If you are set on using arch i highly recommend using archinstall or fedora and using the kde plasma or gnome desktop enviorment there are no files to configure and shit just works the desktop is also highly configurable. The only time youd be messing with cfg files would be if you are ricing your system to look like something out of r/unixporn which looks sweet but those people put ALOT of time and effort into it, and their desktop enviorments arent really meant for the average user.
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T156@lemmy.world 5 days agoI’ve had similar issues with Arch Linux for years. The front panel outright refuses to work on Linux, even after modifying a whole bunch of things.
Your average person is more likely to get frustrated that stuff is broken/doesn’t work, and switch back rather than having to alter module configuration files and things like that to fix it.
LoreSoong@startrek.website 5 days ago
jrs100000@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Dont use freaking Arch if your goal is to get everything to work out of the box?
T156@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Fair, though in my experience, Debian and Ubuntu weren’t that much better in that regard.
I just went with Arch, because some of the stuff I wanted to use was much newer on it.
libra00@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Or, here’s a radical idea, don’t release your freaking distro if not everything works out of the box? :P
jrs100000@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Dont buy a project car if you dont want a project. Some people like that shit, but its not for everyone.
peregrin5@lemm.ee 3 days ago
That’s fine but people here are trying to convince everyone that Linux is a 1 for 1 replacement of Windows or MacOS and as someone who has a lot of experience with Linux and uses it for work/coding/development, that’s simply a lie.
libra00@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Yeah fair enough, but also don’t call it a car if it doesn’t drive.