I use Arch BTW

A meme/joke comming from Linux community, and more precisely from Arch Linux community.
Word "Arch" means "Arch Linux", which is a one of the Linux distributions that unlike most user-friendly operating systems Arch requires you to do a lot of things yourself, including installation of the system (or you can use "archinstall" command that installs Arch for you). That "do it yourself" part is the key point of the joke as Arch is not meant for casual users, but for those who are willing to learn how linux works and won't rely on system's help.

Think of it like: "I use Arch BTW" = "Look how advanced I am"

"What operating system do you use?"
"I am currently on Windows 11"
"That's for babies, I use Arch BTW"

by HaxoTF October 20, 2025

btw i use arch

People who groom children

User 1: btw I use arch
User 2: oh so you groom children
User 1: Yea

by 1JKLDRFKL;ERF June 13, 2024

Btw

Btw means bring the weed

Bevi is stupid, she forgot to BTW.

by Kooper Mcdonald April 11, 2025

Vegan btw

something every vegan is required to say at the end of every sentence regardless of the context. Vegan btw.

Vegan Extremist: Hello my name is Karl. Vegan btw :)
Non-Vegan: IDC ABOUT YOUR DIET!!! STOP FORCING YOUR LIFESTYLE ON ME!!

by Acoolbro56 September 2, 2023

btw

commonly known as 'by the way', this can mean:
- box toe well
- bubble tree watermelon
- business travel worship
- bibliography television works
- beluga tumblr whale
- beautiful tinky winky

my btw (bibliography television works) is BETTER than yours

by dellabella July 11, 2022

Btw

By the way

A: hey

B:hey do you know what the date is?
C:21st btw today is Monday if you wanna know

by anonymous February 18, 2022