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I’m planning to install Arch Linux for the first time. Any recommendations on setup, must-have applications, or best practices? Also, what’s something you wish you knew before switching to Arch?

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[–] ndondo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

EndeavorOS if you want to have an easy time. Also be comfortable reading documentation.

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why EndeavorOS over arch-install?

[–] ndondo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mostly BC its low effort. The most intimidating thing about arch for me was the troubleshooting when things go wrong. I'm cool with that in general operation but not during the installation process. Endeavor makes it painless while still being a minimalistic install

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What issues were you having with arch-install that you had to troubleshoot?

[–] twirl7303@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Manually resizing/replacing the efi partitions for Windows dual boot was where I decided to stop and switch to a graphical installer.

[–] Templa@beehaw.org 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

If you don't mind AI slop wallpapers every time you upgrade your system. I can't wait to get rid of eOS on my desktop and just use regular Arch

[–] ndondo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I've only seen this on a system I hadn't changed the wallpaper on. But agreed the stock ones suck

[–] Templa@beehaw.org 2 points 18 hours ago

I don't know why but even if I am setting my own wallpapers I still get to see the stock ones (when booting, etc), it pisses me off because it is clearly AI made and it seems the community around eOS likes them and even make worst ones on their forum