Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago"They just have to read the documentation"discuss.tchncs.deexternal-linkmessage-square187fedilinkarrow-up1787arrow-down115
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minus-squareTheFANUM @lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months 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-up4arrow-down9·2 months agoArch isn’t necessarily hard. It just is unstable plus it encourages dated ways of doing things.
minus-squareZealousideal_Fox_900@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months 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-up2·2 months agoIts weird because Gentoo is actually more involved but the community seems to have none of the ego issues.
minus-squareweker01@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoThey had the same problem when it was relatively more popular.
minus-squareTurret3857@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoI feel like setting it up is easy (archinstall), maintaining it is the tiring part.
minus-squareinfinitesunrise@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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.
They had the same problem when it was relatively more popular.
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.