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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by SentientFishbowl@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I'm a little bit underwhelmed, I thought that based off the fact so many people seem to make using this distro their personality I expected... well, more I guess?

Once the basic stuff is set-up, like wifi, a few basic packages, a desktop environment/window manager, and a bit of desktop environment and terminal customisation, then that's it. Nothing special, just a Linux distribution with less default programs and occasionally having to look up how to install a hardware driver or something if you need to use bluetooth for the first time or something like that.

Am I missing something? How can I make using Arch Linux my personality when once it's set up it's just like any other computer?

What exactly is it that people obsess over? The desktop environment and terminal customisation? Setting up NetworkManager with nmcli? Using Vim to edit a .conf file?

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[-] x00z@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Just do ./install_arch.sh

[-] astrsk@kbin.run 3 points 7 months ago

I’ve been using Debian for many years now. The hardest part about switching my desktop to arch (partly to try something different, partly for later kernel / tools) was not that arch is difficult, but that I need to type ‘sudo pacman -S’ instead of ‘sudo apt install’ to install new packages. It is functionally the same in my day to day use which is fantastic.

[-] Arfman@aussie.zone 2 points 7 months ago

Uhh, I thought this was just a meme

[-] BlanK0@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

Ya, its just some people over exaggerated a bit. As long as you don't do stuff that obviously tries to mess with core system stuff it should be fine.

[-] vort3@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

What do you mean by people being obsessed over Arch?

Archlinux is Linux, it's just a minimal distro that allows you to only use whatever you want to use. I have no idea what's with being obsessed over it other than «use arch btw» which became a local meme recently.

[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

You have reached the pinnacle of Linux, every other distro you try from now on will seem bland. 🧗🏼

[-] Frederic@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago
[-] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago

The one benefit Arch has for me (even though I no longer use it as I found I'm not too fond of rolling releases), is that the AUR with an AUR helper takes care of getting any Linux packages installed. No need to copy commands off a github repo or something like that.

[-] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

That's like seeing the Otaku gang, deciding to give this Anime a go, watching Dragon Ball and asking "what's so special about this?".

Some people make some random thing their personality, others enjoy the same thing without making a big fuzz about it. Arch is great because of the wiki and the AUR, other distros have their own pros and cons.

[-] electricprism@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

Did you use arch-install or manual classic install

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[-] MXX53@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago

I have used a number of distros over the last 15 years. Once I found one I liked, I stuck with it. I understand the package manager, some of the special features of the distro I use and I don't really have time to relearn this every couple of months on new distros.

If I want a different "feel", I change my DE. But that's about it.

[-] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Am I missing something? How can I make using Arch Linux my personality when once it's set up it's just like any other computer?

IMO there's nothing about Arch, or any other distro, that makes it worth using, beyond whatever goals you have. If Arch helps you accomplish that goals, great. If not, pick a different distro that does.

In my case, I want to use the latest version of software and use my own configs without inadvertently breaking stuff, based on some arbitrary set of assumptions that distros like Ubuntu or Fedora have made about how their own distro should be used, and Arch has been the easiest way to do that for me.

Also, as others have said, AUR and PKGBUILDs

[-] chevy9294@monero.town 1 points 7 months ago

I'm using Arch because you start with nothing and you can make any system you want. I have disk encryption, btrfs as a filesystem, secure boot with my own custom keys, I'm running self-build kernel, I'm using apparmor and I can use any program from AUR, etc. Thats my personality. Things that you can't see but are important to me.

On other distros some of these things would be very hard to do. Especially without Arch Wiki.

[-] frankgrimeszz@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I just wanted a distro built to my specs, up to date, uses pacman, not run by a for-profit company, with good documentation. The hype is mostly Reddit elitism and gatekeeping. I like that nobody has slipped branding and extra bookmarks into my browser.

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