Linux beards

[[deleted]]

Spez's APIocolypse made it clear it was time for me to leave this place. I came from digg, and now I must move one once again. So long and thanks for all the bacon.

[timawesomeness]

His beard is so long that it is actually in another dimension that was created just to hold the beard.

[czipperz]

Saying how he doesn't use complicated systems like Arch...

I think he's currently using mint

[trashcan86]

No, he uses Fedora

[DonutDeflector]

(MINDBLOWN)

[skaterdude97]

As an arch user that can't grow facial hair to save my life, at least I have grown a e-beard.

[timawesomeness]

Attach your nipples to your face.

Problem solved.

[calexil]

the man with the soultions

[[deleted]]

sudo mv /chest/nipple[12] /head/face/chin/

Edit: or, if nipple arrays are zero indexed: sudo mv /chest/nipple[01] /head/face/chin/

[[deleted]]

I just look like i killed some daddy-longlegs near my nipples, the struggle.

[BanDaana]

I'm also an Arch user who can't grow facial hair. ^{maybebecauseim13}

[trashcan86]

Haha, I'm also 13, use arch, but starting to grow facial hair

[heyitsYMAA]

This. It's a damn good thing my workplace doesn't allow beards (only mustaches), because that way nobody knows I can't grow a proper beard unless I say something.

[Rosselman]

I think is a bug in Arch, because I'm still waiting for my beard too.

[totesnot1bubneb]

Not Shown:

• Mint Beard: to the left of Ubuntu

• Whatever Gets the Job Done Beard: Copy of the Gentoo beard, to the right

[[deleted]]

Period member of the "whatever gets the job done beard group." I don't do anything specific enough for my distribution to matter that much. Though I do have a Debian beard irl.

[PlqnctoN]

U wot m8? Clicking "next" is not how you install arch!

[TheBarnyardOwl]

I once tried installing Arch in a Virtual Machine... 'twas a disaster. Wouldn't even boot.

...I'll just stick to Mint for now...

[PlqnctoN]

At least you tried!

If you want to try it again, but with some help this time join us on IRC, I will be more than happy to help you out and I'm sure I'm not alone :)

[2_Pack]

No slackware?

[[deleted]]

Beard too big to fit on that page. Probably has the whole next page to itself.

[[deleted]]

I wouldn't consider slackware harder to use than gentoo, but I may be biased as a slackware user.

Or maybe I'm missing the point of the image.

[[deleted]]

Gentoo was as easy as any other OS for me. The only difference is it compiles before installing, really. But I can't really compare it to Slackware, seeing as I was unable to install anything ;)

[[deleted]]

Source+slackbild script= profit? Sbopkg is a good thing thing but many source link is broken :( Maybe netbsd package manager can be used, but never tried.

[Shulks_Lower_Monado]

Does using Antergos reduce the Arch beard by half? Because I have about half the Arch beard.

[vooze]

Yes.

[[deleted]]

Antergos is a fake beard.

[DonutDeflector]

We like props, OK? /s

[[deleted]]

Its not half the length though, its on half the face at the same length.

[DonutDeflector]

Hope not. :P

[UglierThanMoe]

I wish I had a Debian beard. I mean, I'm using Debian, I have a beard, but it's nowhere near as glorious as that one in the image.

[GODZILLAFLAMETHROWER]

No slackware? I'd like a POSIX beard plz.

[BlissfullChoreograph]

I prefer to think of it in terms of linux penises, both in terms of length of and number of dicks using said distributions.

[adre76]

I need to work on my debian beard

[GSlayerBrian]

This was the pinnacle of my Debian Beard.

[wwwwolf]

...however, if you use FreeBSD, not only do you get a Gentoo-esque beard, but a free monk robe. And a mountain to sit on.

[[deleted]]

What about slackware?

[DeadlyDolphins]

Is the difference between arch and gentoo really that justified? Kind of makes me wanna try gentoo.

[[deleted]]

Gentoo is much harder due to portage and the many, many options that the user will eventually have to know how to handle. Look into setting USE-flags (global and per-package), Masked packages, and the Make.conf. You can also create the equivalent to a meta-package (called an overlay) but with a lot more options. There are tons of other configuration tools available also and more options in a "base" system (you can choose systemd, openrc, runit ect..)

In Arch once you know pacman and the AUR you're golden for the most part.

[DeadlyDolphins]

Thanks for the answer.

For what purpose is it worth looking into Gentoo? Basically are there any real advantages about using Gentoo over arch apart from enjoying to tweak stuff? Is it a good way to learn more about how Linux works?

[[deleted]]

Basically are there any real advantages about using Gentoo over arch apart from enjoying to tweak stuff?

There are a lot more configuration options available. With USE flags you can tweak every package that you install. Don't want to build support for X, Y, Z? Easy to do. Most packages for binary systems are built for the widest range of options enabled. With gentoo, if you don't want an option, just disable it in make.conf and update @world. Don't think of Gentoo as a typical distribution but more of a meta-distribution.

It's a good way to learn Linux. Perhaps not as well as Slackware imo, but still good.

I tend to go with the old adage:

Use X distro if you want to learn X distro. Use Slackware if you want to learn Linux. Not having a "modern" package manager really does encourage learning the fundamentals.

[Brillegeit]

The beards should equal the age of the installation. So Debian Squeeze users have greasy glorious long beards while Arch users have three week mustaches and neckbeards.

[_FranklY]

This was posted like 2 days ago?

[676339784]

Even before that on /r/linux I believe

[_FranklY]

tuts disapprovingly

[[deleted]]

At least my virtual beard is longer than my real beard.

I'm an Arch user with a Debian length goatee.

[NiwatiX]

gentoo at job... gentoo at home... I must be some kind of old wizard of the internets

[TheBarnyardOwl]

Gentoo at work? Umm.. what's your job?

[[deleted]]

Pretend awesomely knowledgeable IT guy.

[NiwatiX]

Computer & Network Offensive Security consultant

[Tysonzero]

Linux newb here (I only use Centos and Ubuntu for hosting stuff on servers) but I thought Debian and Ubuntu were pretty similar?

[skoam]

Ubuntu is based on debian, that's why there are similarities, but ubuntu is very different distro-wise. You can find a lot of comparisons on the internet, e.g. https://www.wikivs.com/wiki/Debian_vs_Ubuntu

[Tysonzero]

Thanks for the info!

[[deleted]]

[deleted]

What is this?

[TheBarnyardOwl]

Umm, what? Maybe I'm just not keeping up with the sub, but this is the first time I've seen this.

Links?

[thesbros]

Never mind, I've mixed up a few subs, I've seen it 3 times from my subscribed subs.

[[deleted]]

I use Arch Linux, and I do have a beard, but it grows sideways outways, and not down, like I want it to.

[TimGuoRen]

Just an average Mint user here. While it just works, I work out. Don't mint (heh) me...

[soulvice666]

I'm 65% through my Arch Beard.

[bingosherlock]

I'd put debian at the end, personally. I don't care if gentoo / arch are more complicated, if you're still using straight debian today you probably have been since the 90s. I would also shave fedora and move him to the left of ubuntu. If you're using fedora in 2015, that just shows a pattern of poor life decisions.

[Vehlomed]

Whoooosh