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    [–] [email protected] 46 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (3 children)

    I've installed Arch manually exactly once. (Just for the bragging rights, lol)

    My go to way is just installing EndeavourOS. It's basically Arch, but with a nicer installer and reasonable defaults.

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

    I did it once, wrote down all the commands I used in order and then made my own install script. It was a great learning experience

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

    i did that once... watched a video of some guy installing it, wrote down every single command, did it myself, it worked! then the clock system broke and i tried to fix it, couldn't do it because dumb, and reinstalled it. exact same commands as before, but it didn't work, no clue why

    then i did the same with some other youtube video, until i just decided to use an arch based distro with an installer

    now i just see people talking about archinstall and i'm like... i could've done it with one command? why did nobody tell me?!?!? or did i just ignore everyone who told me? am i stupid?!?!?

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

    Tbf you couldn't always. Archinstall didn't come until a few years ago

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

    hmmm how many years ago? i started using linux (with fedora, then arch a couple of months later) around the end of 2022 or mid 2023

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 20 hours ago

    I got to where it expected me to partition the drive manually and noped out. I was doing that in the 90's when I compiled my own kernel. Ain't nobody got time for that today.

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

    I use Endeavour, btw. Nah, I don't think it'll catch one.

    I'm super stoked to be on an Arch-based system, but things have been so easy I have earned no bragging rights what-so-ever with it.

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 16 hours ago

    Go ahead, install Arch on a VM (it's not hard at all, actually!) and get your medal.

    Then keep with Endeavour and enjoy your ride :D

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

    Btw, I'm on an arch endeavour