Your installation is about to get exploded

Installing arch is fun but endeavour is just so much faster and the end result is the same for me

Controversial take, endeavor is Arch. Just without the major hurdles. I installed Gentoo once. I learned a lot. Things like, I never want to do that again. It was cool and all. But I'm good with click, install, and get on with my life. I do however like rolling releases and not having to wait years to have less outdated versions. Though to some extent flat paks are slowly alleviating that.
Also for some reason the image gives me serious Sam vibes.
- Also for some reason the image gives me serious Sam vibes.
  That's because it is!
- Manjaro feels that way to me too.
Same, I would just configure Arch to be like EOS anyway so I may as well make it easier on myself.
Took me three tries not to read "Installing arch is a fun endeavour but is just so much faster..." lmao
I use void which is kind of like arch but it trades software availability for making it less likely to bork itself. I'm really pissed that I can't have virtual box or monodevelop on here. There certain c# related things that can only be done with either monodevelop or Microsoft Visual Studio. Next time I do a distro reinstall I'm going with Debian.
And it is just arch after all, which is a good thing

Hannah Montana Linux is behind you

I use AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARCH btw

Me too
- Me too (apparently neofetch doesn’t show your cpu architecture)
Me too. Arch Linux with Linux linux.

A head pops out of the water

“Just use miiiiint!”

it's me.

mint.

sudo apt install vanilla-gnome desktop
sudo apt purge cinnamon
- sudo RM RF
  sudo apt install cinnamon
- I think you misspelled MATE...

More like immutable distros

I suppose you're right, it is about time I play some Serious Sam again

They explode making a 'btw' sound.

I tried installing Arch once about 10 years ago. I couldn't get it to work even though I admittedly didn't try my hardest. I was in a PhD program at the time, so my mental resources and time were quite limited. Still, I had real experience as a sysadmin, so I wasn't entirely computer illiterate. Every time I see a potential user switching to Linux asking for distro recommendations and others suggests Arch, I internally roll my eyes. Unless that user is a computer programmer or similar looking to prove their skills to themselves, that is a great way to get someone to never switch to Linux because they will more than likely become overwhelmed with the installation.

If you are switching to Linux for the first time and don't want to spend a frustrating week reading a wiki and troubleshooting lots of minute but consequential issues, don't start with Arch! Linux Mint is by far the easiest for new users. Give it a run for a while until you feel like switching to more demanding distros.

I've installed Gentoo from a stage1 install. I've kept the same KDE Neon install running for over a decade, including moving the 3 SSDs that made up the install to another desktop.
But I've never managed to successfully bootstrap an arch system.
- What was the problem? I can see that if you don't get past one of the steps described in the wiki, then you're blocked. But I think if one has some experience with shell, CLIs and TUIs, it should be possible to follow the steps until you have a bootable system.
  Is it worth it to try that, maybe through multiple attempts? Idk.
i swear every post ive seen by this account has frustrated me to no end teb years ago is a lot of time for things to change and installing arch took me 2 hrs without archinstall the first time times have changed im not recommending arch for beginners because no one rtfm but god damn thats an ignorant statement
Stopped reading at "10 years ago"

Based Serious Sam 4 meme

It's crazy that the people behind Serious Sam made The Talos Principle. A crazy action focused FPS to an intellectual puzzle game focused on exploring philosophy and what it means to be human.
- The same people or the same studio? Not necessarily the same thing