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Question: is there a reason to use arch over something like kubuntu, or ubuntu? It seems like a difficult starting point (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] somenonewho@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I always say I started using arch for the "nerd cred" and stuck with it because of the package manager.

My main reasons for me to use arch are:

I can configure my system as I want it and if something breaks later I know how things fit together so I can fix them. Arch taught me a lot about Linux in general
The rolling release getting you new packages quite fast and not requiring you to do one big possibly breaking update once every year/two years (Ubuntu updates used to break for me a lot, I know that's much better now)
The package manager makes sense to me in so many ways. Especially compared with the apt-get, apt-cache, apt-key ... stuff you used to need. These days just using "apt" makes stuff much easier on Ubuntu as well.

If your new is still recommend Ubuntu as a starting point since installation is quite hassle free and most "Linux" tutorials online are geared toward Ubuntu. And then once you learned some Linux and you know what annoys you in ubuntu you can still switch "fixing" those things in your arch install. If you do go with arch were sure all happy to help.