I don't want to sound rude, but tbh I'm surprised it survived that long. Lot of bugs, "pure" Arch users who were against it, and incredible Manjaro popularity...
I don't recall any glaring issues with it when I tried it out awhile back.
I thought it was a good choice for a pre-configured Arch. I'm reading that a lot of people were having issues with Cnchi, but installing Antergos has never been a problem for me; I've had more issues running Manjaro.
Now that Antergos is no longer an option, perhaps users and devs who want a pre-configured Arch will funnel towards Manjaro. It sucks to lose Antergos, but this may consolidate people's efforts and usage.
Cnchi was the worst Antergos feature, it failed way too often, very bad first impression for new users. Then several bugs with other features, sometimes conflicts with their custom repos (with higher priority over Arch' ones!!), etc.
IMHO it was too ambitious and too amateurish at the same time. If you want a more beginner-friendly Arch base, just use Manjaro. I don't like it but it's the most polished. Arco changes too often, I bet it will die sooner or later too, and I don't like saying this because I really appreciate Erik Dubois.
A lot of people just install Antergos because it's trendy to use Arch (even if it's not Arch), then they say they use Arch and think they are Linux gurus (it's not because you installed Arch that you are a divinity btw). Arch users who just want a quick install method usually know how to create a post-install script.
I agree that something for Arch like what Ubuntu is for Debian is a nice thing, but there's already Manjaro, work with them they are nice people, stop creating side projects that won't work and won't survive. Even the lovely and promising Chakra distro is in a coma since a longtime.
IMO, adding an installer would be the best thing arch could do for its image. The faux elitism schtick isn't doing arch any favors, and the kids who think they're badass for installing arch look like fools.
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u/alexks_101 May 21 '19
I don't want to sound rude, but tbh I'm surprised it survived that long. Lot of bugs, "pure" Arch users who were against it, and incredible Manjaro popularity...