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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Why does Arch seem to have a cult like following? (reddthat.com)

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Also why does everyone seem to hate on Ubuntu?

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Arch is better because...

pacman, seriously, I don't hear enough of how great pacman is.
Being able to search easily for files within a package is a godsend when some app refuses to work giving you an error message "lib_obscure.so.1 cannot be found".
I haven't had such issues in a long time, but when I do, I don't have to worry about doing a ten hour search, if I'm lucky, for where this obscure library file is supposed to be located and in what package it should be part of.
rolling release. Non-rolling Ubuntu half-year releases have broken my OS in the past around 33% of the time. And lots of apps in the past had essential updates I needed, but required me to wait 5 months for the OS to catch up.
AUR. Some apps can't be found anywhere but AUR.
Their wiki is the best of all Linuxes

The "cult" is mostly gushing over AUR.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

Hmm, finding what package a file is in is absolutely possible on Ubuntu/Debian too. You can use the online Ubuntu/Debian packages search, or use apt-file.