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Story time.
I learned Debian-based distros back in high school from a college tech class. After leaving school and getting my first job, I built my first computer (after two DOA boards and much gnashing of teeth). I sat happily in my Windows bubble for a long time.
Years later I had a catastrophic failure when trying to get clever and unlocking my system32 folder to do some tinkering. I’d had enough of Windows. Thought Pop! OS looked really nice.
But we sometimes have that one friend. Arch. Every time I talked about my OS or showed him my clean setup, Arch. If I had a problem with packages. Pacman. AUR. Arch.
I was going nuts. Did he care I was running Pop! OS with KDE Plasma using Kubuntu backports to jury rig a later version? No. Arch.
After a long and grueling battle, after slogging through mountains of unsolicited Arch memes in my DMs, after vehemently defending Debian, I will only say this:
I use Arch, btw.
I think we’re years past the point where the frequency of memes about people saying “I use arch btw” has exceeded people actually saying “I use arch btw” by a wide margin. At this point I’m just waiting for this one to die.
I use Arch btw was always a meme , literally no one ever said it unironically.
I use Arch btw
I wonder how much shit I would get if I was to declare Arch the veganism of Linux 🤔
You’d be right tho.
I’m an ubuntu nerd 🤓
Ew
Keep your filthy perversions to yourself, young man
Controversial opinion: you become a senior, when you let arch behind and use distros like debian.
I don’t dislike arch, going step by step through the install process is the best way learning and no matter which distro someone use, the arch wiki should be the first place to visit for instructions or help.
you let arch behind and use distros like debian.
does using nixos count ;-;
It is, if your priorities are to tinker even more with your computer. (nix configs, etc.) :)
Using non-tech analogy, it is like having a “project car” to tinker with and a “daily driver” to get to and from work, if you are a car enthusiast.
Yes, but for example I find the steam deck actually buggier than NixOS
Just look at all the posts about the “discover” app crashing
But isn’t that behavior actually documented in the Arch wiki? At least when you manually install it, it lists
packagekit-qt6as being “not recommended”.As far as I can tell, I’m just using it to install flatpaks so it should work fine
Yeah at some point, you want to do work on your computer, not work on your computer.
A technology connections viewer I see
My current theory on the whole meme:
- Someone in high school debate class is tasked with arguing in favor of Flat Earth theory or moon landings were faked.
- Intrigued by the ease with which they manipulate people into believing outlandish concepts, they try talking people into believing more untenable ideas like “grip tape is much better at holding reaper pepper hot sauce on the surface of a dildo than barbed wire.”
- Person finds that limits exist and tries to come up with something more reasonable – becomes champion for Arch Linux.
- People take them seriously and it takes off…
DISCLAIMER: I have tried neither grip tape and hot sauce covered dildos nor Arch Linux but you get the concept I’m trying to convey I hope.
Birds Aren’t Real, Flying Spaghetti Monster, and probably a few other things started out as jokes and people started taking it seriously. But Arch probably didn’t start as joke given how gate-keeperish the linux community was at the time.
