A recent episode of a Linux news podcast I keep up with featured an interview with a journalist who had written a piece for a non-Linux audience about giving it a try. It was surprisingly widely read. The writer’s experience with some of the more popular desktop distributions had been overwhelmingly positive, and he said as much in his piece and during the interview. However, when the show’s host asked whether he had tried Arch Linux, the journalist immediately and unequivocally dismissed the idea, as if it were obviously preposterous.
Excellent article. I distro hopped for years looking for a lightweight yet robust version of Linux, skipping over Arch because it didn't have a live cd. Once I "broke down" and installed it, I was hooked. Being a minimalist at heart (I like to run barefoot!), I was taken by the modular approach of installing only what you need. The community is well-informed and helpful. Yeah. There are the occasional Arch snobs but they're few and far between. I'll never run anything but Arch.
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Posted by: Jonathan Terrasi April 28, 2019 08:09 AMA recent episode of a Linux news podcast I keep up with featured an interview with a journalist who had written a piece for a non-Linux audience about giving it a try. It was surprisingly widely read. The writer’s experience with some of the more popular desktop distributions had been overwhelmingly positive, and he said as much in his piece and during the interview. However, when the show’s host asked whether he had tried Arch Linux, the journalist immediately and unequivocally dismissed the idea, as if it were obviously preposterous.