An unbiased comparison of linux distributions' setup

Me being an arch using vegan with a man-bun makes this feel like a personal attack.

But once I get my new arch setup working I'll install gimp on it and create a meme making fun of you!

I won't stand for the vegan bashing

This dead horse is pulp by now

I use Arch, BTW.

I feed on your hatred.

I’ll never forget the first time I successfully installed arch and got my I3 set up juuust like I wanted it. It felt like I did something. It was great. Fuck you!

Needs a Steam Deck owner in the corner playing games, wearing headphones, and ignoring all questions.

I love how "unbiased" it is and I'm not even an arch user.

No way the Fedora user figured out how to configure partitions in the installer without having to google it at least five times! I've installed Fedora a few times over the years, and that UI still makes no sense to me!

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Debian guy could have just downloaded the nonfree installer that includes some common wifi and other hardware firmwares. There are some pragmatists at Debian.

Gentoo is still compiling

I actually encoutered this the other day.

Me: "Yeah I need reliability for work and sometimes I just don't have time to repair stuff. Last time I was on rolling release some update fucked my system right before an important deadline"

Other person: "It wOn'T bReAk If YoU UndErStANd iT"

._.

Anyway stable is awesome

I'll have you know that I eat a vegetarian not vegan diet and I really don't have a man bun (got no hair for that) ... The stickers on the laptop however really felt like you took a photo of my machine.

Also if it wasn't obvious I run arch

man I knew this was going to be rough when I saw him wearing a vegan shirt but god DAMN

"All Arch users are stupid vegan crossfitters who never shut up and contribute nothing to society and the only thing they ever care about is making their desktop look l33t and Arch is a horrible distro and did I mention all Arch users are stupid?"

Oh. My. Sides.

I switched from Ubuntu to Arch because I was sick of packages not compiling due to a complete lack of dependency management. I use stock KDE with zero frills and I spend most of my time hacking on open source projects. I never tell anyone what OS I use (unless they ask for recommendations for their new machine, and I'm prepared to also tell them why I personally prefer it) because they don't care. I'm a normal guy who keeps myself to myself and hates the people who think a pretty desktop is more important than a usable system just as much as everyone else.

However, I use Arch, and Arch bad, which means I must be the most annoying person on the planet.

archinstall

If that's a first install, then sure. Otherwise... There was a speedrun installing arch under 2 min...

Like you don't need to fix shit with Fedora

It's good but it's not left perfect

I've tried Arch before. I don't really remember it being a hassle. I've even installed Gentoo but never used it. Sabayon was the good shit.

Any place of discourse that incorporates the term 'master race' in its name is a place I give a wide berth.

Love how this has almost 80 dislikes (as of writing this), as if they actually took it personally 😂

Anyone here remember when people would say "I use debian btw" ?

I've found Garuda pretty much gets you all the perks of Arch without the drawbacks and installs just as quickly as debian if not faster. And I love ancient Linux memes as much as anybody but neither Debian or fedora is much to write home about nowadays IMHO.

Honestly this is the reason I want an immutable build of Arch like NixOS.

Let me roll back my mistakes and I could live more happily with rolling release.

I quit using Arch after about ten years of using it because Team Fortress 2 quit working and none of the resolutions on protondb fixed my issue.

Priorities, people.

I use Artix btw

I've been considering dipping my toes in and trying to learn Linux for the first time recently, having seen a couple screenshots from Mint that look approachable and not intimidating.... Can somebody tell me how Mint would fair if it was included in this comic so I know what I'm getting myself into (or if I should try Fedora or something....)

edit: typo

I started using EndeavourOS which is pretty close to Arch with a better installer. Uses their repos unlike Manjaro.

My first real experience with installing/running Linux on my own machine back in the day was with Gentoo. My experience was basically the same as Arch guy there, except with the added step of compiling every single component from source. On a Celeron equipped laptop. Nobody warned me about that part.

It took fucking ages. I was stuck in textmode land with Matrix code flying up the screen for like three fucking days, before I even got to a shell prompt.

I gave up. I just run Debian now.

What the guy on the right is doing seems like cultural appropriation of trans catgirl culture.

Debian guy could have saved time by connecting to lan after boot and installing the wifi package directly.

