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  • spauldo@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.mlWhy Are Arch Linux Users So TOXIC?
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    1 year ago

    I’ve never talked to an Arch user about Linux, so I dunno how toxic their community is. But I do read Arch documentation, and it’s fantastic. Arch’s documentation has (for me, anyway) taken the place that used to be held by the old HOWTOs back in the early days.

    The kind of cooperation required to accomplish this doesn’t speak of a toxic community to me. I didn’t watch the video since I don’t watch YouTube on my phone, but I’m guessing it’s not the Arch community that has issues but annoying teenage “I’m more 1337 than you” jackwads that are the turd in the Linux punchbowl. Those little cretins are drawn to distros like Arch because they like feeling superior to the “normie” users.

    I should know, I used to be like that thirty years ago. Most of us grow out of it after we start getting laid.



  • spauldo@lemmy.mltoEmacs@communick.newsi wanna try emacs
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    1 year ago

    Emacs doesn’t follow the UNIX philosophy. It didn’t originate on UNIX - it was born in a mainframe environment. Instead of lots of independent specialized utilities it’s a Lisp engine with a text editor as its default program.

    That said, there’s nothing to be afraid of. It’s not like vi will stop working. Just install it and run the tutorial, play around with customize, learn how to make an init file and install which-key, read some blogs (Mastering Emacs is a good one), browse the info pages, and use it.
















  • That’s cool and all, but why would I want to? Display systems are invisible when they work right, and X has worked right for me (save for some pre-EDID config issues) since the 90s. I run a program, it pops up on my screen and I interact with it. That’s all I ask of it.

    None of the issues I’ve had with X (drivers, mostly) will be resolved with Wayland. For me, it’s a solution in search of a problem. The only reason I have even a passing interest is that it’s (theoretically) easier to maintain and change as computing changes.

    I’ll move to Wayland when I have to, but right now there’s no reason to not use X.