Why are a lot of Arch Linux users so toxic?
(I dont really know what flair should i put here, lol. Also i think i have a BIT of a broken english.)
Hello, as someone that has been using Linux for some time (since april of 2025 i want to think?) ive been noticing the inmaturity of the Arch Linux community, and how they think they are the superior ones.
If you are a newbie in the Linux community and you use something, lets say, Linux Mint, its okay, there is no problem in that, but if you even try to show "oh look i got linux!! im happy!" there is going to be like at least ONE person who says "use arch instead noob lol skill issue" i dont know my buddy, but there is something called shutting the fuck up.
But now, lets say you actually got Arch Linux installed, everything is fun until someone asks "How did you installed Arch?" then you said you used archinstall (which mind you thats the intended way to install it) they are gonna throw balls at you because you didnt install it manually, a manual arch install isnt hard but people want it simply bro.
But now, lets say that you got your manual install and you comply all the requirements that the "Arch Linux Fanboy Club" needs to satisfy themselves, but you got a problem, maybe its the audio, maybe its WiFi, maybe its something that can be a simple google search, but the person needs help from someone who knows, and when they get the help, they are not gonna even help, they are just gonna throw: RTFM, manual, arch wiki, read read read read READ, bro just help him alr 😭
You kiiiiinda get my point, Arch Linux is a fun distro nontheless, but the people who use it thinks that they are superior just because they have a "hard os" but put them to use Gentoo, or NixOS and you will have all of them shambling.
Take care and eat good. (?)