It's worked pretty well for the last three years. Arch Linux will never reach th... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		freyrs3 on Nov 1, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why AUR is part of the Arch Linux Success It's worked pretty well for the last three years. Arch Linux will never reach the same scale that Ubuntu or Debian will simply because of its barrier to entry, so I imagine it should work fine for the immediate future.

nakkiel on Nov 1, 2011 [–]

> "barrier to entry"

Seriously? Arch is KISS. There's no magic involved so I don't see how it's more difficult to use it than Debian.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact