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[–] 9 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Honestly, if you are new to Linux and are making the switch because you enjoy customisation and tinkering, a manual Arch install is the way to go. It's fun and you learn a lot, while still having a good OS.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    Guys stop this nonsense. I spent 2 hours in wpa_supplicant trying to fix Wi-Fi because I missed a package containing regional wpa shit.

    You all vastly under estimate how quickly a novice may be overwhelmed.

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

    It's still a bad place to start. Go try a curated experience or two before you try building a system from the ground up.

    That also means you're less likely to end up with a final bloated system with 7 DEs, 16 shells, 4 file manager, and every piece of software installed that sounded cool because you wanted to try them all out.

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