Can we please, PLEASE for gods sake just all agree that arch is not and will never be a good beginner distro no matter how many times you fork it?
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Wait, immutable distribution don't have a packet manager? But you can still install flatpaks?
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Veterans will always go back to Debian. It is inevitable.
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I started with Arch
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I didn't start with manjaro, but it was the only one that seemed to play nice with my system and programs out of the five or so I tried. I've never had an issue with it after 2 years, so... eh?
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is the basic arch CLI commands any different from discord bots? it feels easier to use if you think its same as playing with a discord bot. using CLI isnt some kind of programming
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The Arch-wiki was my main reason for switching to arch. When I used an ubuntu based distro I felt like I had to rely on forum posts to figure out anything whereas with arch everything is documented incredibly well
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Oh wow yeah I had forgotten about the grub update, the only way to not have a bricked computer was to be active in the arch communities because they didn't remove the faulty package even though it was known to brick computers
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Never was able to try mint, I only did once but the installer didn't work for some reason, probably Nvidia related so I don't blame mint for it.
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sometimes nvidia drivers are in a state that breaks display reinit on wake from sleep
Hmm, got a question for you about that. What did that appear as for you? Just a black screen and nothing else if it went to sleep?
I had a recently installed app fuck something in my settings so my display is going to sleep after 10 minutes, and when I wake it up I get a normal appearing lock screen with a login. If I login, the screen goes black and all I can see is the mouse cursor. I think about 1 time in 10 it will have no issues and I get back to whatever I'm doing.
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Wrong on both fronts!
I've been using Manjaro exclusively for at least 4 years and I have several AUR packages installed!
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- Arch users everywhere: You MUST read the Arch news files before updating.
- Also Arch users when updating: Oops, I forgot to read the news file.
- pacman when updating: I have pre install hooks but I don't print the news files updates by default because that's probably bloat or something.
Make it make sense
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No software worth its salt offers only flatpak installation. I don't use flatpak at all and Blender works flawlessly. I'm not sure what a flatpak version could possibly do any better than the version I use.
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is the basic arch CLI commands any different from discord bots? it feels easier to use if you think its same as playing with a discord bot. using CLI isnt some kind of programming
Thanks for the hearty chuckle, zoomer.
Bash and all other shell languages are programming languages. The terminal is just a REPL for a language primarily meant to be used as a REPL for managing your OS.
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Cachyos can access aur? Thats what Paru is for? I could be mistaken, still very new
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Yeah black screen with mouse cursor is the thing. If I check the logs it'll complain about errors trying to get display foo. Can switch to a TTY session and kill shit and get display back if I restart X.
nfi why the mouse cursor still works.
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are there any good tutorials or something for void. I'm very interested because the name is cool but haven't found a good resource for learning.
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Mint has been nice
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Debian is just the carcinization of Linux.
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I started with EndeavourOS, which is basically Arch, and had a great experience.
I did have someone knowledgeable help guide me a bit at first, but eventually I learned how to find solutions myself on google, and use the Arch wiki.
I must have broke my installation a dozen times, but used Timeshift to bring it back from the dead... And I learned so much about how Linux works in the process. Wouldn't have done it any other way.
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I’m very interested because the name is cool
Lol I love the honesty
