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alright, time to wipe my Mint test/fun build and try out Arch. I don't do much with Linux but it's gonna be fun getting back into it. Who doesn't love the smell of a fresh OS install
Endeavour just gets rid of the install headache
Garbage distro with a garbage community.
dannnnn
Care to elaborate?
https://fedia.io/m/technology@lemmy.world/t/1250293/Arch-Linux-and-Valve-Collaboration/comment/7534737#entry-comment-7534737
So the admins do their job and you had an issue
That doesn’t seem like a big deal
Punishing the person seeking help while doing jack shit to the people insulting & trolling while hiding the whole thing so others can't see is certainly not how I want to see the moderation job to be done. But if you want to circlejerk with toxic trolls, then go right ahead.
The posts you had a problem with were deleted, what more can they do? Leaving them up just encourages that behaviour
That's literally not what happened. lol And what could they do? Maybe ban the trolls? One of them even had a freaking Gadaffi avatar. Hiding your shameful display of a community is also incredibly bad behavior and what ultimately was the final nail in the coffin for my decision to move away from EOS.
Let's just keep this in the thread DarkThoughts linked
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That'll be... quite the Leap. I haven't done an Arch install, but the last time I did, it required a fair amount of reading since the installer doesn't walk you through everything. It's not hard per se, but it does take some time for the first install.
If you're not super familiar with Linux, I recommend holding off on Arch. This isn't coming from any form of elitism (I don't use Arch anymore) or lack of experience (I used Arch for > 5 years), just from reading between the lines of what you said, which indicates that you're probably not super familiar with Linux.
If you really want to do it, go for it! I think Arch is an absolutely fine distro, and I think there are a lot of good reasons to use it. I just don't want someone who may be new to Linux to get frustrated and end up not having fun. So don't let me discourage you, but also know what you're jumping into: probably a couple hours of getting the base system installed, and maybe another hour or two of installing packages to get to a usable system.
man you weren't kidding hahah. I appreciate everyone's replies but I'll definitely just leave Mint on there for now. I didn't get past the install process when it asked about connecting to a Wi-Fi network. I did some commands but couldn't find any networks, I think maybe a driver issue with my Wi-Fi adapter? ohh well
I still have the USB install drive if I'm feeling adventurous! and you'd be correct, I have little knowledge of Linux, I've only messed with a few simple distros like PopOS, Ubuntu, Mint, and another one I'm forgetting. I can't even get Steam to start up on my Mint distro haha
Garuda can definitely get Steam working for you quickly, though it abstracts the system more so you may or may not find it harder to fix problems due to not understanding the jargon
Or he could try a arch distro like manjaro.
You mean endeavourOS. Manjaro has a bad record. There's also a gaming-focused one called Garuda.
Exactly. Don't use Manjaro, I argue that it's less stable than Arch due to how updates are managed.
I like Garuda, but as someone who started with it it’s a maybe for a first distro. It’s beginner friendly except when it isn’t.
Archinstall is super easy. Just copy a few commands from the wiki to join a wifi network and then it will take everything from there.
Until you reach the part where you want to partition and encrypt your drives.