For my use cases I’ve had better luck finding the packages I need in the arch repos, than e.g. ubuntu or fedora repos. IMO arch is not worse than the ubuntus and fedoras for package availability in the main repos.
Though for me AUR is not the reason I use arch (I use it for rolling release, and up to date packages), I think AUR is better than e.g. PPAs on ubuntu. I think it’s a better experience installing e.g. visual studio code with an AUR helper, than to copy some random command off a website to set up the PPA and install it.
For my use cases I’ve had better luck finding the packages I need in the arch repos, than e.g. ubuntu or fedora repos. IMO arch is not worse than the ubuntus and fedoras for package availability in the main repos.
Though for me AUR is not the reason I use arch (I use it for rolling release, and up to date packages), I think AUR is better than e.g. PPAs on ubuntu. I think it’s a better experience installing e.g. visual studio code with an AUR helper, than to copy some random command off a website to set up the PPA and install it.