Subj : Re: Arch Linux
To   : Chicken Head
From : Dan Clough
Date : Sat Jan 11 2020 10:58:00

-=> Chicken Head wrote to All <=-

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

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

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

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

Save yourself the time and aggravation of trying all that crap, 
and just install Slackware.


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