After you figure out how to properly partition your disk, you learn how the entire setup is actually quite simple Basically, Mount partitions, pacstrap to install the base system, generate fstab, chroot in, create a unprivileged user and add it to sudo, setup grub, configure internet, exit chroot and unmount, reboot into the newly installed system, configure X11/Wayland to your liking
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MissyBee@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Oh boy looks like my weekend will be spend learning and trying to install Arch without a graphical installer. To be fair Manjaro on my laptop was my first try at Arch. I never thought how much I will come to like AUR.
EndevaourOS is already on my gaming rig so plain Arch for my laptop seems like a good challenge. Farewell Manjaro, I learned a lot
AkatsukiLevi@lemmy.world 1 day ago
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
Installing Arch is a lot easier than fixing a bad Manjaro update. I get that it’s intimidating, but it’s really quite easy if you can follow instructions, but budget a couple hours your first time because you’ll probably second-guess everything. The second time should be more like 30 min.
seaQueue@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It’s not that hard, just read the install guides and instructions. My first Arch install was like 8y ago and I expected it to be difficult - it wasn’t.
AkatsukiLevi@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Meanwhile my first Gentoo system… I was expecting to be not so bad… Holy f I was wrong
seaQueue@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The compile times are abusive on older hardware for sure
AkatsukiLevi@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
I got a Xeon E3-1220 V3, thought it’d handle well A whole ass day and it still wasn’t done
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
I highly recommend BTRFS as your root filesystem, and then configure snapshots. This way if an update goes sideways (pretty rare), you can roll back and wait for fixes.
I haven’t used Arch for a few years, but my openSUSE Tumbleweed install came with it by default, and it has saved me a few times in the 7 or so years I’ve used it. Maybe the new instructions include that, idk, but you’ll be glad you have it.