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   PID: Synchronet 3.17c-Linux  Jan  4 2020 GCC 5.5.0   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.10-Linux r3.149 Jan  4 2020 GCC 5.5.0   
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   -=> Chicken Head wrote to All <=-   
      
    CH> So is anyone using Arch Linux and can you convince me why I   
    CH> should even bother?   
      
    CH> I decided to try with Arch and it's...painful.  I know they want   
    CH> to be "Linux from the ground up" but even basic things like   
    CH> setting up your network and basic stuff is painful.  Needlessly   
    CH> painful.   
      
    CH> I am a fan of FreeBSD and I feel like they are trying to do what   
    CH> FreeBSD does...only wrong.  Painful.   FreeBSD can get you going   
    CH> from the ground up with minimal effort and pain.  The FreeBSD   
    CH> guide is great.  The Arch Wiki?  Not so good.  Bootstrapping   
    CH> Linux is not "fun" and the worst parts should be automated with a   
    CH> simple script.  Getting all the way through, rebooting and   
    CH> finding there is no networking..that's bullshit.  Networking   
    CH> should be part of the base install full stop.  It's 2020 after   
    CH> all.   
      
    CH> Convince me otherwise.  Like Gentoo, I've gotten part way through   
    CH> this and realized "why the fuck am I doing this?"   
      
   Save yourself the time and aggravation of trying all that crap,    
   and just install Slackware.   
      
      
   ... If it weren't for Edison we'd be using computers by candlelight   
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