Arch Linux – Best Tips for Beginners?
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Alright I'll try again and let you know, what DE do you recommend? I use cinnamon right now
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Don't cheap out and use the hand holding script to ez mode the install. At least not the first time. You will learn a few things along the way.
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don't use archinstall if it's the first time, the manual installation is not that hard
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Be aware that some apps will install fine from the arch repo but some others will be better installed from flatpack (e.g. inkscape) or directly as an executable (e.g. Godot).
On steam you may need to specify your video card if you run an AMD card using the DRI prime command. Some games will require -vulkan to use vulkan rather than game settings.
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I learned so much from just going wiki-diving at every step of the installation and post-installation
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Read thoroughly. Can't agree more.
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i don't think i went wiki diving really, i just followed what it said but it gave me a nice overview of what does what in an arch system that i could expand on later
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ditch it and go straight to NIxOS
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I installed Arch like that. When I had to do a new install, I forgot everything, then I used archinstall with Xfce option and it worked fine.
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What was your experience with Inkscape and Godot? I have those both installed from repo.
I've never felt the need to use flatpak at all on arch.
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Partitioning is something I don't mess with on the terminal. Last time I set up a new drive I used SystemRescueCD first just to use gParted before installing arch (manually)
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The past 2 years I've only been using Arch with KDE plasma. It was the one that clicked with me and got me to stay using Linux. Before I ran pop! Os for a little while and didn't really like it or gnome then I went back to windows.
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Couldn't get nano to work to change sudoers after using archinstall, I'll just stick to mint until I learn how to properly use my computer
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I can recommend using endeavourOS if you do not want to waste time
But if you want to learn, go for it! Make sure to have the arch wiki ready on a second device
And understand what chroot is, is very important
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Yea, I would say either go for arch manually or go straight to endeavourOS
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What exactly works better on flatpak version? Until now, for any packages that were somehow different, repo vs flatpak, were working better in repo version. (Due to container thingy, because flatpak version could bot see everything and I was zoo lazy to fix it using flatseal
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I’ve had issues with discord not being current in the AUR. I moved to flatpak and haven’t had that issue.
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I’ve had Discord not be up to date in the AUR. Moved to flatpak and haven’t had that issue.
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Godot had some driver issues. Inkscape had issues with the interface fonts.
Plasma 6/wayland
