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so i seem to have made some progress, any idea what to do from here lol? How far am i away from installing Steam on this thing? #ArchLinux

@idkAgasta alright thanks, I'll look into it. also, 'ricing' in Linux is customizing everything right? I'll definitely give that a go, it's one of the reasons I wanted to switch in the first place. Windows just doesn't have enough of that lol.

Official Arch Wiki is still the most trusted source.....but don’t read the Arch Wiki like a book. Usually you hit a problem or wanna understand a package/tool better.... then you open that specific article and learn on the way. For installation you basically got 2 routes....`archinstall` script its pretty straightforward. Just follow a recent YouTube video or article. One tip: always prefer latest content because Arch moves fast and old guides break pretty easily..........& Manual install if you already know what you’re doing or wanna learn deeply. Also kinda the unofficial requirement to join the Arch cult for fun lol. Parallel to that, choose your desktop environment/window manager.... KDE, GNOME, Hyprland etc. (I use Hyprland btw.).....And pls pls pls rice your setup after installation.... that’s half the fun. You’ll love it. Also found this nice article yesterday.. have a look x.com/i/status/20548… I used to have a bunch of good setup resources from when I first installed Arch, but sadly lost most of them and some are probably outdated now anyway.....If you get stuck somewhere feel free to DM me.

Alright, i guess im trying Arch Linux with no experience. ill keep yall updated.

men will literally buy used thinkpad and install arch linux instead of going to therapy

@idkAgasta sounds awesome. I'm almost finished all my exams for the summer, so I'm going to have a lot of time to mess around with it soon. Do you have any recommendations for where to learn all of it? Because other than following the Arch wiki I don't really know what I'm doing lol.

Me ...lol don’t remember ig. Been on Arch for 2+ years now & Linux maybe ~7 years overall. Did a LOT of distro hopping before settling in. Getting used to Arch itself probably took me a few weeks since I already had some Linux knowledge beforehand. Honestly the best way is just tinkering with your setup.... config max it, do stuff, break stuff. You’ll learn on the way. I’ve broken mine and my girl’s bootloader so many times, made so many dumb mistakes, but fixing those taught me a lot. And ngl that knowledge helps a ton now in system eng work too. Just have fun with it. Once you slowly build your own dream desktop env that you work on everyday.... it feels beautiful.

@idkAgasta out of curiosity, how long have you been using Arch for? And how long did it take you to get used to it?

@antamadanmor Nahhh Good luck ... once you switch to Arch... the Arch users are always watching you 👀

Boot drive acquired. I sure hope i did this right. #ArchLinux

is there an actual reason behind why Arch Linux has like 200 different download links? I feel like half of these gotta be malware...

When You Finally Find Someone That’s As Autistic As You

im going to have to delete this at some point, aren't i

once again...

just noticed that one of the most used softwares for making Linux boot drives is made by an irish guy from Donegal. always cool to see 🇮🇪

i find it funny how they have this huge list of reasons not to switch, and just one for switching. They know you're gonna switch anyway

Truly the OS made by big egos for people with big egos. why aren't other communities this confident?

@idkAgasta haha tysm for the comment. I wont let the Arch community down🫡

for context I'm trying to install Arch Linux for the first time as a life long Windows user. enjoy my suffering. x.com/i/status/20546…

Is the Arch Linux installation process really as hard as people say it is? doesn't look to bad from the wiki but maybe i just haven't reached that point yet...

where do i even start with this? to the wiki i go.

the only version I can afford atm

where the hell can i find someone like this??