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I don't see what's so hard about arch compared to debian. Different package manager, great wiki.
I have never touched arch because i heard it was hard and i just wanted a distro that works without too much effort put in
I use nixos btw
Mint, Fedora, Pop_OS!.....these are good distros to start on. Some people start and end on these.
CachyOS, Arch, Manjaro......these are not what you throw at a newbie.
I think it really depends on the person (and a few other "luck" factors). Like, if they are truly generically computer savvy enthusiasts, they might actually have better luck on an Arch derivative. I've seen hardware compatibility issues plague a machine until it got Arch on it - sometimes that bleeding edge has what you need already and you don't have to hunt for it.
I still like the play of suggesting new people download every distro that piques their curiosity, put them all on thumb drives, and spend a weekend giving them a go. But, if they aren't willing to do that, then throw Mint or Bazzite at them and hope all their hardware just works because they probably don't fit into the category above.
Except Manjaro. I feel like at least 70% of the Arch family hate is actually Manjaro's fault. I'm glad it works for some people and they can use and enjoy it, but I just don't have the faith in it to recommend it.
EndeavourOS ftw.
The thumbnail makes it look like an Amish Raiden from Mortal Kombat really wants me to install Arch.
I found it a great way to learn what the different components are actually for and how they interconnect/interact. But honestly, I would not use it as a daily driver again. I'm tired of fixing everything afer each update.
Went to Fedora, good and stable. Tried some OpenSUSE, nice and European. Settled with MX Linux. Ticked all the boxes, best Linux experience so far.
Around 3 years ago I switched to Arch from Ubuntu(22.04) after 2-3 months of being a new user to Linux because I read that Arch was one of the best distros for setting up a custom system for tiling window managers. I was already testing i3wm on Ubuntu and I was ready to make i3wm my main desktop, so decided to take the Arch route. It really did feel like a jump into the dark even though I wasn't completely new.
For a moment I hated not knowing anything but after a few bruises I ended up learning enough things to be comfortable, and learning other non Linux topics by inertia. It was totally worth it, although I would tell my younger self to take it much slower.
Trial by fire
Since archinstall is a thing, arch really isn't that hard to install or use, but these days I favor nixos for the reproducibility.
Whatβs architectural? I tried looking it up but didnβt find anything.
I would have used Arch as a teenager, at that time I reinstalled DOS/Windows every other month anyways and learned a lot.
Eventually I got fed up with all that and switched to Mint.
I had a little experience with Debian-based stuff on routers and whatnot going in, but when I finally migrated my main PC to linux I went with an Arch-based distro (cachyos) because the documentation on both projects is fantastic. I was able to get everything set up the way I wanted in a couple of days, with only one reinstall along the way lol.
I picked Arch as my first distro about a year ago or so. Sure there was some things to learn but Archinstall was a breeze and after that the popularity of the distro means that there's lots of people asking and answering questions online. Also Archwiki is just fantastic. No regrets.
Worked out for meπ€·ββοΈ
reminds me of the good ole slackware days. i ran a domain off an old 486/dx2 in the 90βs. was a 3 letter domain too. why did 22yo me let that shit expire?!?