>>103344658
By letting everyone know that we use Arch linux, we plant the seed in their brain. Eventually, they will also use Arch.

all the other usual options went to shit

Bend over to copy trends and stop being true to yourself? No thanks.

>>103344658
>stability
>predictability
same thing investors prefer.

>>103344658
Ubuntu lost the crown, desktop is merely an afterthought now.

OpenSUSE was to disorganized to become the #1 even though they had lots of potential.

Fedora got more popular, deservedly so, especially with polished "just werks" distros like Kinoite.

Arch is the Reddit distro so people keep trying it out and some stick. SteamOS and KDE Linux are also built on Arch - it's a good base.

>>103344658
Bleeding edge (up to date drivers and software) and have a lot of software available. Thats all you really need.

>>103344814
also by far the best documentation.

>>103344658
windows and ubuntu became worse

>>103344658
Because everything in Linux ecosystem is just broken and constantly needs fixing. There's just no such thing as stable release in Linux world, all the "stable" distros are like "Hey, we know we shipped you a broken shit, but you may be sure that this shit will be same broken for the next 6 month/2 years".
I had fewer issues on arch than I had on Kubuntu and aur is a fucking godsend.

rolling, lots of packages, aur

>>103344867
which you can apply to every distro

>>103344883
agreed. Arch lifts everyone up.

>>103344658
I don't get why people use arch. I fell for the meme but PKGBUILD sucks and Pacman sucks. The AUR is almost a good idea, but the things above make it suck.

>>103344867
>>103344928
>>103344883
it's worse than the gentoo wiki or the debian manuals

>>103344991
Preferences are like tumors. Everybody has one.

>>103344658
superior package managing

>>103344658
>skyrocket
200% of 0.01% is 0.02%, maybe wait to give yourself a participation trophy until you manage a single whole digit

it's the prime choice for gaymers

>>103345150
Basically this. If you game you want to up-to-date with the least hustle possible and Arch serves that purpose.

>>103344982
>Pacman sucks
I unironically installed this
https://github.com/bbedward/pac-pacman-aliases

>>103344658
Arch > Tumbleweed/Aeon > Fedora/Silverblue/Kinoite

>>103344991
>gentoo wiki
You mean that wiki that barely survived recently becasue it was unmaintained? Nice joke man.

>>103344658
its the best for gaming, which became viable with proton. its also just the best in general, because its easy to use and low maintenance. besides that, dpkg-based distros are cancer and not beginner friendly, which is why we have copium like appimage, flatpack and snap now

>>103345482
I'd say the other way round, but they're all good.

>>103344658
it just works. i'll never use anything else unless the the CoC is updated to include tranny faggot shit.

Made the switch from Debian 12. So far, it just works.

>>103344658
Record numbers of people trooning out

>>103344991
Debian's online documentation are really bad.
t. has used Debian longer than people on /g/ have been alive

>>103344658
>don't do anything new
The wiki was a breath of fresh air.
I started using the wiki before I started using arch. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the key to its popularity.

>>103344658
>skyrocket
from when to when?

>>103344877
this is basically it.

>>103344791
ktim

>>103344658
You start with a solid base and make it your own. Like Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do.

/r/unixporn is to blame

>>103344715
That's why Arch is widely used in servers.
Oh wait it isn't.

>>103348759
Arch was still considered the premiere ricing distribution in the 00s

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>>103345482
Swap Tumbleweed with Fedora and you'd be right

>>103348811
If you know what you're doing and understand how imaging the system works, you can actually use Arch Linux as a server OS but it's more advanced so most people just stick with Debian instead

archeese

>>103344715
arch is not stable, upgrading in a server environment is asking to get raped

>>103351957
Why would you put arch on a server?

>>103352744
True. Gentoo is much better.

>>103352744
If everything runs on Arch already why also not server?

>>103353447
Because servers need performance. Arch can't even use AVX1.

>>103344658
through memes. retards kept saying "i use arch btw" every chance they could and they still do, even after that shit got guided installer.

>>103345965
>arch
>easy to use low maintenance
>dpkg-based distros are cancer and not begginer friendly
what drugs are you doing?

>>103344658
They trusted the plan. This could have been you.

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>>103344658
>how?

