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[–] 4 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

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.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    +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!

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