First time Linux user
Knows nothing about the choices you make in Arch to personalize your system
"Yes, Arch is the one for me! Because I know everything about Linux already."
Soon: "I don't know why X is happening on my system"
If the steam deck keep growing in popularity, Arch is going to be the first linux for a lot of people.
Just because SteamOS is based on Arch now doesn't mean that using SteamOS teaches you anything about using Linux or Arch specifically.
The SteamDeck literally obfuscates most of it and you have to choose to boot into desktop mode to even mess with anything.
and you have to choose to boot into desktop mode to even mess with anything.
You say that like it's a bad thing, but I think having the two separate modes is a fantastic setup. You get basically a console experience, smooth and straightforward and easy to use for just playing games, and you still have access to the underlying system anytime you want.
My point wasn't that it's a bad thing, my point was the vast majority of SteamDeck users are never going to boot into desktop mode.
Anyone who can install windows can install Arch using something like EndeavourOS (which, for people who don't know, is literally just Arch, using a graphical installer and some sane defaults for a desktop PC (Plasma, pipewire, Wayland, etc etc))
You don't have to do the intimidating "boot from Arch live install medium and install everything manually" on your first run (or ever). I really only do that when I'm setting up a server. For a desktop, EndeavourOS takes a fraction of the time to get going.
And even then it's atomic, IIRC.
He doesn't need to keep his system working, he can probably pay someone for that. He needs something that will maximize engagement, and a million "I use arch BTW" comments is exactly what he wants.
I don't think that was the goal cause he didn't post like a post, it's a story. Engagement on it is not visible and as far as I'm aware, it doesn't boost anything.
Also Linux would be the last place any influencer would go for engagement farming.
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I used Ubuntu for like a month then switched to arch 8 years ago never looked back... what's your point
He started with Linux Mint from what I've seen.
So Arch is basically Windows but with nerdnip.
Any conclusions drawn from a child's personality can't necessarily then be applied to a parent. Hannah Montana Linux was ultimately a Debian, but it was so far from stock Debian that the comparison makes no sense. The same, I assume, applies with the Arch-derivative that runs on Steam decks. We're not in Arch-kansas any more, Toto.
The closest to "Windows with nerdnip" is probably Linux Mint, but even then that's a fairly unkind comparison.
I use LMDE, btw.
Is linux becoming this popular, or is this a one-off incident?
Definitely a one off thing case here. Last week he was on mint and now on arch with hyprland already. He doesn't upload that much so he's probably experimenting a lot.
I see, yeah it didn't feel like linux would be popular enough to be on the radar.
I agree. Wish youtubers like Drew Gooden and Danny Gonzalez try linux. They have been extremely critical of modern tech and are very popular among non tech-savvy millennial audience.
It's certainly been gaining some momentum lately. Just within the past year I saw this channel coming out of nowhere with some videos about Linux, this famous animator finally getting rid of Windows and Adobe and also this guy talking about it.
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