>>103353481
nta but it's true
I've spent far less time fucking around with modern Arch than any other distro

>>103353776
sure if you somewhat know terminal and how to google things, but i can't imagine just recommending it to a person who's just switching to linux and isn't a basement dweller already.

>>103354062
We should do it anyway because if we don't girlboss gatekeep Linux it will become infested with insufferable faggots.

>>103354128
Luckily I don't care. Bring them insufferable faggots aboard!

>>103354128
it doesn't even work, it's getting infested with them anyway because some of them stay and spam "i use arch btw" every moment they can.

>>103344658
>Skyrocket in popularity
It's not even in the top 50 of most popular distributions. Hovering between 63 and went down to 66 in the last 30 days. Why haven't you taken your meds?

>>103353776
Have you tried Linux mint Debian or Fedora?

>>103344658
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0qmkQGqpM8

>>103354371
>believing distrowatch
do you really think they're anywhere near accurate? they count how many people checked distro's page. mx linux on the 2nd place and i've never seen anyone use it.

>>103345150
>>103345965
thats bazzite which is based on fedora atomic

>>103348964
blows my mind this stupid (and poor) shop do is still making the rounds

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>>103344658
>has epic wiki
>valve chose it long-term for le gaming device
>mutahar shills it every other video

It's not hard to understand why.

>>103344658
>simply make it run everything instead of trying to force "their way"
>people like it
People do not use operating systems, they use software.

>>103355347
Then it's time we take away their precious "software".

>>103355347
>People do not use operating systems, they use software.
wouldnt use linux if that was the case.

>>103355495
At large they don't use linux. But it's the least shitty linux experience as of now.

>>103354430
That's because we're busy using our computers rather than endlessly talking about them. I use MXLinux. I don't modify anything. I changed the wallpaper to my family. Installed some software and went on with my life.

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>>103354128
I WILL bring more people to Loonix
I WILL teach them how to use the terminal and read man pages
I WILL tell them about /g/ so they can shit this place up even more

And (You) WILL like it.

>>103355495
Linux is software sweetie

>>103355804
my point still stands, mx linux users are a very small minority even compared to other linux users and distrowatch rankings don't matter. distrotube made a video years ago and pushed arch on purpose to 1st place at the time https://youtu.be/Y_X1w04ZUQk

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>>103354371
>distrowatch

>>103355768
no, it's not, windows has much more ptoductivity sofwtare needed for jobs and it gets shit done.
>>103355888
doesn't change what i said, retard.

Arch is probably one of the most popular distros at this point, if you look at the leddit page for distros it's bigger than just about all other linux distros pages.

I started off using Ubuntu but I've been using Fedora for a long time now. The archinstall script is simple enough I'm tempted to try out Arch. My only concern is I don't know if the meme about it often crashing after updating is true. I never have problems on Fedora KDE.

I often read comments about previous Arch users moving over to Fedora because of stability

>>103355804
>we're busy using our computers
but not too busy to keep refreshing distrowatch lol

>>103356174
> Arch is probably one of the most popular distros at this point
Arch is only popular in places where people like to talk about Linux a lot, like Reddit, 4chinz, and also with gamers. Ubuntu is far more popular than Arch. It's just that you don't hear much from those people because they're not the kind of people who get into distro wars on reddit. They just use their computers without really caring about telling you that they use Ubuntu. Outside of reddit and 4chinz, Arch isn't really that popular.

> My only concern is I don't know if the meme about it often crashing after updating is true.
I haven't used Arch in a long time (I'm on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed), but when I used to use it, it never broke on me. The thing about Arch is that it doesn't break as long as you know how to maintain it: Checking Arch news webpage before updating, doing the required manual intervention, merging .pacnew, etc. If you know how to maintain it, then you'll be fine.

The wiki did a lot of heavy lifting over time.

>>103344697
Me? I'm already half Atch Linux.
https://youtu.be/xvdjkg0-s5w?si=x7UPwmuZC5a6Q_7f

>>103356442
I started my linux journey on Arch and I don't get the hype. The AUR is the only thing that I miss from Arch. I had updates break my system multiple times. Maybe I wasn't doing the proper maintenance but I don't want to have to go through a song and dance to make sure an update doesn't break my system. Additionally I had tons of problems gaming. System-wide freezing under heavy loads. Bad performance. Or good performance but with ever-present choppiness.

