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    [–] Zos_Kia 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    That's because arch is very old and back in the days it was prone to breakage. Ironically, it is now much more stable and easy to maintain than an Ubuntu derivative but people will still recommend Mint to beginners for some reason.

    [–] ashaman2007@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago

    Because beginners have no idea about OS architecture concepts. If they are a true beginner coming from Windows or MacOS they may not understand things like the Linux boot process. Of course they can read the Arch install procedure which I’ve heard is excellent, but many people are easily intimidated by documentation and often view computers as a tool that should just work out of the box without them needing to understand it. Mint is an attempt at making that happen. Obviously, once you start to modify your Mint install alot you are going to run into issues, and a highly modified or customized system is where distros like Arch and Tumbleweed actually become easier to maintain. I’d argue Mint is a natural first step to the Linux pipeline. People who only need a web browser will probably stop there, while others will continue to explore distros that better fit their needs.

    [–] Petter1@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

    Good distros:

    1. Frdora -> noob
    2. opensuse TW -> "it should just work, but roll“
    3. endeavourOS -> "I want yay but too lazy for Arch"
    4. Arch -> "I only want pkg I have chosen"
    5. Gentoo -> "I have too much Time"

    Agree?

    [–] gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    swap gentoo with nixos

    [–] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    Do you compile yourself on nixOS as well? Does it really need more time to maintain, than arch? Isn’t that the config file distro where the package manager installs packages listed there? I never tried that one yet, so l was not able to add it where it would belong, and don’t know if can be considered "good" as the other in the list.

    All in all, if it makes it in my list, I don’t know if it goes between Arch and gentoo or between Arch and endeavourOS 🤔 but it definitely would not replace one on the list, but added to it somewhere.