hmmmm.... I just found out why boot is so quick with arch (or at least MY
arch). It is
On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 1:53 PM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss <
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> I rather like using Arch linux with rolling updates, and have now about 5
> years. It's not always without its pain, but mostly is great to use daily.
>
> Usually after using it for a while, installing a lot of various software
> outside base repos, and then updating for me has been problematic. Usually
> dependency recursion issues, often because community packages that are not
> well maintained, so hardly core arch's fault, but seems could be better.
> My desktop became a brick after several years with some still unknown
> updates, but my laptop has been great, luckily as it was my fallback, and
> now my everything box I work on. This compared to every 6mo-1yr with a
> dist release for ubuntu/deb/etc that I usually plan a long weekend or week
> off to update, as I know it will break things, usually badly. Arch hasn't
> been too bad comparatively to the past 10 years of ubuntu.
>
> When it works normally, it's great, and mostly updates with a clean os are
> simple if I do them often enough. Most of the folks chatting with in the
> arch irc seem to update weekly with no issue, whereas I update about every
> 6 months, which they scold me for anyways. I should if for nothing else
> security, but Dr's make the worst patients, and in some cases imho I have
> good reasons to not reboot commonly how I work.
>
> The install too is a bit complex if you're not totally comfortable in
> linux, but a basic install is quite easy following basic directions, or you
> can just use manjaro arch distro with a full desktop installer. I still
> like learning, so I don't mind this, and arch taught me a lot more still.
> I get jiggy doing full-disk encryption and custom disk setups, which even
> for me took a while to figure out, but once installed and booting, is easy
> enough to maintain outside the above comments on updates.
>
> Arch also tends to get you the latest kernel (drivers/firmware) and
> desktop features, which is nice vs. ubuntu being always quite dated. When
> I find even new software out there, it's rare I don't find a community
> build of it available as an easy install for arch already, which is really
> nice, even eww things like microsoft teams.
>
> I too am glad to help others that want to try arch on the list here or in
> plug irc. The arch channel irc folks can be a bit prickly, I'd recommend
> keeping basic questions more local. :)
>
> -mb
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 9:40 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> I wish I would have learned about Arch Linux when I first got into Linux.
>> My current computer took 30 seconds to load from when it first starts
>> loading to GUI while arch takes about 22 seconds. Further I would have
>> learned about compiling the applications. It will be difficult now because
>> I am over 50 and my mind was not used much in my 40's. I say this to all
>> you young bucks out there as a warning and an encouragement to try arch
>> (and you old bucks who haven't wasted your mind). If you don't want to
>> compile stuff with arch download the ISO.... start it.... and at the
>> command prompt type archinstall. Another good learning tool is Linux From
>> Scratch. That one you compile EVERYTHING from source. The real learning for
>> LFS starts after you compile everything and start configuring stuff
>> (chapter 9).
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