I’m planning to install Arch Linux for the first time. Any recommendations on setup, must-have applications, or best practices? Also, what’s something you wish you knew before switching to Arch?

  • ndondo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    15 hours ago

    EndeavorOS if you want to have an easy time. Also be comfortable reading documentation.

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      2 hours ago

      If you don’t mind AI slop wallpapers every time you upgrade your system. I can’t wait to get rid of eOS on my desktop and just use regular Arch

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        25 minutes ago

        I’ve only seen this on a system I hadn’t changed the wallpaper on. But agreed the stock ones suck

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          I don’t know why but even if I am setting my own wallpapers I still get to see the stock ones (when booting, etc), it pisses me off because it is clearly AI made and it seems the community around eOS likes them and even make worst ones on their forum

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        7 hours ago

        Mostly BC its low effort. The most intimidating thing about arch for me was the troubleshooting when things go wrong. I’m cool with that in general operation but not during the installation process. Endeavor makes it painless while still being a minimalistic install

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            6 hours ago

            Manually resizing/replacing the efi partitions for Windows dual boot was where I decided to stop and switch to a graphical installer.