Subj : Arch Linux
To   : All
From : Chicken Head
Date : Fri Jan 10 2020 17:19:08

So is anyone using Arch Linux and can you convince me why I should even bother?

I decided to try with Arch and it's...painful.  I know they want to be "Linux 
from the ground up" but even basic things like setting up your network and 
basic stuff is painful.  Needlessly painful.

I am a fan of FreeBSD and I feel like they are trying to do what FreeBSD 
does...only wrong.  Painful.   FreeBSD can get you going from the ground up 
with minimal effort and pain.  The FreeBSD guide is great.  The Arch Wiki?  Not 
so good.  Bootstrapping Linux is not "fun" and the worst parts should be 
automated with a simple script.  Getting all the way through, rebooting and 
finding there is no networking..that's bullshit.  Networking should be part of 
the base install full stop.  It's 2020 after all.

Convince me otherwise.  Like Gentoo, I've gotten part way through this and 
realized "why the fuck am I doing this?"
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