If you've ever spent any time online, you might have heard how TOXIC the Arch Linux community is. You might even have been cyberbullied for using Ubuntu by a...

I also want to see how many downvotes i am going to get

  • t0m5k1
    8•2 years ago

    I’ve made a few posts to arch forums and never faced issues.

    Perhaps it helps that I work in enterprise tech support so I’m used to providing a lot of verbose info about a given issue I’m facing when requesting help. I also show what I’ve done in an attempt to resolve it.

    Many of the so called toxic responses I’ve seen on there have been to posts that I would say don’t follow rules or just give very minimal info.

    Trilby is also one of the best responders on there but have had a few blunt responses from others.

  • @CAPSLOCKFTW@lemmy.ml
    5•2 years ago

    So I’m an Arch user since 2013 and I don’t think I’m toxic. I am not really offended by this post but a bit worried. Why this hate against Arch (users)? I use Arch, btw is a meme that may has some truth, but like every good meme it is exaggerated. Arch users may have some pride in tunning Arch but most of the time they’re (in my expierence) helpful and inclusive. The OS itself fits right to my expectations: community driven, pragmatic, highly customizable. And I think the community is doing a lot for the overall Linux community with the Arch Wiki and for the Arch-based family with the AUR.

    Edit: I didn’t seek help in the Arch fotum myself but read some threads there. Haven’t encountered any bm there.

  • qprimedEnglish
    3•2 years ago

    meh… I have met a few true arch a-holes, however the arch wiki is a supremely useful info repository, so I generally give them a pass for their particular form of brain damage and hope the do the same for mine. as long as the arch wiki remains available, its a net wash. :-)

    • @phx@lemmy.ca
      3•2 years ago

      Yeah, even as a non-Arch user, often many of the issues in looking into still end up at an arch wiki or with some other arch user who has an issue that similar enough to put me on the right track

  • Eager EagleEnglish
    3•2 years ago

    Regardless of the click-baiting generalization in the title (that’s the YouTube game, folks) and the annoyed basement dwellers downvoting OP for it, there is some truth to it. Just like Stack Overflow community is similarly toxic.

  • Yardy Sardley
    3•2 years ago

    I’m trying to figure out what demographic would be downvoting this to hell. Arch users getting triggered by a clickbait title? Arch haters trying to cope with a somewhat charitable take on arch users? Or are we all just downvoting for the meme?

    • @30p87@feddit.de
      3•2 years ago

      I downvote because he asked how many he can get. Otherwise, I’m neutral to it, as I’m not gonna watch a video in public rn.

      Also, I use Arch btw

  • @mrvictory1@lemmy.world
    2•2 years ago

    In the worst case, you go to a forum of Arch Linux or an Arch-based distro and

    • You are kindly told to do research. This happens if the problem is too simple or common ie. caused by a recent upgrade and affecting many people.
    • You are warned because you have been told to do something and you have replied without doing that.

    If you get punished, more often than not it is deserved because the helpers don’t want to waste their time if help requester doesn’t cooperate. Meanwhile OP, are you the creator of the video?

    • FermatsLastAccount
      3•2 years ago

      I’d disagree about that being the worst case scenario.

      When I used to use Arch and asked a question on the Arch forum, they removed my post because they saw I was using Pamac so they assumed I was actually on Manjaro. They didn’t ask me if I’m using Manjaro or anything, they just assumed I was and removed it.

      I reposted the question and clarified that I was using Arch, but that got removed again due to it being a duplicate of a removed question.

      I made a meta post about what I should be doing in order to not get my posts removed and that got removed as well, though I don’t remember the reason they gave for that.

      That was the last time I posted on the Arch forum and shortly after, I switched to Void Linux.

      • @mrvictory1@lemmy.world
        0•2 years ago

        Sorry to hear that. Any sort of AUR helper, which includes Pamac, is not supported. If your question was related to Pamac, that may be why your post got removed. If you ever use Arch or a derivate again, try hitting EndeavourOS forums this time. They don’t care which derivative you use as long as it isn’t Manjaro. My points apply to present, I assume Arch became infamous when this was a more serious issue in the past.