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Re:Linux Mint Dumps Ubuntu Snap by Sevaris on Friday June 05, 2020 @06:47PM (#23434869)
Please tell me you're fucking joking. You can't be serious. This ties into one of my other comments about how god awful the documentation is for beginners (or even intermediates) after scrapping the beginner's guide.

> Maybe, but not all people have the same opinions...

Yes. And that's fucking fine. Arch Linux isn't opinionated. Which is great, but not what I (or others) might be looking for in a distro.

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Re:Linux Mint Dumps Ubuntu Snap by vel0city on Friday June 05, 2020 @07:11PM (#23435071)
Installing Gentoo is super simple. It only takes three commands to install Gentoo.

# cfdisk /dev/hda && mkfs.xfs /dev/hda1 && mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/ && chroot /mnt/gentoo/ && env-update && . /etc/profile && emerge sync && cd /usr/portage && scripts/bootsrap.sh && emerge system && emerge vim && vi /etc/fstab && emerge gentoo-dev-sources && cd /usr/src/linux && make menuconfig && make install modules_install && emerge gnome mozilla-firefox openoffice && emerge grub && cp /boot/grub/grub.conf.samp le /boot/grub/grub.conf && vi /boot/grub/grub.conf && grub && init 6

That's the first one... http://bash.org/?464385

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Re:Linux Mint Dumps Ubuntu Snap by vermilingua on Friday June 05, 2020 @07:57PM (#23435362)
On the other hand, it’s the RTFM approach of Arch documentation that forced me and others I know to actually learn Linux, and step up from beginner use to power user status.

Sure, if you want to remain a Linux beginner forever, the Arch docs would be terrible.

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Re:Linux Mint Dumps Ubuntu Snap by jiofih on Saturday June 06, 2020 @10:18AM (#23439347)
This whole thread started from “ I just want an OS, not a hobby”. So, no thanks.
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Re:Linux Mint Dumps Ubuntu Snap by pkulak on Saturday June 06, 2020 @01:29PM (#23440809)
Well, my point was just that yes, Arch takes longer to install, and requires work, but it doesn't become a "hobby" _after_ that. Then people got into a flame war about how hard it is to install, which it is, and I freely acknowledge. :shrug:
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