Current Events > 4chan GNU/Linux distributions are always the worst.

(+) Yeah! (+)

Someone stop /g/.
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what would possess some one to go as far as installing one of these
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Wha't a GNU/Linux?
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TC didn't install Gentoo

i use arch linux btw

no i dont
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Yeah, they love Arch for some reason, but I dont eat enough glue to genuinely be into it. More power to everyone else!
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Arch isn't really a "4chan" distro. Nor is Gentoo - they have legitimate use cases that aren't memes.

I thought you were talking about something like Clover OS which is literally a distro made by a community of /g/ users. Even that one doesn't look particularly bad. Just a specialized set of default software for ricing and bullshit like that.
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It ain't cool unless it's Gentoo.
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BlingBling22947 posted...

Yeah, they love Arch for some reason, but I dont eat enough glue to genuinely be into it. More power to everyone else!

/g/ hates Arch but loves Gentoo
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LinksLiege posted...

Arch isn't really a "4chan" distro. Nor is Gentoo - they have legitimate use cases that aren't memes.

but gentoo is literally a joke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjGSMUep6_4
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Gentoo is like "have you ever hated Debian but also hated yourself? Do we have the OS for you!!"
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Mango Sauce posted...

what would possess some one to go as far as installing one of these

IINA has been good to me.
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why even have vmware if im not gonna use it lmao
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I installed Arch on one of my laptops because I figured it would probably help me get better at using Linux.
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I wasn't joking, by the way.

I'm having a problem setting up my locale. I uncommented en_CA.UTF-8 and did locale-gen, but my locale.conf file isn't showing up in /etc/

I'm going to troubleshoot it tomorrow (its late tonight) but I figured I might as well throw this out there and maybe get some experienced replies. I fully expect to do some googling tomorrow, though.
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DarkDragon400 posted...

I installed Arch on one of my laptops because I figured it would probably help me get better at using Linux.

Do you already know Linux? Because it isn't like there's a ton of stuff to learn in Arch that you couldn't learn in a simpler distro like Ubuntu or openSUSE.

Using Arch makes you particularly good at...using Arch.
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LinksLiege posted...

DarkDragon400 posted...

I installed Arch on one of my laptops because I figured it would probably help me get better at using Linux.

Do you already know Linux? Because it isn't like there's a ton of stuff to learn in Arch that you couldn't learn in a simpler distro like Ubuntu or openSUSE.

Using Arch makes you particularly good at...using Arch.

I'm reasonably good with Linux. I figure that if I want to get a better understanding of Linux, it's better to go with a distro that forces you to have a more solid understanding.
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I mean sure, it requires more of a solid base of knowledge so you're not just floundering from the start.

Iunno - I guess it depends on what one considers difficult or complex. The installation process is more involved, but it's really just a test for reading comprehension. It isn't like the installer throws any curveballs. I've heard a lot of people claim pacman is a difficult package manager because of its tendency to break things, but I've also heard a lot of people claim that shouldn't happen unless you don't do a thorough enough check on things before attempting to upgrade.

I'm not saying don't use Arch or anything like that. Mostly just rambling about what I saw on /g/ when I was first getting into Linux - a lot of people claiming Arch is an expert-level distro, and a lot of people claiming it really isn't one.
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