Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago"They just have to read the documentation"discuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square175linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1image"They just have to read the documentation"discuss.tchncs.deNatanox@discuss.tchncs.de to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square175linkfedilink
minus-squareTheFANUM @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI wish. People recommend Arch to beginners all the time. And then wonder why there’s so many “Linux is too hard” comments everywhere
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoArch isn’t necessarily hard. It just is unstable plus it encourages dated ways of doing things.
minus-squareZealousideal_Fox_900@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoAnd it just seems towering overall with the insane egos of some Arch users on forums. It’s a good distro, just setting it up feels so tiring.
minus-squarescintilla@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIts weird because Gentoo is actually more involved but the community seems to have none of the ego issues.
minus-squareTurret3857@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI feel like setting it up is easy (archinstall), maintaining it is the tiring part.
minus-squareinfinitesunrise@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt’s not hard if you’re into doing Linuxy stuff. A lot of new users are not, or find diving in too fast intimidating. Like it or not Arch is definitely in the deep end of the Linux pool.
I wish. People recommend Arch to beginners all the time. And then wonder why there’s so many “Linux is too hard” comments everywhere
Arch isn’t necessarily hard. It just is unstable plus it encourages dated ways of doing things.
Those make it hard
And it just seems towering overall with the insane egos of some Arch users on forums. It’s a good distro, just setting it up feels so tiring.
Its weird because Gentoo is actually more involved but the community seems to have none of the ego issues.
I feel like setting it up is easy (archinstall), maintaining it is the tiring part.
It’s not hard if you’re into doing Linuxy stuff. A lot of new users are not, or find diving in too fast intimidating. Like it or not Arch is definitely in the deep end of the Linux pool.