[HN Gopher] A Farewell to the ArcoLinux University
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A Farewell to the ArcoLinux University
Author : 0x54MUR41
Score : 76 points
Date : 2025-04-13 04:02 UTC (18 hours ago)
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| begueradj wrote:
| Great work.
|
| I just wish there are other reasons behind stepping down: aging
| is a synonym of cognitive decline. Sad.
| user32489318 wrote:
| Dude, no. Aging is literally a series of bursts in realization
| of priorities of your life. Checks and balances of all the
| things you always wanted to do, the person you wanted to be,
| and never will.
| begueradj wrote:
| Quoted from the article:
|
| "Why It's Time to Step Back
|
| As I near 60, I've come to realize I simply don't have the
| same mental sharpness or stamina I used to."
|
| Decline in mind sharpness. Decline in stamina.
| nanis wrote:
| It is your twist and unjustifiable generalization of the
| author's words about the author himself:
|
| > "aging is a synonym of cognitive decline"
|
| compared to:
|
| > As I near 60, I've come to realize I simply don't have
| the same mental sharpness or stamina I used to.
|
| The author did not say anything about anyone else.
|
| Synoym: https://www.bennetyee.org/http_webster.cgi?isindex=
| synonym&m...
| russfink wrote:
| I can sympathize, being approximately that age myself. I
| find myself struggling with simple shell one-liners, going
| to the AI as a crutch, suddenly remembering "obviously,
| yes, this is the way" and then getting frustrated at myself
| thinking "30 years ago, I would have had this whole thing
| done by now."
|
| Is my angst misplaced? Maybe. Does it affect everyone my
| age? Of course not. Would my 20 something self have done
| any better? Probably not.
|
| But the feels are real.
| setopt wrote:
| I would define that psychological process as "maturing", as
| opposed to the more biological process usually referred to as
| "aging". Although the two are usually highly correlated.
| lawik wrote:
| It is endlessly fascinating how deep the fractal patterns of
| interests go. I know of Arch of course but have never run across
| Arco.
|
| From the post I can't tell it's actual reach or impact but it
| certainly seems to have been a significant piece of work in terms
| of scope.
|
| I hope to still noodle on open source in my retirement (when it
| is time) but I could certainly see wanting to get out from under
| the many expectations.
| internetguy wrote:
| Wow. Arco was my first introduction into Arch-based systems - it
| taught me invaluable amounts of information. I run Arch Linux
| now, but Arco always has had a special place in my heart. So sad
| to see it go.
| lemper wrote:
| mate, never heard of it. but reading that the maintainer has done
| gargantuan effort to make it more accessible to the masses, all I
| can say is thank you very much and may whatever endeavours you're
| going to take will be much more fruitful to you.
| seif_madc wrote:
| ArcoLinux was always one of my favorite linux distros, i have had
| a lot of fun using it, i have used it few times going and coming
| back to it, it had a sweet spot for almost every type of
| linux(arch) user, every DE you can think of, different
| installers,tons of customizations, the abilty to build your own
| ISO packed with your favorite apps and tweaks as far as you like,
| and i was always admiring Erek, the creator and maintainer of the
| project, an awesome guy who gave a lot to the linux community in
| my opinion, that's what set it appart from other linux distros,
| it was a full project, not just another distro with few tweaks,
| all i can say is thank you very much Erik, for the awesome
| journey we have had together.
| innerHTML wrote:
| I remember I enjoyed watching some of the youtube videos
| connected to this website when I was learning GNU/Linux more
| generally
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