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  • From what I remember, this started as a solo dev’s passion project, and he refused most help fearing it could compromise his vision. Unfortunately it got to the point where development slowed and I beleive even stopped completely for a time. I’m not sure if he ended up overwhelmed, or maybe just got bored or ran out of funds, or maybe a combo of those, but a couple years back he decided to bring in a few more people to share the burden and finally get the project finished.



  • In my experience of maintaining Arch, it’s as simple as:

    -Keep your packages up to date -Keep your mirrorlist up to date -install a package called “pacdiff” and run it after every update (certain config files need to be manually replaced/updated after system updates, pacdiff handles this for you. This actually includes your mirrorlist).

    Anything else really just boils down to individual issues with packages which could happen on any distro, or really and OS in general. As another user said, if you got Arch installed as a newer Linux user, you’re already doing well.


  • Been running the same Arch installation for a bit over a year. Minor issues here and there, but nothing out of the ordinary for general computer use.

    Learning was hard. I’d say it took me a good year before I was really genuinely comfortable with Linux overall, and even then, it was quite a while longer before I felt I could call myself experienced or proficient.

    I will say this, switching to AMD was a massive step up in terms of reliability. Also, and this is just my experience, but as someone who also started on Ubuntu, I’ve had far fewer weird obscure issues on Arch than on that, or any other distro I’ve tried. It’s daunting, but it’s so well documented that it’s almost impossible to have an issue with no known fix.


  • You look like you’re in a decent spot. My main note is that you just look like your reps are ever so slightly lacking in control, in other words you just seem like you’re rushing.

    If I were you, I’d drop the weight even to an empty bar for a session or two. Look up how to properly brace your trunk (an excellent video on dialing in an Olympic style high bar squat here ), and then just focus on control and consistency. Slowly descend, pause for a beat, then bring it up explosively, with control and bracing being maintained throughout. Once you feel like you’re really consistent, start adding weight slowly.

    Also, there is such a thing as too deep, even in a High bar “Olympic style” squat. Depending on your femur length, pelvic geometry and a few other factors, your ideal squat might be just barely at or below parallel, and that can be perfectly fine.

    Also, experiment with foot width and angle to take a bit of strain off your inner thigh (adductors) as you mention they get sore. You also mention that you worry about ankle mobility, the channel that posted the video I linked above has a fantastic video on improving ankle and hip mobility, both of which will help in the squat.