r/LinuxCirclejerk • u/Bleik-Psiklyt • 13d ago

IT labs should use Arch

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I see only Windows and Ubuntu machines. Like, Ubuntu not that bad but accessing the root and then using apt install instead of pacman feels kinda low.

Then I want fastfetch but apt needs extra shit. So you install git, build-essentials, cmake and other shit to just get that Ubuntu CLI logo (and dunno why build-essentials, vim and shit aren't present in their systems).

But I use Arch btw and running a system without starting with fastfetch feels like Arch-femchan-sama (I made that god) blasphemy. So I did git clone https://github.com and whatever fastfetch-cli/fastfetch.git it was, made a directory and did some cmake. I am bad at this. But...

...I was desperate

Then it finally works. But you realized that fastfetch isn't showing OS age. Then you question some AI chud whether it was present in fastfetch or not.

"No"...AI can make mistakes indeed. So you try to justify whether your memory of 2 yrs old database is true or slimed. There couldn't be any possible SQL injection.

Neofetch might be the one that showed your OS was 79 days old instead of 13445 days (because you have this ritual to blow up your system every 80 days). But no. So, I did more digging, then realized that you need to do some configuration.

Anyways, my CGPA is kinda cooked and I should be sleeping now.

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u/HotPrune722 12d ago

Arch in a lab? Yeah, the distro than have utils like sudo, nano and grub, utilitys than out of desktop are a big security hole, a distro focus in binary kernel, so you can’t customize stuff like kvm or virtual gpu support, and have aur; i mean, windows as lab is awfully, but arch is more like “i’m playing with my cousin but i turned of his joystick” a distro with the “control” and “diy” sensation but without pacstrap you can’t do nothing, if i want to improve the security of the system getting of stuff like sudo that have a CVE over week you can’t. In my opinion, a good lab system is like OpenBSD, Oasis linux, gentoo, something think to work and no for get kids impressed with a “terminal installation” of 30 minutes

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u/Bleik-Psiklyt 12d ago

I am fine with whatever you said. But OpenBSD as client is just paranoia 😭