Arch Linux limitations? (programming.dev)

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I'm curious about trying Arch Linux, but I want to know what's difficult or impossible with it first, as that's usually what stops me sticking with a distro.

I'm particularly interested in software/driver support. For example, NVIDIA doesn't mention Arch in its CUDA download page.

UPDATE: OK it sounds like Arch is for bleeding edge. That sounds fun, but I like things simple and reliable, so I'll still with Ubuntu. I might run Arch on my secondary drive, or toy with it in Docker.

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[-] hellmo_luciferrari@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Arch has been the least limiting experience I have had with Linux thus far.

You wanna delete system files, do it, I dare you. Oh, it broke your system? Okay, not a problem. I haven't encountered a situation it wasn't recoverable. You wanna test bleeding edge custom kernels with drivers that are the newest available? Done.

If you're afraid of reading, troubleshooting, and trying new things to test your mettle? Yeah, go with something else.

There is very little I haven't been able to do with my Arch setups. I ditched Windows, and can't go back.

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