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Users of Arch-based distros, why don't you use pure Arch? (ani.social)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by to c/linux@programming.dev
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(No provocation)

I see these reasons:

  • newbie
  • lazy (don't wanna edit config files etc.)
  • unique features (like assistant/toolbox, some optimizations like in cachyos)
  • wanna check how different systems are set up (that's rather distrohopping)

Personally, I used manjaro i3 when I was beigginer and wanted to see how tiling WM should be configured (check out ranger config, for example). But after some time, I don't see reasons why not to just customize pure arch (same with debian and debian-based distros).

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[–] 3 points 2 months ago* (5 children)

Connecting via a command, rough AF

Even more so if you’re using a non-US qwerty keyboard were many of the special symbols are swapped. Christ I spent a lot of time figuring where everything was.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I'm surprised to hear that archinstall doesn't start with setting the keyboard layout. I have only installed manually and IIRC the installation guide shows how to change the layout as the first step after booting into the installer.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    I imagine a non-US QWERTY keyboard would be a boss battle, it would require just being absolutely locked in and ready to install Arch. Sadly, that day I really wasn't locked in on my US Keyboard...

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    Yea sometimes I like my stubbornness, but I’m not sure it was this one 🙃

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    LOL I mean situationally, stubbornness is a boon and a bane wrapped in one! I'm glad you succeeded, but, the cost was likely fairly high in the moment after that success. I would've loved to have succeeded because I could truly say, "I use Arch, BTW." Right now, I say, "I use Garuda with Batteries Included, BTW." Not as catchy.

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