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Post #1874980
2026-03-08 01:30 UTC
@FawnOverFun Yeah, I agree on this. I tried installing Arch a few times before, but I often resulted to either archinstall (which is honestly just buggy, it always resulted in a broken system) or some distro based on Arch, because of how confusing or outdated some of the instructions are. Even after installing Fedora and Debian countless times, I still struggled with following Arch wiki on how to install the system or just how to set up some stuff post-install
If not for a friend who is much more knowledgeable about Linux than me, I don't think I would've been able to install it last year. And it was honestly worth it, and I don't want to go back to Fedora or Debian ever again (their constant meddling with certain packages, either to downstream them or to make them FOSS, can quickly become a pain in the ass), but you kind of have to go through this pain first, unfortunately... :neofox_googly_shocked:
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@grunge_fox @FawnOverFun While I love the Arch Wiki, it has it's problems.
I do recommend people who are slightly interesting in Linux do try installing something like Arch and/or Gentoo.
Like they do have a difficulty curve but I felt after installing it for the first time that I actually *got* how Linux works, therefore cause resolve problems far easier because I knew how the system worked because I was the one to design it in a way. Which also made me somewhat addicted to sticking with it to learn.
It's actually kind of a great feeling when you guide a friend through it who has never actually used Linux seeing them quickly learn and grow familar even over a hour. Because you seem them actually enjoy it and the thrill of when their hard work leads to a login screen.
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