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[96.96 --> 99.62] that something like Gen 2 or Linux from scratch takes. |
[100.08 --> 100.88] Hey, bro, bro, bro. |
[101.50 --> 102.52] I run Arch, by the way. |
[103.02 --> 103.40] Yeah. |
[103.74 --> 105.16] Well, that's kind of how it started. |
[105.60 --> 109.18] And then it became, it kind of grew from there, didn't it? |
[109.32 --> 109.72] It did. |
[109.72 --> 111.50] Yeah, I definitely feel the shame. |
[111.50 --> 114.22] Like, when you say to people, I run Arch, |
[114.32 --> 118.34] it's not because you want to flex, or at least I don't want to flex. |
[118.76 --> 121.74] It's because I just love it so gosh darn much, |
[121.74 --> 124.78] and I think other people would too if they just gave it a chance. |
[125.14 --> 126.04] Well, why is that? |
[126.08 --> 128.36] I think we should talk about, maybe just really briefly, |
[128.52 --> 129.88] why it is you love it so much. |
[129.90 --> 132.02] Because it's not the forms, right? |
[132.04 --> 134.94] It's not the Arch user base, necessarily. |
[135.14 --> 136.96] It's the practicality of it, right? |
[137.38 --> 137.78] It is. |
[137.78 --> 142.88] I am one command away from pretty much any piece of software that I want. |
[143.72 --> 146.28] Yay-S, everything, literally. |
[147.16 --> 150.44] You know, the AUR is Arch's secret sauce. |
[151.08 --> 151.98] Think of anything. |
[152.14 --> 153.06] Think of a custom kernel. |
[153.36 --> 156.86] You know, VFIO stuff is pretty complex to get into. |
[157.46 --> 159.46] There is a custom kernel already compiled, |
[159.68 --> 163.16] or there's a package build to compile a custom kernel already there for you, |
[163.18 --> 163.66] ready to go. |
[164.36 --> 167.00] You want some esoteric piece of software that, |
[167.00 --> 168.96] on Ubuntu would be a PPA, |
[169.30 --> 171.26] or on Fedora would be a copper repo. |
[171.78 --> 173.32] I don't have to worry about any of that. |
[173.38 --> 175.28] It's just yay-s install, |
[175.56 --> 176.56] and off you go. |
[177.54 --> 180.34] And besides that, you know, as a new user, |
[180.46 --> 183.06] when I was getting into Linux in 2013, |
[183.38 --> 184.64] 14 sort of time period, |
[185.46 --> 186.38] the Arch documentation |
[186.38 --> 189.48] is just the best around, |
[189.48 --> 191.82] and it's crowdsourced. |
[192.02 --> 193.98] It's not always completely accurate |
[193.98 --> 195.80] and always completely totally up to date, |
[195.86 --> 196.82] but it's good enough |
[196.82 --> 200.24] that even an idiot like me can pick it up |
[200.24 --> 200.96] and get going |
[200.96 --> 202.94] when I knew basically nothing. |
[203.60 --> 204.36] And at that point, |
[204.40 --> 206.50] that was when Arch had just transitioned to Systemd. |
[206.50 --> 210.52] So I kind of credit Arch and Systemd and Docker |
[210.52 --> 212.44] as being the three kind of pillars |
[212.44 --> 213.84] of what got me into Linux |
[213.84 --> 216.82] and being able to get me over that initial new user |
[216.82 --> 218.58] not knowing what I'm doing hump. |
[218.84 --> 220.26] Those three things together, |
[220.46 --> 223.24] for me, were just game-changing. |
[223.84 --> 225.22] There really is a Linux for every type. |
[225.34 --> 227.02] Obviously, there's benefits |
[227.02 --> 228.54] to running something like Debian |
[228.54 --> 232.46] or CentOS or Ubuntu LTS on a server |
[232.46 --> 234.40] that make just a ton of sense for most people. |
[234.92 --> 235.94] I'm the type of user, |
[236.04 --> 238.16] I don't mind logging in at least once a week, |
[238.78 --> 240.02] doing a package update |
[240.02 --> 242.90] and seeing what needs to be installed. |
[243.38 --> 245.62] I don't always have time for that. |
[245.62 --> 247.68] I don't always get to do it weekly, |
[247.86 --> 249.38] but I generally am able to do it |
[249.38 --> 250.46] at least once a month, |
[250.50 --> 251.40] if not twice a month. |
[251.40 --> 254.00] And that seems to be all it's taken for me |
[254.00 --> 255.60] to keep these systems up and running. |
[255.66 --> 256.78] And the benefit that I get |
[256.78 --> 258.52] from a self-hosting standpoint |
[258.52 --> 261.72] is my operating system is continuously updated. |
[261.84 --> 264.08] I don't have this event |
[264.08 --> 265.80] that comes up every few years |
[265.80 --> 267.80] where I kind of brace myself |
[267.80 --> 270.42] and do this massive upgrade. |
[271.10 --> 272.54] Instead, I take my medicine |
[272.54 --> 274.10] kind of on a weekly basis |
[274.10 --> 276.78] and it kind of stretches out the changes |
[276.78 --> 278.00] so that they're just more minor. |
[278.12 --> 278.70] They're more frequent, |
[278.86 --> 280.06] but they're more minor. |
[280.06 --> 281.44] I prefer that. |
[281.44 --> 282.64] And then when you add something |
[282.64 --> 283.36] like Alex was saying, |
[283.46 --> 283.94] the AUR, |
[284.32 --> 286.42] with the package management system, |
[286.60 --> 289.40] I can get something up and running |
[289.40 --> 291.68] in moments on Arch |
[291.68 --> 294.38] that would take a bit of fiddling around, |
[294.48 --> 295.44] maybe adding a package repository, |
[296.36 --> 298.14] following a guide to add the keys |
[298.14 --> 299.24] and all that kind of stuff |
[299.24 --> 300.50] to a machine. |
[300.62 --> 302.08] And then I have the joy |
[302.08 --> 303.76] of watching that repo go by |
[303.76 --> 305.30] every time I do an apt update |
[305.30 --> 306.38] or a DNF update. |
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