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Arch Linux is suddenly the butt of a lot of memes? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Over the past couple of weeks, I've seen a lot of content that's ripping on Arch Linux, from pictures of stickers being removed from laptops, to comments about it having a lot of bloat or frustrating package management. Was there a change to their policies, strategies, or distro that has turned this once proud vessel into a floating psycho ward?

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Arch Linux has always been the butt of a lot of jokes and memes. Anything that becomes popular and has lots of cheerleaders will become a target for jokes. You're just noticing now because it's peaking on attention on the places you look at. It's the natural ebb and flow of memes. It has no rhyme or reason. Trying to predict or explain it is a fool's errand.

Remember, "I use Arch, btw" was born almost the same year Arch was invented. And the first time, it was uttered without a single lick of sarcasm or irony

[–] [email protected] 45 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I consider it the Linux version of "How can you tell someone is vegan? They'll tell you."

(I use arch, btw)

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As an Arch-using vegan, ...I have no retort.

(I use arch, btw (also I'm vegan btw))

[–] darreninthenet 2 points 7 months ago

Are you also an airline pilot by any chance?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

I thought that was just all Linux users…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

How long since you last compiled the kernel?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I installed arch back in the day when I was at university. It was neat, but I had classes and needed to be able to get work done and use wifi, so I installed Ubuntu.