Only ever recorded instance of hat-wearing Linux user saying “I’m in” and not meaning an access acquisition

When I first tried to install Arch, I gave up when I got confused with the documentation for an encrypted install.

But since I've discovered archinstall, it's a dream to do and arguably faster to install than other distros.

Old comic

Arch has an awesome installer now so this is pretty dated.

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You don't install Fedora. You buy a server with pre-installed Fedora and a three-year support contract.

You don't care about updates. You don't care if it breaks. You just get a replacement server, covered by a contract.

I'm using Debian, btw

This is why I switched from Slackware, it could run in a toaster but by the time I had setup a 5 button mouse others were already doing things.

It's great for learning tho.

But... Endeavour though

Arch User: If CrossFit Used Linux

I don't remember installing arch. Hm. Can't have been a big hassle. Is this some kind of meta meme?

Maybe Debian guy and Fedora guy should get a room. Btw.

Basic kde install, I have it up in 30 min and then I never touch it again. Definitely better than a persistent full system lockup at the installer boot screen or installed system boot screen with no error logs.

It's probably either my 2070 super graphics card or my MSI x570 ace. Not worth the hassle of figuring out if I can't find a solution on Google.

I blame MSI because their software and bios was always janky. But hay, you gotta piss with the cock you got.

Void Linux supreme light and efficient distro. But I really like Debian and Fedora too.

Chill the horse is already dead.

I use arch btw.

I had to do it

Slackware users... You young kids, pffft.

Installed fedora and then used distro box to have arch packages. It's like cheating but I can run packages that aren't in repo without the shit storm of the versioning. Is absurd how aur is so good but base configuration sucks so much 🤣

BSD users standing outside, face pressed against the glass, gently weeping.

And I'll keep using it

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All this work just to end using systemd lol

I'm vegan btw

I'm currently using Manjaro ARM, and it feels cool

And now back to reality:

Step 1) Install EndeavourOS Step 2) There is none.

Well, the first half of that sucked. Assuming the second half does as well.

Don't use plain Debian, use MX Linux to have full up to date everything

Arch Users: If CrossFit Uses Linux

We do stereotypes now?

Arch. The best OS for installing Linux. The worst OS for using Linux. :)

I shouldn't be so mean, I use EndeavourOS BTW. But it definitely needs more care than a Fedora or a Debian.

archinstall
# btrfs
# user account in wheel
# install plasma-meta flatpak podman distrobox fish tmux konsole 
# I guess thats it?
su $USERNAME && systemctl enable --now sddm
sudo sddm
# login
# Open Discover, install apps from Flathub
# install stuff from Arch repos
# install Ubuntu, Debian or Fedora packages with a fitting Distrobox, maybe root, to avoid weird AUR stuff breaking your system

I literally never used Arch and install took not very long after finding out what a chroot is and how to reboot from that.

I am a vegan with a man bun IRL, but I use Fedora.

Difference is the arch user can probably land a six figure job now.

Downvote for vegan. Thats just unnecessary bullying without getting the point. But I also dont know many "influencer hipsters" which are always annoying, no matter what they do

I would like this comic done by an arch user.

I want to see Debain users and Fedora users faces when they noticd they don't have access the AUR or PKGBUILDs.

I want to see them running sudo make install to install stuff from git.

Also reading the Arch wiki for so long is something new arch users probably do. I installed arch for tens of times btw and for me the system already runs with the installation media.

I am very sure no Debian or Fedora user is done after the installer finishes. Then comes the tricky part of the setup. The one that takes days. Adding ppas and making stuff work fedora doesn't package.

This process starts with arch right away. From the moment i chroot into my installation.

I actively maintain ~9 computers in my house running arch. Many of them have dual boot arch. E.g. one arch for work, one arch for everything else. One arch for music production, one arch for everything rlse. I run arch on my webserver. I run arch on my home sevrer. I run arch on my wifes gaming desktop. I run arch on my wifes laptop. I run arch on my kids netbook. i run arch on rasberry pi.

btw.

no one's fucking downloading Arch to have a quick and easy OOTB experience, and no one's touching Fedora workstation for a lightweight and super tailored OS.

This is a strawman at best, and OP is full of shit.