Op 14 apr. 2016 22:21 schreef
For example non OS:
A hammer is the best to get in a nail. Could use a screw driver, but that is not the best tool for the job/task.
Comparing ARCH to other distros in the SAME CATEGORY (not for example against pfSense - one of many distros designed for connection sharing), what jobs/task is it the best at?
IMHO Arch is very good at: - Educating users who want to know how Linux really works - pleasing power users in letting them have control over the system - being nice to users who don't want to reinstall every few months, just because there's a new release - people who like to use (b)leading edge software Or in short: for those who like to stay in control of their systems. It's less suited for those that have little interest in the O.S. and/or reading documentation. I guess the old UNIX adage can be applied here: It is very user friendly. It's just picky who it's friends are. For me personally, Arch is very good for my home systems. Keeping everything up2date is just one command away and rarely breaks stuff. Even when something breaks, it's usually a simple fix. I myself wouldn't use it @work, mainly because of 3rd party (commercial) applications that have a hard time keeping up with the pace of OSS development. My info on other distros is a bit dated. I used debian before switching to Arch. In those days Gentoo and LFS were mostly named as options for power users, besides freebsd/netbsd. Arch looked a bit like Gentoo without the long waits for compiling, with a very enthusiastic community and a very nice package manager. ~10 years later I'm still using the same installation (though only the pacman log proves it ;) ). Mvg, Guus Snijders