This person hasn't used Arch since 2011 but at least it hasn't hindered their self superiority.

I've been using Arch since I decided to go full-time Linux a year ago, and it's really not that much work compared to when I tested out Fedora. I run pacman -Syu when I remember to, about twice a week. I update the occasional packages on the AUR once a week. I've never had a single broken dependency. Never had to fix graphics drivers (AMD on Wayland, so I can't say the same about NVIDIA). I don't even look at the wiki for 99% of the packages I've installed. This is definitely made by someone who hasn't used an Arch-based distro for more than a day.

In this thread: IT nerds with no sense of humor.

Granted, this probably hasn't been reality for like... A decade, but it's pretty funny

As much as I enjoy the memes of arch being a pain to keep alive, as long as you're not doing crazy shit and you keep an eye on the docs it's easy to keep going. I've had the same install for over 5 years on my laptop with no issues.

Jesus fuckin' Christ.. FWIW Arch is my daily driver and all I had to do to use it was install programs I wanted (I'm familiar with the terminal so I prefer yay commands to a GUI, plus I like to consciously know what changes on my machine, and GUIs often come with recommendation advertising)

And things that I didn't do on Windows but is unique to my use case was:

• switch DE to one that can better support my specific desire of replicating Wallpaper Engine with Hidamari;
• Install openrazer-driver for (again) my specific desire of controlling my existing Razer hw with Polychromatic;
• Fiddle with xone and xpad-noone so my Xbox controllers work via their respective dongles;
• occasionally write .desktop files for the programs I wanted that only came as an .appimage
• shop around for my preferred libre Office suite

My experience with Ubuntu and Debian have been exactly the same

Nowadays with Arch for the steam deck it's an real tamagotchi. It's always a surprise if your games run after upgrade. /s

Haven't used Arch (steam OS doesn't really count) but Fedora for a long time. It is great.

I moved to Debian because life circumstances changed and my OS moved from a hobby to a tool.

In no way should anyone draw a feeling of superiority, or inferiority, from this. Different distro for different use cases.

What's the point of posting this crap here? It's not funny, it's hateful and misinformed.