binary version of gentoo. That's it. It's not really great, but it's also not that bad.

>>55634850
Nah, it doesn't have USE flags or LICENSE, it doesn't have a stable branch and X breaks every 5 seconds.

>>55634957
>it doesn't have USE flags
Obviously.

Just about any de or wm is very nice ootb.
Mom, cancel my meetings doesn't happen.
Arch is solid.
Pacman does not overwrite conf files that have been user edited. You have to merge in conf changes in updates you're self ~ very easy using something like meld, but you have to kind of stay on top of it. Doesn't matter if you don't tweak system wide settings, of course.
archwiki/pacnew

I've been using arch for a while now and I like it. But it's a little more technical than other distros so its not for everyone.

>>55634429
Arch gives you like 70% more freedom than Windows but it's still bloated with proprietary crap and a kernel full of binary blobs.

>>55634957
>X breaks every 5 seconds.
Meme.

>>55634429
Arch is a great source of packages and configurations, especially for systemd unit files (since they're one of the most prominent adopters)

I wouldn't actually run it though, too unstable for a server and too inflexible for a personal machine

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Bad. Don't fall for the meme.

its neither, it entirely depends on the person.

its a linux distro for competent users, though anyone can read the guide and if their hardware is properly supported it will be a breeze, but once they update, things will obviously break, well depends on their hardware and configuration. When that happens they cry not knowing how to fix it and call it a meme, etc. but for a competent person, he'll know what to do.

beginners should never install it as their main straight away, they should install it in a VM or use it on a spare comp and actually learn how to use it properly, they'll learn quite abit of linux userspace.

>>55634429
I can never unsee the obese man in the logo...

these morons on /g/ cant make that judgement for you. don't be a dumb sheep, go try it for yourself and make your own judgement.

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>>55634429
Arch is the perfect DIY distro

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>>55637880
>ubuntu is bad therefore arch is good
what autist made this

>>55637927
You do realise you missed the point of those examples do you

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>>55637980
Neither of them proved that arch isn't buggy trash

>>55638024
Arch isn't any different than Ubuntu

>>55638024
>>55638054
Furthermore Ubuntu is more buggy