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Discussion on: Ubuntu is harder than Arch

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Syed Faraaz Ahmad • Edited

Although I've never installed or used arch/manjaro etc I've heard great things about AUR. I'm a PopOS user, so I get latest packages with Ubuntu's stability

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Michael Otu

Ubuntu stability... at the end, it's what you use.

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HaxNet • Edited

While true stability can be argued, but Arch doesn't update in the background.

Arch users considers it more stable because we custom build the Distro so it tends to have less bloat and you know what you put in it. This is contrary to many other different distributions where something you didn't even know you had could break and not know how to fix it.

Easier to fix something you made, that's why Arch users thinks it's actually more stable.

Best analogy is this,

Auto mechanic driving a stick= Arch or any self installed OS
Average driver driving automatic = other prepackaged distros