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Why go through the trouble to use Arch? (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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May be a mean sounding question, but I’m genuinely wondering why people would choose Arch/Endevour/whatever (NOT on steam hardware) over another all-in-one distro related to Fedora or Ubuntu. Is it shown that there are significant performance benefits to installing daemons and utilities à la carte? Is there something else I’m missing? Is it because arch users are enthusiasts that enjoy trying to optimize their system?

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[–] 26 points 11 months ago (1 child)
  • It's amazingly stable even though it's a rolling release.
  • Up to date.
  • Maintained by many many knowledgeable people.
  • Arch Wiki
  • 99% of software you need is packaged, and then there's AUR too.

That's about it, but its my daily driver on desktop and laptop.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    I think another factor for some is that it’s a community-driven project rather than a product with corporate backing. This is also a big reason why some use Debian over Ubuntu LTS

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