[ale] Arch Linux anyone?

[David Jackson]

>In that month, only one thing I considered core to my needs failed.
>It was due to some dependency issue - one project team decided to
>upgrade to a newer version of some core libraries and the others
>didn't get the memo.

I feel your pain. I've had that with other builds on other distros.  I just
haven't experienced that with Arch yet, but I'm sure my day is coming at
some point.
Yeah, if that build rodeo were one of my top 3 tools, my grapes would be
very sour too.

Next time we get together, maybe I can do an install and share my screen.
Without X it normally takes about 5-10 minutes if I'm not using
cryptsetup.  Pretty painless.
With X it might take 15-20 minutes or so if I don't get carried away on
fonts and icons and extra desktops and stuff.

Are you guys meeting in person yet?

Dave

On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 8:51 PM DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> On 3/24/21 6:21 PM, Jonathan L. Meek via Ale wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 11:54:07AM -0400, David Jackson via Ale
> > wrote: I have heard of Arch Linux but haven't quite understood it.
> > Would mind telling what pulls you to use Arch Linux as a daily
> > driver? I am honestly curious, not trying to start a flame war on the
> > internet :-D.
>
> I used Arch for about a month. To me, Arch feels like Slackware, but
> with a package manager.  The install can be brutal. Being asked about
> every tiny package to be installed is some I don't miss about
> Slackware.
>
> In that month, only one thing I considered core to my needs failed.
> It was due to some dependency issue - one project team decided to
> upgrade to a newer version of some core libraries and the others
> didn't get the memo.  Perhaps it was a 1-time thing, but it left a
> bad taste. Bleeding edge comes to mind as the term. Within about a
> week, the other teams move their stuff to the newer release and it
> seemed fine.
>
> If I were a developer and didn't work in a corporate environment and
> didn't care what any corporate teams needed, then I'd run Arch. I'd
> also have a non-Arch system for use outside my dev needs; for things
> that have to work all the time.
>
> I did enjoy the old-Unix feel to the system and having all the control
> I could stand. But that can be approximated without the bleeding on
> other, less volatile distros too.
>
> After only a month, I'm positive I didn't gain all the skills with
> the distro that could have reverted and solve problems quickly.
>
> We all have to decide where we'd like to spend our time. I often say,
> I did my bleeding edge time with Linux in the 1990s and don't care for
> a repeat.
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