Ubuntu, Then Arch. It's The Road So Many Of Us Travel.

Just another backyard boomer vlog with me wandering around in the snow and rambling on about the merits of Arch Linux and why so many Linux users eventually land on Arch.

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[MirrorDimly]

Is growing a goatee, wearing a hoodie, and talking about life while wandering your land the final form of all Arch Linux users?

[fawzanfawzi]

The thing that's most commonly found within linux youtubers is that they film themselves talking about stuff outside their home.

[giulianofrancopalazzi]

Lol seems like Luke's voice changed a bit

[aflyingpumpkin]

I’d like to point out that the arch subreddit is now bigger than Ubuntu’s.

[samuelschwager]

I'm pretty sure emacs has a shortcut to control the weather.

[deadetchy]

Mom: we already have Luke Smith at home.

Luke Smith at home:

[themartes]

"You'll install it once and customize it once" - That's the biggest lie

[elclippo]

As an experienced Debian user I recently gave Arch a try. Actually installation and setup was fairly easy and straightforward.

[krazykat]

Used to like to tinker when I was younger but over the years as I got into my 50’s at some point I got kind of tired of playing sysadmin every time I broke something. Nowadays I get a Debian install set up the way I like it and leave it alone. Just want to get work done without having to worry about the next update borking my system.

[Geolimber]

Was expecting to see Luke Smith came out of trees

[Nikkuuu]

Thank you for taking the time to make such videos... I've been a windows user my entire life, but now that I'm becoming more concerned about privacy, I'm slowly making the shift to Linux. Right now I'm following your Arch install guide with a VM, and I really appreciate the free knowledge. I do have to say that as a Linux newbie, it can get very overwhelming, but learning is fun!

[DominikLuebben]

You're absolutely right with everything you say! I started out with SuSE and Redhat and switched over to Ubuntu about 18 years ago. But now I'm a Manjaro user on all my computers, even on my wife's laptop I installed Manjaro, because the Arch way is the better way. But I mean, I have a life! I don't want to spend hours and hours with configuring my computers, they need to work out of the box, and that's what Manjaro provides, compared to bare Arch. But I totally agree, that Rolling Release is the model of the future. I actually love it so much. When I used Ubuntu, I always had to do a dist-upgrade which sometimes ended up in a complete mess or I had to perform a clean install which is horrible. So yeah, Manjaro for the desktop, maybe also Garuda or the other Arch based distros. Because of those projects, the Arch way is accessible by "normal users" rather than only "power users", which is great! However, to new people, I still recommend Ubuntu or Mint or PopOS, because it might be easier for them to understand and deal with.

[faerryn]

ubuntu flavors, then manjaro, then arch, then voidlinux

[crapphone]

That was a very polite and well mannered discussion of why you think your distro is better. I applaud your gentle approach and describing this stuff, the Linux community could use more of that.

[pillmuncher]

Simple vs. complex.
Easy vs. hard.
Something can be simple and hard at the same time.

[minimlrgmr]

I'm new to Linux. I spent a month checking out 20+ distros/DEs. I've ended up with Manjaro KDE. I love it because it ticks so many boxes.

[gozdi]

Okay new Luke Smith, where is the video about Artix?

[michaelsherrell]

I'm an NYC Transit Fan. I can tell you a great deal about the NYC Subway, its history, stations, transit cars, and the lines built, lines proposed, and parts removed. I can point out the architectural details of many stations, their relationship to the history of the subways, and the many changes over time. On my shelves I have a collection of history books concerning the subways, collections of maps, and other information. I am one of those folks that when taking a subway trip - a good part of the enjoyment is simply being on the train. I consider myself to be "transit fan."

Now there are other folks - plenty of folks that simply use the subways to get from point A to point B. They could not care less about the particular subway car they use, or the history of their station, or other "cool" stuff. They just want to know when the next damn train will arrive because they have to get to work.

On some transit forums, other transit fans will refer to such folks as "sheep" or "geese" because these folks are simply not interested in all of the "cool" features of the subways or of transit in general. I take a different stance - those everyday folks who simply want to get from point A to point B allow the "whole transit system" to exist. In a similar vein why would an airplane pilot ever say anything bad about the flyers who take trips on his or her airline?

Yes, there are folks - even computer using folks that want to tinker with, and get under the hood of their devices, and others who simply want to use the devices to get actual work done. Not everyone wants to or could build their own cars, plenty of folks simply want to use the device to get someplace.

I've only started with Linux about two months ago, on two computers. I can not tell you what "system D" is all about, or what a "window manager" does, or what a snap-pak is, or a whole host of system's features. I know that spending four days trying to set and get the proper screen resolution for a new monitor that you've just bought to use on your Linux system with various web page suggestions on an assortment of 4-6 different terminal commands - that don't work!! - is way beyond my frustration level. So wiping away that previous Linux distribution and installing a Linux distribution like Ubuntu THAT JUST PLAIN DAMN IT WORKS INSTANTLY is not something to criticize or put down.

So please do not put down us "Linux Sheep!" I'd just rather spend my remaining time on this Earth with the stuff that I enjoy.

[amans]

It takes some balls to keep moving with FOSS. We are an inspiration for the next gen. I feel proud using FOSS, earlier I switched to Ubuntu because my hardware was sluggish for windows use but now after a year my perspective has changed. Using FOSS gives me confidence, substance.

[eugenek]

I don't use Arch but I found their Wiki database extremely useful for gaining in depth understanding of some operations like the boot process. It helped me figure out how to manually shift some files around in the boot process in order for Mint/Manjaro dual boot to work, and to be able to fix it when it stops working.