Never used Linux and had a spare laptop laying around so I thought of installing Arch since that's the worst one to start with. Any "better" to suggest?
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Never used Linux and had a spare laptop laying around so I thought of installing Arch since that's the worst one to...
Evan Barnes
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Nathaniel Nguyen
install xubuntu and dont listen to the arch retards
Jacob Hill
Linux From Scratch if you are doing this as a hobby.
Justin Green
This
Parker Perez
>install gentoo
Jason Ramirez
I'm planning on converting to Linux at some point and I'm using my laptop as a starter.
Justin Baker
don't use any distro based on ubuntu, you'll get a bunch of broken shit. that includes xubuntu, kubuntu, mint, etc.
David Brooks
What would you recommend then?
Nicholas Campbell
>xubuntu
Just say Ubuntu. You are placing too much emphasis on the DE.
David Gomez
>since that's the worst one to start with.
Why? It's the simplest to install and maintain.
Brayden Taylor
it depends what you are using the computer for.
debian, arch, gentoo are good. Ubuntu was nice when it was new because it did a lot of things automatically which were not setup in most distros, i suppose it's still kind of like this, if you want to learn how to use linux ubuntu isn't the best option though. If you do pick ubuntu, just do vanilla ubuntu, the spin-offs don't work as well
Adam Thomas
Welp, thanks for the advice. I'll look into those three. I'll into debian since most don't talk about it so I'll see it's any good to consider.
Ryder Thompson
Arch is the only way. Avoid the Debian botnet!
Benjamin Russell
>botnet
both are using systemd
Camden Nelson
arch is fucking crap
Daniel Martinez
Arch being difficult to install and use is a meme. Debian is best if you want something braindead easy to install and super stable. Arch is best if you very up to date software and if you want more obscure software through AUR without having to compile it from source. Gentoo is best if you want to avoid the systemd botnet.
Josiah Cox
Systemd may be slow, but it isn't a botnet.
Jaxon Cruz
>software through AUR without having to compile it from source.
AUR usually is compiling from source
Aiden Johnson
GuixSD
literally the distro of the future. all others will perish
Asher Thomas
ubuntu is still better than debian faggot
Jayden Peterson
>install xubuntu and dont listen to the arch retards
This.
Christian Rivera
go for antergos if you want arch and enjoy your free time instead of watching tutorials and reading wiki how to properly install it
if you want to learn something then install gentoo
Hunter Brown
It is literally just ten basic steps to install Arch.
Colton Sanders
But AUR helpers are more convenient.
It's more like 3 steps. partition drive, run pacstrap, and install grub. I guess you also have to set some locale settings or whatever but that's pretty much it.
Evan Butler
Install arch with an installer script, like AUI. It's exactly the same install process, except 100% less autistic command copy-pasting and no "oops forgot to install package X for basic functionality Y"
Charles Rivera
gavin@gavins-laptop
David Moore
Just install Devuan and be done with it, you can distro hop later.
Camden Baker
Logan Richardson
>he has to look up the commands to install arch
Aiden Jackson
I'll redpill you on distros user. For *nix users it is easy to choose a distro based on its technical merits because of their previous experience. For noobs, a noob friendly distro such as *ubuntu will ease the transition and hold their hands providing the path of least resistance. You'll grow as a user and will have needs, sometimes you'll luck out and your initial distro will service all those needs, sometimes you'll get more curious about all the choice different distros give and will start distro hoping, and with your new acquired experience you'll find taking the challenge of a new setup at least doable. Eventually you'll find the keeper and will settle for years and maybe even decades. But for now choose the easiest out of the bunch, I am a Debian user, a moderately easy distro to setup, but I seldom recommend for new users for the aforementioned reasons.
Levi Gutierrez
Gentoo is the light
Grayson Foster
Oh, the pain! The pain!
Leo Edwards
AUR is shit.
Leo Butler
SystemDachau is shit.
Levi Ortiz
Go for it.
Installing Arch is a good way to learn.
Ethan Baker
+1
Eli Green
SystemD is slow and a botnet. Grow up.
Robert Cox
Bullshit.
Jose Ross
I spend ages just installing a larger terminal font so I could read it on my high dpi screen.
Installing Arch is only fast and easy when everything goes exactly as planned.
Henry Ortiz
This guy gets it.
Jace Adams
it is for a basic partition scheme and over ethernet only. As long as you dont fuck up the boot partition setup or have to deal with subpar wifi utilities its easy to get setup
Brayden Ross
Must agree.
Henry Green
arch is the glorious edgy teenage choice
you can't go wrong with arch
all the cool kids are using
congrats