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what I use now and will very, very likely still use in 10 years
The most complex way to say “I use arch btw” I’ve ever seen
Arch is often pictured as some Uber hacker magic which it isn't. It is a useful collection of software packages with great documentation.
Arch is for example useful if you want to program with new Rust versions, tools like jujutsu, cross-compile for your Sailfish phone, and so on.
(By the way, Guix features now a recent Rust/cargo version, too!)
And both Debian and Arch have advantages / disadvantages, so both are useful for different tasks. Learning Arch is really not a big step or costs much time if you know the foundations of Linux.
+1 on the great documentation! Have I ever used Arch? No, and there are enough distros out there that I'm not sure I ever will. But have I ever referenced Arch's wiki? Yes, often, and plan to continue to do so. <3 to the Arch Wiki authors!
First person I've heard from that loves LaTeX
LaTeX is by far easier to use than "word processors" if you want consistent formatting.
Yeah, if you're writing up papers LaTeX is excellent. I've done some LaTeX myself but I'm very happy not having to write any papers today.
I use it for letters too. It is a breeze to use.