Re:Arch Linux – "It is what you make it"
by thaumaturgy on Friday September 16, 2011 @11:11PM
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Yep. The one exception that immediately comes to mind though is OpenBSD. The devs there have no trouble telling the users "No!", and, although various individuals of them burn out occasionally, as a group they are talented and dedicated enough to keep moving on.
The result is an OS that still uses a text-based installer, that is still easy to get accustomed to, and is still for the most part super reliable, even after years of development and popularity.
Re:Arch Linux – "It is what you make it"
by hello_moto on Saturday September 17, 2011 @12:30AM
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If only some part of the world of software works like this...
SQLite, OpenBSD, Python, PostgreSQL. Robust, stand through test of time, high quality.
Instead Linux, MySQL, PHP win the popularity contest.
Re:Arch Linux – "It is what you make it"
by gbrindisi on Saturday September 17, 2011 @09:09AM
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Agreed. OpendBSD is my choiche for my servers, altough I'd love to use it in my laptop too (macbook 5,1 - no luck).
Re:Arch Linux – "It is what you make it"
by nickik on Saturday September 17, 2011 @08:37AM
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Its not like arch is one year old im using it since quite some time. They trie to keep small not add anything not every user needs. If you wnat to build a complex Linux with arch, go and do so. Doesn't bather the rest of the arch users.
1. New, popular system/language/app appears and gradually adds features and complexity in response to user requests as it catches on. Devs are personal and responsive. Users feel engaged.
2. Users grow disenchanted with the increasing complexity of the system. Developers burn out on support workload and slowly become more remote.
3. A new shiny, simple alternative appears and users flock to it with a storm of feature requests. Go to 1.
Of course you want to avoid non-intrinsic complexity, but a lot of things are only simple because they don't really do much.