I ended up installing a minimalist Debian fork which I've been running uninterrupted for about 3 years now. I've run into problems where I can't find certain packages, or the packages are out of date and don't have some feature I want, but otherwise it's been smooth sailing. And gaming runs better too, I think part of that is because of how minimal it is.

>>103344791
he cute

>>103358567
Did you just assume their gender?

>>103344658
>how?
It's become a fucking meme for some reason.
I've been watching some random normie tubers on youtube trying linux, and for some reason like half of them decide to jump straight into arch+hyprland, which is quite probably the worst thing anyone that doesn't know about anything computers or linux could do as their first pick.

What's the best "Arch, but stable" distro?

I use nyarch because I'm romantically attracted to catboys >^w^<

Did it get popular? I switched because everything else either didn't work (Fedora) or was so outdated I had to build everything myself (Mint).

>>103359855
Debian Testing maybe. It's still not that stable. Nixos maybe, but it's not really easy like arch. Really there's no way to have "arch but stable", you're gonna sacrifice something.

>>103354321
the only people who write those words are non-arch users now, times have changed gramps, it's time to find a new meme
>>103354381
Yes, I've been using Linsucks for over 15 years.

i am autistic

>>103359855
Arch, unironically, which is why Valve chose it.
all the memes are a decade+ old.

>>103359855
Arch but don't update.

>>103364302
SOMETIMES certain popular packages can segfault on my end and i used to update almost everyday, they get fixed after 10 hours or 1 day though

>>103359052
>Did you just assume their gender?
No, I imposed it upon him.

>>103344658
>google anything about linux
>arch linux wiki comes up
also old school linux fags underestimate how much people want updated software and drivers on their desktop

>>103344658
How to get old wine versions on bottles?

The only thing I really wish Arch had is Secure Boot support out of the box. Otherwise it's perfect for medium-skill users.

>>103344658
>It's sooo minimalist guise and not bloated like noobuntu
>runs systemD. Obligate.

I run Arch on my win max 2 but I see no difference than any other "minimalist" sys-d-based distro. It's just lubuntu stripped of apps at this point.

>>103344703
pretty much this

>>103351957
agree. Arch is a desktop OS and there are plenty of other options for servers

>>103366413
Bottles kinda sucks. Just use lutris then you can download whatever version of wine you want and put it in the runners directory.

>>103359777
this is true but it's also funny af, let them keep wasting their time.

Mint would be the best if they'd put out a fucking KDE release

>>103367821
Well I used bottles because lutris couldn't do shit.
Even after doing all the runners and dependencies it still couldn't run it.
So after messing around, I've reached this..
Apparently stand alone wine prefix can run the game and the mod just fine, after re-installing the dependencies.
For bottles this isn't the case.
Weird thing because I could to work before
Is there a way to get that wine prefix to be a bottle/runner?

>>103369124
Maybe but thats actually one of the reasons I stopped using bottles. It just does not "like" externally made wine prefixes, and the UI is such a weird mess for trying to do it that way. I know in lutris all you have to do is choose a preinstalled game and then in the configure page just change the wine prefix to the one you made, and set whatever other options you need. I've done it that way plenty of times and it works

>>103369273
Well it's gnome shit.
I couldn't get lutris to do it.

>>103344658
Surely steamdeck had nothing to do with it.

>>103344658
Simple is besto. It's almost like it's the distro's motto or something.

>>103344658
>how?
Getting the basics right and not making retarded blunders (Ubuntu, Fedora) and not having dogshit packaging tools/process (Debian). The competition really is that bad.
>don't try to get new users
Good product = free marketing

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>>103360095
>Nixos maybe, but it's not really easy like arch
The worst part of NixOS is that it's a lot of effort, ugliness and constant packaging issues for literally no practical benefit, except something much like pic related.

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>>103348964
>>103354767
this the unshopped version?

>>103344658
Just let users what they want to do with their machine without BS.

>>103344658
it just works

>>103344658
>Windows, Google, Android, etc...
>Always tries to do new things
>Shits just get worse by each """improvements"""
>Eventually even lose features
No one would bitch about Windows if it would be just 7 with security updates