I didn’t spend 20 minutes setting up Arch.
I use Arch btw.
Garuda breaking after one update
So just don’t update it then
It doesn’t tell you up front that it’s going to break
So it’s like update roulette? I, too, like to live dangerously.
Same as any OS, yes
Only two days for arch btw? That’s nuts.
Endeavour does it for me.
No nonsense arch setup without any bells and whistles.
Yeah, I get that. I do, however, really like how FireDragon comes with a lot of the extension I’d like to use, and with searx as the default web search. It also takes almost no time to switch to a much better KDE layout as opposed to the seemingly script kiddie dr4a6onized default.
I wouldn’t use firedragon. It is a very outdated fork of librewolf, which is hardened even more. While librewolf is only a few days behind regular Firefox, firedragon sometimes is months behind making it a horrible choice for security.
Edit: seems to no longer be the case
I think it’s a fork of floorp not librewolf. But it used to be that way.
You can’t install FireDragon on any other Linux distribution?
Those two days aren’t really spent configuring, they’re spent learning.
First time maybe, the second time not really
second time doesn’t take two days, but yeah you’re right.
Idk, install arch, then pull make files and dot files from git, wham bam, done how I like it on no time flat.
The arch install guide doesn’t teach you to make dotfiles
10 minutes, that’s the time i need to configure my system from A to Z, and after that all i do most of the time is updating it.
Yeah, it is obvious hyperbole.
What about just using archinstall?
That’s like reaching the top of Mount Everest with oxygen and fixed ropes. You can only brag until you talk to a /real/ climber.
You can if you break it.
archinstall saves you like <15 minutes of boilerplate
Doesn’t work well enough for a novice. I went back to Manjaro.
Why use arch based distro if enabling AUR breaks it in no time?
Took me 5 minutes.
I mostly appreciate the pre-installed browser that takes many less steps to harden than a fresh install.
If you want a hardened browser try librewolf
Librewolf is just my go-to on any new install now. Love it ootb.
I config like 30 mins a day its never good
I installed arch last night in less than 20 minutes. The longest part was figuring out how to connect WiFi from the terminal. But I googled it and it was easy.
I was once checking out Garuda, because the name popped up a handful of times. Outside of the absolutely repulsive front page, the moment i saw unmarked and unexplained “fun scripts” in the installer, i unplugged the installer
Very fair. I’m a far cry from an advanced user - I know just enough to be dangerous to myself, and didn’t see that. As I said in another comment, though, I do like that the default browser is somewhat hardened and uses a decent searx instance as the default search. It does seem to be marketed towards teenagers, though, unfortunately.
It’s not even really about how advanced you are. Using something more trustworthy, and something you can depend on, is always better. For arch(-based) distributions, i would always recommend Endeavour. Plain Arch will just do it too, if you can follow instructions as listed
Also
archinstallsets you up with a DE of your choice and other basics for day to day useI wasn’t a fan of it, personally. I’ve only tried it once, because the regular install takes me less than 10 minutes start to full completion, but didn’t really like some of the opinionated choices for the setup here and there. Still appreciate that it’s there though
Fair enough, I’m just saying it makes things easier for people who feel overwhelmed with the installation process shown by the arch wiki
EndeavourOS ftw imo
In any case, I end up wasting all that saved time on the semiannual rewrite of my
neovimconfig anyway.What’s some neovim config you always keep?
I usually keep most of the config. I just move them around to make it more comprehensive. The only time I made a huge change during a rewrite was when I learnt about treesitter textobjects.
- be satisfied with neovim config
- see someone has created a shiny new config on github
- add similar stuff your config
- break everything
- spend a week fixing everything
- be satisfied with neovim config
- repeat the above steps indefinitely
Same until I started using helix, where my only config is adding another language server and setting a theme
welp, there goes my Tuesday.
Two days are worth the years you’re gonna spend living with that system.
Immediately get to work with Manjaro✅
until it violently shits itself
-native Arch, probably
Imagine using an arch based distro that dies on try using the AUR lol, why even bother?
1.It doesn’t die
2.The issue is blown super out of proportion
3.Arch is more than AUR. It’s a bleeding edge, very lightweight distro. And both characteristics go into Manjaro - granted, there’s a two week review period and some stuff installed on top. At the end, you get a super snappy, super nice system with a lot of value added on top of it.
Well it died on me twice and then I gave up 😂
Died on me too, randomly stopped receiving package updates…
I’m a Linux noob, using Manjo for almost two years no prob One time an update needed manual intervention and I’ve fucked it up. But afaik on Arch this also happens so 🤷♂️
Never happened to me again since I use Arch and endeavorOS 🤷🏻♀️
Manjaro is usable, but you might want to use something else. I use Arch, BTW.
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2 days?
You guys stop configuring?
Try Endeavour OS. You only need to do ******* to turn Endeavour into Arch.
