Arch Linux ruined all the other distributions for me...

Arch ruined all the other distros for me... Here is why.

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Chatpers:
00:00 Intro
04:40 Why is Arch better?
11:12 Is Arch hard to handle?
12:49 Is Arch unstable?
14:15 Example: Installing nvidia drivers on Arch
16:40 Example: Installing Davinci Resolve on Arch
18:54 Final thoughts

[NiceMicroTV]

Nicely said!
Actually I started doing YouTube more seriously for a while just to share all the amazing knowledge you can gain about Linux just by reading the Arch Wiki for system installation and set up!

While there are a few problematic packages that broke a few times on my system, sticking to popular and relatively simple tooling can make all the difference.

Also, the Arch community is great. The problem is, that they have a very specific way of doing things (the forum is part of the documentation, so ask your questions in a way that will be helpful for others, etc.), which people don't expect, and get offended when their thread gets closed, or when asked for details, etc.

[stefannilsson]

I made the decision to try daily driving Linux a few months ago when I built a new PC and got a couple of additional SSD's. I had no previous Linux experience and when researching distros I heard that Arch was the most documented distro. So I figured that if I have a problem I would have the highest likelihood of solving it on Arch.
I have not regretted installing with Arch yet.

[xdzzz]

The arch wiki is probably the greatest wiki on the internet, period. NGL.
I too used this wiki as a reference even for non-arch distros >.<.
I really do like Arch a lot but personally I decided to support a distro that comes from the USA (Fedora).
It is plenty up-to-date, extremely secure/hardened because of SELinux out-of-the-box & has a very large, supportive & kind community.

[OverNineousend]

TL;DR version is: Arch is best cause you can configure the living shit out of it, and pacman is god. But you will cry and distrohop until you learn it. But if you can spend a weekend to config your arch you simply won't switch cause you will get attached, you made it, its 'yours'. I guess thats the mental reason behind it

[appsaucetech]

As someone who uses arch, I tried Debian to fix my issues of not loading into the sign in screen. Packages were not the same and it felt worse. Reinstalled arch 20 minutes later.

[romanstingler]

My oldest still alive Arch installation will be 10 years next week :) 🍰

[SenseiR]

I'm never switching from ArcoLinux (98% Arch) to any other distro ever!

[utahnl]

The Arch way kinda speaks to me but i can't help but wish for a release that's a bit less bleeding edge.

[dragonballjiujitsu]

Arch as a toy is great. Arch as a distop OS for anyone other than the uber geeks sucks ass.

[XeroLinux]

I am in the same boat my brother !!! Arch FTW !!!!

[MentalCrusader]

As a total Linux noob, I only tried the "easier" Arch distros like EndeavourOS and GarudaOS, I'm on Nobara now. My #1 issue with Linux in general is, that my VPN randomly drops connection work after an hour or so, no matter the distro

[Fred-oliveiriks]

This channel is one of the best linux channels currently. Thanks for your work! Especially in the gaming area!
I agree, arch is always my safe place. I just wish I could fix the issue where after about 1 hour playing 7 days to die, the fps drop to about 20, and I need to reboot the game. Where the usual fps are about 120 on my rtx 3070. No temperature issues, no memory leaks, nothing. I can't figure why the fps drop with no reason. Doesn't matter using native vulkan or directx with proton

[clappbacktv]

Yes but where do u find the command doesn't make any sense not telling us where go to find it

[Gravarty]

The Arch repo made me enjoy Linux like never before. On Ubuntu it always was such a hassle to add all these random repos which were either horrendously outdated or had signing issues. Using yay, you can easily enter a program you need and check if it's outdated or still maintained. Also installing developming tools like Android SDK is so much easier on arch and it makes you understand how all of it works. Sure, i wouldn't recommended it for Windows switchers that don't have any experience using Linux based distros but for someone who used and tested distros for more than 10 years, Arch Linux is just the best thing out there.

[Cardiacman]

I have the same opinion, and the more I use Arch Linux and occasionally retest other distros, the more it gets confirmed.

[mr_meanr]

I'd say the steam deck shows off a very good example of Arch being stable. I am excited to see you opinions on Fedora, and Nobara if you get a chance for that. Although you comments about liking the speed of pacman make me worried about what you are going to think about DNF

[JasperPeters]

I personally prefer arch-based distro's. Maybe in future I would like to get more into the weeds of things, but for now something like Manjaro gives me all the benefits of Arch I like, without most of the hassle I had when trying Arch itself (it wasn't that much, I just didn't want to deal with it/learn at that moment).

For me the AUR is honestly the primary reason to not go for a non-arch distro in the future. I got tired on other distro's of seeing an AUR package that made what I want to do so easy, just to have it be somewhat difficult on mine, so I just thought, let's just switch so I can easily use the AUR.

[Udcznik]

I've got the exact same feeling after I've moved to Arch. I read somewhere that if you wish to be an advanced user and try arch, there is no going back.

[happygofishing]

Arch is the most vanilla Linux distro.
No quirks no gimmicks.

[yakugoesgaruda]

I totally agree, after years of distro hopping