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[–] SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de 93 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Isn't archwiki one of the most comprehended wikis for Linux distros out there? If anything, the arch-wiki (to me) has often too many answers for the same problem than the other way around.

[–] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] sederx@programming.dev 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Is actually great since it forces you to learn which saves you much more time in the long run.

But most people can't see past their nose.

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Can't believe somebody got offended by this...

[–] hansdampf@feddit.de 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

couldve stopped at the first sentence, but had to keep with the stereotype i guess ;)

[–] sederx@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Smug sense of superiority. You’re special and do things the right way because everyone else is too dumb.

[–] sederx@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Jesus fucking christ what a bunch of drama queens

you're doing a really good job of breaking this stereotype, bub

[–] TheOakTree 13 points 1 year ago

To be fair, your original comment would have been more likely to push people towards trying Arch if it didn't have the last sentence.

You can't invite people to your party by antagonizing them.

Is actually great since it forces you to learn which saves you much more time in the long run.

It is great when you have time to learn, but when you are trying to troubleshoot while understand basically nothing of the wiki ... it is not good.

[–] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can’t believe you got so offended someone was offended you edited your comment…

[–] hansdampf@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

to be fair, i wasnt offened :) just wanted to point out the irony

oh nooo, you weren’t offended at all (:

[–] sederx@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not in just tired to deal with whiny bitches

[–] christian@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I switched like ten years ago because I wanted to learn the details, but in all honesty I still feel like I barely understand anything. Not sure how normal this is, maybe I'm unusually dumb, but I feel like what I've really learned is how to troubleshoot and solve issues by reading documentation and tinkering, rather than understanding what I'm actually doing. I've had a stable system for years but I kind of feel like if a typical arch forum poster looked my system configuration for five minutes they'd be like wtf are you doing.

[–] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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[–] stinerman@midwest.social 21 points 1 year ago

I run Debian and I regularly look at the Arch wiki.

It is most comprehended, but for newbie it is too comprehensive. Its overwhelming, I tried to troubleshoot why I boot to black screen even the installation said its successful and there's no error. I saw solutions that want me edit grub, edit xorg ... and some other file that I never understand.

I understand the wiki is very good and very important, its just not newbie friendly.

[–] huggingstars@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's the issue. Arch and it's wiki are labyrinths for beginners.

For anyone not interested in tinkering all-day long they're better off using fedora, debian or suse.