The Linux Nazis
First, let me be clear that I mean Nazis in the spirit of the Seinfeld “Soup Nazi” episode, not the real Nazis.
I’ve been using Arch Linux quite a bit lately and I’ve liked it so much that my distro hopping has slowed considerably. However, I’ve always disliked the community that surrounds Arch. Much like the Soup Nazi, they take pride in their product and it tastes good but they serve it up with such a condescending attitude that you can’t help but feel you’re selling a piece of your soul when you eat it.
If you want to try Arch, here’s my advice. Just download it and use it. If you have a problem, use Google and solve it yourself. If you can’t, switch to somthing else. Don’t ask for help on the forums because in the Arch community, if you ask for help you are obviously a newbie and you will be an object of ridicule. If they drive you away, they will be proud for having done it.
If anyone’s wondering, no I was not driven away personally. I’ve just seen it done to many others and decided that crowd is too self-important for me. I enjoy helping others so I’ll look for a community where that’s acceptable.
Anyway, I’m writing this from a new Debian Squeeze install. I haven’t used Debian since Etch so I thought I’d give it a try.
Well, I’m an avid archlinux forum participant, and I must disagree. Don’t judge by some isolated events or by some members that gave you hard time. Furthermore, this mentality you will find everywhere, where people are feeling as part of a community and being proud of finding the right one. It is like religion. It is not religions fault that some act weird. Most of the time.