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Tips for a new Linux user (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello!

I've bought new parts and I am awaiting their arrival so I can build my brand new computer. I've decided to go for Arch Linux with KDE plasma or perhaps Gnome as my desktop environment but that's as far as I've come.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Xw4sRv

I figured I would ask the community if they have any tips or suggestions, thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm running KDE on Archlinux. I had used Linux Mint with Cinnamon before, and only Windows other than that. My advice is don't use the arch installer script (it just didn't work for me at all), but follow this guide. It worked perfectly for me.

They also have a guide for installing KDE. If you want a lean system, don't install the kde-applications package, however that will mean a few things like printers won't work without installing the printing service, but kde-applications installs a lot of apps you probably don't want.

[Edit]: I also meant to say put home on a different partition. It makes life a lot easier if you mess up your system or want to reinstall or want to distro hop.