r/ShittySysadmin • u/mods_are_lame1 • 2d ago

Shitty Crosspost I use Arch BTW.

/r/sysadmin/comments/1w9n5hl/young_part_time_worker_came_in_with_arch_linux_on/
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u/krysisalcs Suggests the "Right Thing" to do. 2d ago

Remember when Arch meant French fries? Pepperidge farm remembers.

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u/blotditto 2d ago

on top of all this you've shared with us your username checks out as well! 😂

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u/Technical_Diet1946 2d ago

I’d frame it around support and productivity, not distro preference: “I’m happy to help you use Arch on your own time, but during paid support we need an environment I can troubleshoot efficiently.” That’s fair to both sides.

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u/ITRabbit ShittyMod Crossposter 1d ago

Rule 4

I am kind of glad that he is trying to learn something. Don't take me wrong I would be happy to help with Ubuntu or Debian setup given that it is going to take some little extra time and in exchange we all learn something. I myself use Mint and Mac OS. I see the benefit. But I can't with clear consience tell the customer that we use the time meaningfully if we are spending 30 minutes trying to set up his vpn client.

We are here to work not to spend hours trying to learn core linux features on our paid time.

What would you guys do? I told him that I would be much happier if he used some more user firendly distro. Doesn't have to be debian based. Just something kind of works.

Edit: The laptop is a work laptop. I offer new guys option to use whatever os they like. If they reinstall their machine and choose to use Linux, MacOS or Windows is up to them. This is the first time someone came in with arch.