If you've ever spent any time online, you might have heard how TOXIC the Arch Linux community is. You might even have been cyberbullied for using Ubuntu by a...

I also want to see how many downvotes i am going to get

  • CAPSLOCKFTW@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    So I’m an Arch user since 2013 and I don’t think I’m toxic. I am not really offended by this post but a bit worried. Why this hate against Arch (users)? I use Arch, btw is a meme that may has some truth, but like every good meme it is exaggerated. Arch users may have some pride in tunning Arch but most of the time they’re (in my expierence) helpful and inclusive. The OS itself fits right to my expectations: community driven, pragmatic, highly customizable. And I think the community is doing a lot for the overall Linux community with the Arch Wiki and for the Arch-based family with the AUR.

    Edit: I didn’t seek help in the Arch fotum myself but read some threads there. Haven’t encountered any bm there.

    • Shdwdrgn@mander.xyzEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I’ve been avoiding linux groups in general for the last 20 years because every time I dip in (slashdot, digg, reddit) I wind up asking a legitimate question I get hammered by someone who thinks they are better than everyone else. My last instance was trying to set options in grub or from the console to change the default CLI resolution – the post was taken over by a mod who didn’t even seem to understand what I was asking, and spent his time answering every post by berating me for having the gall for connecting a monitor to a server, because “a real server would never have any kind of display device connected to it.” I finally found out why I wasn’t getting any replies from the people that had tried to help, someone told me later the mod must have shadow-banned me from the group. That person had logged in under their mod account and noticed all my unanswered replies in the post which they hadn’t been able to see under a regular account.

      The linux groups here on Lemmy are my first positive experience with any linux groups, and I really hope it stays that way.

    • dartanjinn@lemm.ee
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      2 years ago

      I’m currently using Arch and doing the same thing. I learned more than a decade ago not to even bother with asking questions to the community at large. Bunch of self righteous dicks they are.

  • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Regardless of the click-baiting generalization in the title (that’s the YouTube game, folks) and the annoyed basement dwellers downvoting OP for it, there is some truth to it. Just like Stack Overflow community is similarly toxic.