Post #582125
2026-03-07 23:36 UTC
Replies (4)
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@grunge_fox@wetdry.world 2026-03-08 01:30
@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honestly just buggy, it always resulted in a broken system) or some distro based on Arch, because of how confusing or outdated some of the instructions are.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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@Umbreon@donphan.social 2026-03-08 01:37
@FawnOverFun That's kind of what I like about Gentoo's Wiki, is it tends to explain concepts that someone might not know about like a TLDR on how subnetting works when providing network configuration instructions. Unironically it's probably easier for a beginner to follow Gentoo's installation books than the Arch Installation Guide (which doesn't guide you through installing critical stuff like a bootloader).
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@Starcross@mk.absturztau.be 2026-03-11 02:55
@FawnOverFun@wetdry.world at least it's the Wikipedia of Linux tho I actually found an answer for Fedora (like specifically Fedora) through the Arch Wiki lmao
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@pinkRhododendron@mastodon.social 2026-03-11 04:46
@FawnOverFun yeah I don't remember the last time I read the Arch Wiki. Call me ignorant but I just have a hard time understanding all the technical terms so I would rather watch a youtube video instead.