What is good about Arch Linux?

Question

linux

I know this distribution has a strong community and a good wiki. Why is it so attractive to you, archeologists, and is there any use for it, say, on servers? Or is it Gentoo with a human face and all the consequences?

Answer 1

The ability to deeply feel the system, configuring it as flexibly as possible. But it needs tweaking.
Ideal for adventurous beginners.
But IMHO is absolutely unsuitable for production servers.

Answer 2

Arch user for about 6 +/- years. I switched just after I didn’t want to completely reinstall Ubuntu LTS from 12 to 14, I guess. Hell with dependencies on package versions for the OS version depressed me there, but as noted above, you can make a rolling out of Debian, but it doesn’t make much sense.
Here in Arch there is always fresh software, there are auras where almost everything is available, and you no longer need to look for diligent left turnips / ppa, or whatever it is now. But sometimes, of course, fresh software makes you sad (the last transition to gnome 3.32, I haven’t done it yet, I’m delaying the moment).
On a working machine, the system has been standing since about the age of 14, and there were some problems on the strength of 2-3 times, and so - after setting up, I just forgot and use it. (Except for gnome version updates))) )
I believe that it can be used on servers, but no, I have a zoo from Debian / Ubuntu / centos, depending on the service running on top of the virtual machine. ( >50, < 100 machines )
Can I advise a beginner for desktop? Perhaps yes, but if the eyes are burning straight. If you want to directly feel how it is to assemble a system for yourself in blocks from instructions. By the way, Vicki is really great.
My vote is for arch by priority:
1.aur
2.rolling
3. Simplicity, once you understand.