Re:I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too
by pxoe on Sunday January 11, 2026 @03:39PM
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If the expected way and the attitude is to just break user installs, then that's no better than Windows, perhaps even worse.
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Re:I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too
by abhinavk on Monday January 12, 2026 @06:51AM
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It's the Arch way. A beginner shouldn't be using Arch, Gentoo, NixOS or FreeBSD etc.
That's why there are myriad of distros.
Re:I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too
by pxoe on Monday January 12, 2026 @10:34AM
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So it wouldn't be incorrect to refer to Arch and Arch based distros as 'well, if you want to have fun with a broken system, otherwise avoid', just so it could be mentioned in a succinct way when talking about what distros one could try.
Re:I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too
by distances on Monday January 12, 2026 @12:14PM
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No, I don't think that's a fair way to put it. People regularly report having quite old Arch installs without stability issues. And people also regularly advice Linux newcomers not to pick Arch.
If you check their news section, it's a reasonable number of notes, 13 for last year. I think it's fair to say it seems to work well if you are willing to follow their procedure and already know what you're doing.