Trve Arch users don’t remember their install process.
Can confirm. Install once and it lives forever until the hardware dies or is replaced.
I only remember how long it takes
All I remember is that I still haven’t memorised the add user command
curl cheat.sh/useraddWhat?
This will be useful the next time I’ll have to install arch
This will be useful the next time I’ll have to install arch
I even ported an install once from one device to another just by copying the data and installing the bootloader.
No big difference between those two methods of install. You get the real medal when a random upgrade breaks some software and you are able to track down the issue and corresponding solution(s).
is installing debian an acceptable solution(s)? :D
It is if that’s what you are comfortable with.
I’m a big proponent of using tools you already know how to use, so long as you aren’t making things needlessly harder for yourself by doing so
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debian ♥️
I don’t know the current state of Debian installation. But not too long ago, installing Arch Linux felt much easier lmao
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python version bump always broke a handful of aur packages for at least a couple days for me. In general tho, all my problems were related to aur packages not getting updated at the same rate as official repos.
switched to nixos and avoided that entire class of problems
Shout out to Julia from Drawfee on youtube for the bottom art. It’s Bobby.
No!! Julia!! That’s Bobby Hill??
The room is in shambles.
The room full of vampires?
I came looking for your comment. Julia birthed a meme
One of many. Merobiba is still one of my faves.
Sorry
And everytime we kiss
They’re just like us
We’ve all got 'em
I get this feeling
And everytime we touch
SORRY
Yo Arch users. Try daily driving Linux From Scratch. I dare ya. Let’s see what you’re really made of.
Been there. Done that.
Endeavour Os was the best thing I ever used. Easy to install, out of box is minimal but sufficient. I traded my Linux Mint to be able to customize my workflow, look and feel.
I used it for a while too before I learned about archinstall. eOS has a great community though. I use their forum to look for answers often
Is that Bobby Hill?!
Yes
Thank you I tried to figure out how one could recognize Bobby Hill in this drawing.
Seeing that face “in the wild” blew my damn mind.
I never had success with archinstall, just the regular installation.
It’s kinda weird, actually.
I use EndeavourOS and it works without issues.
Jeee EOS gang!
I don’t use Arch but if I did id probably go with archinstall. I don’t see the point in going from scratch unless you absolutely need to. I could care less about bragging rights for installing an operating system lol.
I just don’t bother going for archinstall when regular installation “from scratch” takes 5 minutes (or 15, if you do it the first time). It is not scary and extremely simple, contrary to memes. Besides, it makes you understand the processes involved.
Archinstall is just a little, nice helper to shorten and simplify installation even more.
You mean “couldn’t care less”. The way you’ve written it means that you do care a bit since you “could care less”.
It’s not about bragging rights, all you do is follow instructions. I just do it that way because I can set everything up exactly how I like it
idk why, but everytime I try archinstall it breaks in one way or another. I’m sure it works perfectly well for everyone else, I’m just cursed
note: not seeking advice, I prefer my manually installed FDE + secureboot EFISTUB setup anyways
I’ve found that’s usually true with many tech things. Everyone has a great time and I’m just cursed.
My current issue is that I can’t remote into the machine at all beyond ssh. Any attempt at a session just refuses to work no matter what guide, fix, video, forum post, etc I follow.
I was going through some stuff and installing Arch from scratch was the only way I could feel anything at all.
Every now and then I see that laptop and think "I should keep going and install those power management scripts ". Then I think “nah”.
built as in “made the os”? If so, then yes they probably cried a lot those damn wizards
I still install manually just out of habit
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NixOS is the new Arch… (cat, meet pigeons) Unfortunately It doesn’t have as much basic training as Arch did (which archinstall obviates, not that I think this is a bad thing, it’s time is here), which did so much to improve community. Unfortunately NixOS’s doco is woeful, while ArchWiki is gold standard.
I say this as an ex Arch type who moved to Fedora, now ublue-kinoite, waiting for Nix to mature enough to daily (although I do have a T440p with 3 boot drives not doing much, hmm)…
NixOS is the new Arch…
Yeah nah, arch has an actual use case for normal users - it’s just the same old Linux with the most recent packages.
Nix and guix simply don’t work as distros for regular people. They’re made for scientific and corporate applications. They add a huge amount of complexity in order to solve problems you don’t have.
Nixos is like rust: hyped into the stratosphere by people who don’t use it
I say this as an ex Arch type who moved to Fedora, now ublue-kinoite, waiting for Nix to mature enough to daily
I’m running guix in fedora as a PM. You get most of the benefits, and can still use other PM’s like npm without crying for a week first. Although imo guix works better in that scenario since you can just “guix install X” and then use X like any other binary.
