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Re:Ask HN: Can we talk about FreeBSD vs. Linux? on Saturday November 29, 2014 @05:49PM (#8675358)
I really don't want to be _that_ guy that brings up archlinux, but…

"X is now rootless with the help of systemd-logind, this also means that it must be launched from the same virtual terminal as was used to log in, redirecting stderr also breaks rootless login. […]"

https://www.archlinux.org/news/xorg-server-116-is-now-availa...

This is obviously not a feature of archlinux itself, but an upstream x.org feature.