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I noticed that many Linux communities have a rather tough culture on their forums and community channels. Was wondering which Linux community does a better job on keeping a nice and friendly attitude.

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[–] zedro@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I had some good experience with gentoo's community.

[–] leanleft@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

i didn't have the best experience with gentoo's but developers are serious about their software.. not necessarily dealing with people.

[–] DerPapa69@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Whatever you do, stay far away from reddit. Every Linux community I have ever visited on that site is unbearably toxic.

Staying far away from that awful site seems like good advice in general, anyways

[–] beta_tester@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I have only good experience with r/endeavouros

[–] 011011@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Ubuntu but this is based on my experience from 15 years ago.

Arch linux irc used to be pleasant and helpful, not sure about the forums.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Arch Forums are honestly pretty bad. Ask a question where the answer might be found in section 6 subparagraph 8 on a Wiki page not indexed by Google because it hasn't been modified since 2009 and you'll get flamed