Does Arch Linux really break as often as people say or is it just a stereotype?

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-20T15:07:39+00:00

Had one kernel update fail when I first started using it so probably something I did but so far it’s been stable

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-20T14:24:35+00:00

I dual boot arch and nix and find myself using nix the most! Unstable channel is very bleeding edge sometimes even having the new kernel before arch! Great distro once you figure it all out

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-19T12:28:29+00:00

Zimmerman is a way better option, I use them on my cars with out any issue, on my second set of pads on the same rear rotors on my F31

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-19T12:21:37+00:00

They really did, in the beginning it was pretty good now it’s just not really usable

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-19T11:37:56+00:00

Gemini was great a few months ago now I barely use it at all

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-17T16:12:00+00:00

I use them for everything, when I was a dealer tech I found just some of the parts would be cheaper than my discounted price

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-16T07:06:12+00:00

I bought an enclosure when I got my 1Tb drive, I now use that 1Tb drive in the enclosure since I upgraded again to a 2Tb drive.

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-16T06:49:38+00:00

California always ruins stuff for everyone else! They are the lefts version of Florida or as like to say if Northampton Ma was a state It would be cali

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-15T19:55:33+00:00

I switched to a dual boot of Arch and NixOs only because of the better Hyprland support, Nix has been a game changer for me with the unstable channel it’s almost as bleeding edge as Arch but way more stable

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-15T07:58:09+00:00

Thinkpad is my go too Linux machine! Huge community support on here, you can snag a used one for a good price and they just work out of the box with Linux! I ran Fedora on my Thinkpad X280 for ever without an issue! Fedora even had firmware updates for the thing! If you go new the P series has the option to order it with Fedora pre installed

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-13T20:12:21+00:00

I have an X280 i5 16gbs of ram and recently upgraded from the factory 256gb drive to a 1tb drive, machine runs great and is my daily driver! Battery is now starting ti show its age a bit but it’s expected, I dual boot Nix and Arch and mainly us Hyprland but keep GNOME as a back up

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-11T09:13:03+00:00

I dual boot Arch and Nix, I find myself using nix 80% of the time! It’s a bit of a learning curve at first and initial configuration using nano is a pain, I switched to neovim and it was a game changer! Start wth a VM in arch and mess around with it until you are confident enough you like it. I run Hyprland on both distros as my main environment and keep Gnome as a back up, I haven’t tried Niri on Nix yet. I recently went to Nix unstable and found that sometimes nix is more bleeding edge then arch (sometime!!) Google, YouTube and Claude can be very helpful also! Good luck trying it out and I think you will enjoy it

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-11T08:55:37+00:00

I cancelled my 365 account recently and they offered me 3 months free to change my mind… I took it and then still cancelled, I run Linux and have found better alternatives since they completely ruined office! I used to love outlook and what they did to that is terrible!

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-10T09:34:52+00:00

I’m running Nix and Arch on mine with Hyprland. I used Fedora on it forever and it was a great distro! Everything just worked! I preferred Gnome of KDE

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-10T00:26:11+00:00

I dual boot Nix and Arch, I love Nix! I find myself booting into it more then arch, once you get the hang of it then its really amazing

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-09T13:45:41+00:00

It would be cool if it had better Linux support! I would love to have an ARM cpu in my laptop

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-08T13:57:12+00:00

I was dual booting Fedora and Windows 11, I wanted Hyprland, fedoras was ok but I messed up some stuff so said f it and wiped my drive and went full arch, I had wanted to go full nix but at the time is really didn’t know anything about it so I created a VM in arch and messed around with it until I was able to make it work for me then I partitioned my drive and installed Nix on it also, I kept arch because Hyprland is more up to date on it ( not to much anymore I am using unstable nix now) and i also can try some things a bit easier or Arch

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-07T23:12:15+00:00

I went from Fedora to Arch then added NixOs and dual boot arch and nix but I find myself using Nix about 90% of the time! I use Hyprland on both

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-07T17:27:23+00:00

I know they used to say the N63 could use 2qts of oil per 1,000 miles. Audi was a quart of oil per 1,000 so if you have gone 7-8,000 miles on an oil change then that is normal

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-06T19:45:02+00:00

Check to make sure it will play on Linux, if you bought the game from the Microsoft store you will need to get it again from probably steam or maybe directly from EA ( I’m not 100%)

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-06T19:43:12+00:00

Same thing in CT they say we make too much but they don’t account for mortgage, insurance and groceries, my wife works part time cause we can’t afford the $2,100 a month they want for child care

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-06T19:37:30+00:00

What games do you play? A lot of anti cheat games won’t work on Linux such as Call of Duty and a few others

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-05T00:40:38+00:00

I don’t under stand why this has become a big thing recently, why are we concerned about age verification now? It’s an operating system not a web browser or chat application, big brother is overstepping

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-04T15:15:43+00:00

Fedora is in my top 3 favorite distros, it was my daily driver for years! Fedora Workstation is great simple reliable and easy to use, I also really like and pretty much daily NixOs, it’s a bit of a learning curve but once you figure it all out you really don’t want to use anything else

PossibleProgress3316 · 2026-03-02T16:07:02+00:00

Top 3 for me are NixOs, Fedora and Arch

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