Here's the thing. When I talk to friends interested in Linux, it's always Debian or Fedora that I suggest. I think they draw a good line for what the average user wants and needs and they're stable. In fact, I used Fedora for a long time, and all my homelab stuff runs Debian. It wasn't until computers themselves became a hobby that I switched to Arch. And I think that's likely the cutoff. If you're a computer user, stable distros are great. If you're more a hobbiest... Well, the Arch wiki can own your free time.

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This is good, i hope somebody printed this and hand it over to Arch Linux cult

Almost every interaction with a boomer involving their computer/phone

I just switched to CachyOS and I’m really enjoying it so far. My journey so far has been Mint > Bazzite > Kubuntu > back to Mint > CachyOS and for the first time I don’t have any real complaints. There’s a voice inside my head telling me to jump to just standard Arch though. Not really sure why. Have you tried standard Arch? If so, how does it compare to CachyOS? I probably won’t end up switching, I haven’t had any issues yet and I’m a computer problem magnet and certified idiot, so I’ll probably stick to what works, but something draws me to pure Arch.

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed sends it’s love.

Which ones are corporate besides Redhat and what's the relation to this post?

Arch on my server

Sane people usually go bungee jumping or cave diving to get their irrational danger kicks.

Installing Arch on a server is certainly a choice

This is the way.

Just means your over 25

Dosent even have to be the way you like it. It only has to be the way that lets you get work done. If you can get work done on your thinking sand tool then it is a good tool.

I want to switch to Nix... the idea of Nix is compelling. In practice every time I try and test it out I remember that I'm an idiot with a keyboard and I should stop.

Nah, I looked at it and it doesn't interest me. I like arch because, contrary to popular belief, it is quite stable (as in non crashing, not package versions) if you only install exactly what you need. I had way more stability issues on the more standard distros since they had so much extra stuff. Debian for servers every day though.

Nix looks interesting in theory, but is a lot of work and too opinionated for me. Far from an expert though and have nothing against those that like it or any other distro.

Naw, archer users either become cachy users OR nix. It's a pipe line with a y junction.

I want to (and previously tried it out for a bit) but the difficulty curve (more like a difficult brick wall) is hard to deal with

I feel a lot of people really forget that virtual machines exist.

Yeah the concept of NixOS is impossible to not be attracted to for avid Arch users.

The reality? It can be a deterrent.

Nothing like getting to screw up your computer your way! Ultimate customization* 😄

*am Arch-based user

i've heard a bunch of people talking about cachyos

i use endeavour os, and when i get my pc back (i moved and haven't been able to build it yet) i'm planning on installing base arch

so, what are the upsides to cachyos?

Calm down there Satan.

Neither one of those will put hair on your chest, Saddle up NixOS, that'll make you want to stab people in the eye... still fun tho

Yeah at some point they are all the same to me it's just the different package manager. Pacman, apt, yum or whatever they are calling it now a days.

Most use systemd.

I started using Arch flavors because when you have brand new hardware the latest kernel can be important. After the machine is a couple years old it doesn't really matter.

Also Endeavouros is where it's at (but don't tell the vanilla Arch people, they won't help me with my problems if they find out)

I think when you first get into Linux it's a valid thing. you want to find the distro that you're most comfortable with.

When I first started using linux I tried them all and eventually just settled on Arch because it felt right to me. That being said I don't knock anyone who uses whatever. A good friend of mine online uses Slackware and he loves it, it works for him. There's no "wrong" distro, it's whatever works for you. you have to initially hop around though to find that though.

Also distro hopping is great when it comes to helping people, especially new linux users. I've made many friends within the community because for a solid year I just hopped all over the place and tried to learn it all.

I switched from Ubuntu to Debian when I got pissed about something.

But it’s not a hop, more like a leisurely walk 😀

See the world, they said....