The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice

[Tom Nook's Gloryhole]

If the brother is literally going to be watching youtube and scrolling facebook then he's probably not going to have any issues with Arch. The only issues that crop up with arch is when you decide to play about with it as documentation for arch is like pulling hair.

 

[Dante Alighieri]

documentation for arch is like pulling hair

What? The arch wiki is a really good example of excellent documentation, and is often useful for other distros.

 

[Hakase Shinonome]

If the brother is literally going to be watching youtube and scrolling facebook then he's probably not going to have any issues with Arch. The only issues that crop up with arch is when you decide to play about with it as documentation for arch is like pulling hair.

You’re a retard. A plain retard.

 

[Dread First]

What? The arch wiki is a really good example of excellent documentation, and is often useful for other distros.

It used to be way better. Prior to the systemd transition, the ArchWiki had a dedicated "beginner's guide" that walked you through the entire process of starting from a text console and then bootstrapping yourself all the way up to a proper graphical environment. Stuff like how to arrange your daemons in /etc/rc.conf to avoid conflicts, what Mesa is and why you need it, the entire array of xf86-video-* drivers and which one to choose, the startx test with TWM to make sure X11 functioned properly, and then whether or not you wanted to set up GNOME 3, KDE SC 4, Xfce, LXDE, Fluxbox, Openbox, etc along with the assorted dependency chains to install.

Unfortunately... post-systemd transition, the old Arch Installation Framework no longer worked, they decided to go for an even more manual install process via the Arch Install Scripts, they outright deleted the beginner's guide, and replaced it with a generic install guide and a hyperlink to a "General Recommendations" page where you gotta do the guesswork and figure otu what you need and in what sequence. Of course, it's all moot anyway because archinstall exists and no one with an iota of self-respect wastes time on manual Arch installs anymore

 

[SchizoDaemon]

Of course, it's all moot anyway because archinstall exists and no one with an iota of self-respect wastes time on manual Arch installs anymore

The last time I did a manual arch install was 2019/2020 when I was locked in during COVID.

Unfortunately... post-systemd transition, the old Arch Installation Framework no longer worked, they decided to go for an even more manual install process via the Arch Install Scripts, they outright deleted the beginner's guide, and replaced it with a generic install guide and a hyperlink to a "General Recommendations" page where you gotta do the guesswork and figure otu what you need and in what sequence.

I was pretty disappointed when they had changed it. It made it much more difficult to install manually.

Arch (much like Gentoo) used to be a guided LFS. I think LFS has now changed to systemd in the later versions.

 

[y a t s]

Of course, it's all moot anyway because archinstall exists and no one with an iota of self-respect wastes time on manual Arch installs anymore

The last time I did a manual arch install was 2019/2020 when I was locked in during COVID.

Am I the only person here who enjoys and prefers a manual install? pacstrap does most of the work for you anyway.

 

[MisterListerTheBlister]

Just out of curiosity, what is you guys' preferred firewall? So far I've heard between firewalld and ufw but I'm not really sure about the differences nor if there's anything better out there.

 

[Miller]

how do i exit vim

very carefully

 

[Betonhaus]

Just out of curiosity, what is you guys' preferred firewall? So far I've heard between firewalld and ufw but I'm not really sure about the differences nor if there's anything better out there.

just turn off unnecessary services and don't use DMZ mode on your router? It's not that hard