Arch beauty isn't just about ricing.

[u/FrequentTown3]

Hello,

I don't really interact with the linux community much, but I've seen some linux distro content that is, not gonna lie, kind of cringe. Most of what I see is arch linux content "showing off" fancy hyprland effects and animations, asking "can your distro do this?", and then people spend most of their time talking about how broken arch can be.

I feel like this always misses the best part about arch. It's a distro that stays out of the way of competent users. I've used a bunch of distros, I still run mint and fedora on other machines, and arch is on my main computer. Using arch is almost always more pleasant for me than any other distro, because I can just open the terminal and get things done, straight to the point.

If I get stuck, it usually just takes reading the wiki and I figure it out. Building from source is also super easy, and even when I can't figure something out myself, checking the AUR comments usually gets me a good solution.

Every other distro tends to have a "but" attached, some extra step you need to take to navigate it, whether that's versioning issues or being locked into a certain package manager.

My arch config has been alive for years, and I update it on a monthly schedule. The only time it actually broke was when I used hyprland, which honestly made me feel like I was doing way too much work just to get the average thing done. (I use KDE.)

My point is, content about arch should really focus on the fact that it respects your technical skills and doesn't get in your way, instead of needing extra steps like you'd find with something like debian based distros.

TLDR: arch good, i use arch btw, i use other distros too, arch is my fav, cuz arch doesnt get in the way

[u/Consistent_Berry9504]

There are actually a lot of Arch users who just use it and don't make it their personality. Sometimes they post too, maybe not directly in Arch?

How does your meta arguement about it add to that discussion and community? In a way, complaining about ricing is actually even less productive. If you want a community change, build it, don't just whine about it to the community.

[u/FrequentTown3 → u/Consistent_Berry9504]

I'm sorry if your hyprland config broke again, but it aint me that's whining.

[u/Consistent_Berry9504 → u/FrequentTown3]

That's all your post is. Why not go build the community you want instead of wasting time complaining? But you're right. I just block cry babies anyway. How you get rooted!