Re: Distros: The Gourmet Food Of GNU/Linux

09.08.2026 02:19, Leroy H wrote:
> On 08 Aug 2026 10:54:50 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
> 
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Do not ever include that pile-of-garbage ArchLinux with the
>>>> venerable Gentoo and LFS.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Why Arch is a pile-of-garbage?
>>
>> Because the half wit who sent the message you are answering needs to
>> comfort himself in the belief that he's a Linux master. As he can't
>> learn anything, he can only despise and hate everything and everyone.
>>
> 
> You are wrong again, as usual.
> 
> I do not "despise and hate everything."  In fact, I love Gentoo
> and I love LFS and I will do everything in my substantial power
> to advocate them.

You just said that Arch is a pile of garbage. That means you hate it somehow.

> 
> It is true that LFS abandoned their SysV build and now only
> support that junk systemd, but the decision was due solely
> to a manpower shortage and not because they judged systemd
> to be superior.
> 
> GNU/Linux is largely volunteer driven and the better distros,
> like Gentoo and LFS, have trouble attracting good people.
> (That problem is universal across all human endeavors.  People
> are mostly drawn toward junk.)
> 

I was using Gentoo for so long and love it too, despite on fact that I either build GENERIC_DISTRO_NAME kernel by using all drivers as modules OR compile drivers within kernel.

But after some time I realized that I have work to do, not to recompile whole world because GCC upgrade. That is how Arch became my daily driver for a decade until I've settled on Mac. I still have it on VM for music prods (LMMS is great software, and zynaddsubfx too!).

Arch is great if you want vanilla software (almost, with MUCH FEWER patches applied than in any other distro) but do not want to hassle with compilation.

Ah yes, subscribe to arch news by RSS to be posted if manual intervention will be needed and READ IT before upgrade, just like with portage, but not builtin :).
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WBR, Stanislav Nikitin a.k.a. pztrn.