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[-] SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de 120 points 8 months ago

Isn't archwiki one of the most comprehended wikis for Linux distros out there? If anything, the arch-wiki (to me) has often too many answers for the same problem than the other way around.

[-] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 56 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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[-] christian@lemmy.ml 14 points 8 months ago

I switched like ten years ago because I wanted to learn the details, but in all honesty I still feel like I barely understand anything. Not sure how normal this is, maybe I'm unusually dumb, but I feel like what I've really learned is how to troubleshoot and solve issues by reading documentation and tinkering, rather than understanding what I'm actually doing. I've had a stable system for years but I kind of feel like if a typical arch forum poster looked my system configuration for five minutes they'd be like wtf are you doing.

[-] stevar@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

If you know where to look and where to tinker, then I think you have at least some understanding of what you're doing.

[-] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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[-] sederx@programming.dev -4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Is actually great since it forces you to learn which saves you much more time in the long run.

But most people can't see past their nose.

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Can't believe somebody got offended by this...

[-] hansdampf@feddit.de 41 points 8 months ago

couldve stopped at the first sentence, but had to keep with the stereotype i guess ;)

[-] TwinTusks@outpost.zeuslink.net 13 points 8 months ago

Is actually great since it forces you to learn which saves you much more time in the long run.

It is great when you have time to learn, but when you are trying to troubleshoot while understand basically nothing of the wiki ... it is not good.

[-] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago

Can’t believe you got so offended someone was offended you edited your comment…

[-] sederx@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago

I'm not in just tired to deal with whiny bitches

[-] hansdampf@feddit.de 1 points 8 months ago

to be fair, i wasnt offened :) just wanted to point out the irony

[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 8 months ago

oh nooo, you weren’t offended at all (:

[-] stinerman@midwest.social 28 points 8 months ago

I run Debian and I regularly look at the Arch wiki.

[-] TwinTusks@outpost.zeuslink.net 10 points 8 months ago

It is most comprehended, but for newbie it is too comprehensive. Its overwhelming, I tried to troubleshoot why I boot to black screen even the installation said its successful and there's no error. I saw solutions that want me edit grub, edit xorg ... and some other file that I never understand.

I understand the wiki is very good and very important, its just not newbie friendly.

[-] seth@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

The Arch wiki is one of the most impressive documentation resources I've seen and I've only [needed to] scrape the surface so far. Almost every minor unexpected issue I ran into along the way had a detailed solution and the only issue I haven't been able to resolve is getting all the buttons on my mouse to work...but did find out it's Logitech's weird receiver codes that are the issue and they don't release drivers for Linux.

[-] huggingstars@programming.dev 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That's the issue. Arch and it's wiki are labyrinths for beginners.

For anyone not interested in tinkering all-day long they're better off using fedora, debian or suse.

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de -1 points 8 months ago
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