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Comment by matheusmoreira

11 hours ago

> people who want to use Arch Linux but have it configured the way DHH does

Then they don't actually want to use Arch Linux.

The Arch Linux way is to read the excellent wiki documentation, learn about all the choices available, and then make all of those choices so the system is configured the user's way instead of some celebrity's way.

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jadar  11 hours ago

Couldn’t you say that about any Arch spinoff? Seems to be the no true scotsman fallacy.

  • matheusmoreira  10 hours ago

    > Couldn’t you say that about any Arch spinoff?

    I can, and I do.

    https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_Linux#User_centrality

    > It is targeted at the proficient GNU/Linux user, or anyone with a do-it-yourself attitude who is willing to read the documentation, and solve their own problems.

    • Dylan16807  6 hours ago

      Assuming you mean "they don't actually want to use Arch" as a criticism (rather than a truism), I think that's fair for a distro described as "Arch linux but configured X way". I don't think it's a good criticism for something like SteamOS which is configurable but is aiming hard for "it just works".

osigurdson  2 hours ago

I like and use Arch daily. My "way" was just to get past the fdisk squirrel catcher. After that it was as easy as Ubuntu. I'm not bragging, I wish I'd read the manual but was too impatient for that. I suspect I'm not the only arch user that arrived at it using similar approaches. I might even be a target user for DHH's distro but the bloat (and to some extent the vibe coding) holds me back.

jaapz  10 hours ago

> Then they don't actually want to use Arch Linux.

No, they want to use Arch Linux as configured by DHH

maxlin  4 hours ago

Actually we do. I like pacman for example. And don't mind going thru archinstall for a test install once to learn. But my workstation, I'd not like to have to develop, even if I do like configuring minimal installs for other uses like kiosks.