Re: Re: Arch Linux
  By: Dan Clough to Chicken Head on Sat Jan 11 2020 10:58 am

 > -=> Chicken Head wrote to All <=-
 >
 >  CH> So is anyone using Arch Linux and can you convince me why I
 >  CH> should even bother?
 >
 >  CH> I decided to try with Arch and it's...painful.  I know they want
 >  CH> to be "Linux from the ground up" but even basic things like
 >  CH> setting up your network and basic stuff is painful.  Needlessly
 >  CH> painful.
 >
 >  CH> I am a fan of FreeBSD and I feel like they are trying to do what
 >  CH> FreeBSD does...only wrong.  Painful.   FreeBSD can get you going
 >  CH> from the ground up with minimal effort and pain.  The FreeBSD
 >  CH> guide is great.  The Arch Wiki?  Not so good.  Bootstrapping
 >  CH> Linux is not "fun" and the worst parts should be automated with a
 >  CH> simple script.  Getting all the way through, rebooting and
 >  CH> finding there is no networking..that's bullshit.  Networking
 >  CH> should be part of the base install full stop.  It's 2020 after
 >  CH> all.
 >
 >  CH> Convince me otherwise.  Like Gentoo, I've gotten part way through
 >  CH> this and realized "why the fuck am I doing this?"
 >
 > Save yourself the time and aggravation of trying all that crap,
 > and just install Slackware.
 >
 >
 > ... If it weren't for Edison we'd be using computers by candlelight
 > === MultiMail/Linux v0.52


You took the words right out of my mouth.  It's been eons since I used
Slackware last and I think I might give it a look again.  For what it's worth I
started out using the very ancient SLS distro that became Slack.  Then got
sucked into the RedHat/Mandrake/Debian/Ubuntu vortex (in that order).

Is it true Slackware is still systemd free?  Or do I have to use Devuan for
that.
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