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Who uses, recommends or left Arch Linux, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Kalwabed Rizki
Indonesian fullstack engineer, speaker and instructor; writes about JavaScript, SvelteKit and Linux tooling at kalwabed.com.
loved

Arch Linux: has become my go-to distro after years of using EndeavourOS. I've recently switched to Hyprland as my window manager, and it's been a game-changer. Currently, I'm using CachyOS with KDE. It's been a great experience so far! Here's my

His /uses page, an overview of the tech and tools he uses as a developer day to day. The date here is the last commit to the page's own source file, src/pages/uses.astro in his site repo kalwabed/kalwabed.com.

2025-12-20·kalwabed.com ↗

Nick Janetakis
Freelance web developer and instructor behind the Dive Into Docker course; writes tutorials on deployment and dev environments at nickjanetakis.com.
liked

Vanilla Arch is a great canvas of a distro to build an OS designed for you. It gives you enough flexibility to pick and choose exactly what you want.

His long-running 'The Tools I Use' post, which he keeps updated and which ends with a timeline of when and why he switched tools.

2025-12-30·nickjanetakis.com ↗

Greg Kroah-Hartman
Linux kernel developer and Linux Foundation Fellow; maintains the stable kernel releases, USB and driver core subsystems.
liked

I am trying out Arch Linux on my MacBook as I wanted to see how that distro was due to hearing good things about it. So far I'm impressed with it, and given that openSUSE doesn't work on the MacBook Pro yet, I'm sticking with it for now.

His written "Uses This" interview, covering his kernel-development machines and mail-driven workflow.

2012-11-15·usesthis.com ↗

Vitalik Buterin
Co-founder of Ethereum; writes on cryptography, economics and public goods at vitalik.eth.limo.
uses

Software I have been a Linux user for a long time. About a year and a half ago I migrated over to Arch Linux.

His write-up of the local-first, privacy-hardened LLM setup he actually runs — hardware, models, agent tooling and sandboxing.

2026-04-02·vitalik.eth.limo ↗

Drew DeVault
Free software developer; maintainer of sway, wlroots, aerc and scdoc, and founder of the SourceHut (sr.ht) forge.
uses

My workstation runs Arch Linux, but don't take that as an endorsement.

His Uses This interview, on his workstation, laptops and free-software stack.

2019-01-17·usesthis.com ↗

Ethan Schoonover
Designer and developer; created the Solarized colour scheme and the Kinkless task system that became OmniFocus.
uses

I also have a dedicated Arch Linux laptop, currently a Lenovo x220 Tablet PC with capacitive & pen touch screen.

His written "Uses This" interview, from the designer who made Solarized.

2012-05-23·usesthis.com ↗

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