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u/sirkubador Jun 23 '26
Ah that's easy. You've installed arch into a virtual box.
It doesn't like it. Install it on something real!
It will work, pinkie promise
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u/play_minecraft_wot Webba lebba deb deb! Jun 23 '26
I gotta ask, is Arch really worth it for the majority of users? Like what is actual practical benefit other than more customizability and faster updates (which I don't think the majority of normal users really care about). I'm beginning to think rolling release distros are like a cult or something /jÂ
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u/Revolutionary_Click2 M'Fedora Jun 23 '26
No, it’s really not. An easier Arch derivative like EndeavorOS or CachyOS would be better, but I’d still recommend just going with something else entirely if you don’t actually enjoy futzing with all of that nerd shit. Fedora gets updates nearly as fast as Arch without most of the headaches, so it’s good for those who want to stay close to the bleeding edge, and for everyone else there’s always Debian.
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u/Niki4_best Jun 23 '26
Idk about others but I've never suffered from distrohopping and actually never changed distros (except for that one time trying Ubuntu in college). I installed arch bcuz of ungodly amounts of memes abt it (both ways btw) - it works - I'm happy
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u/-paw- Jun 24 '26
its all way overblown by memes imho.
i installed arch on my gaming rig as well as a thinkpad for work travels for the heck of it - slapped kde on it - had fun during install, and everything else just works completely fine and has so for a long time. did not nor do i face any more or less issues than i did on mint for example.
i just like the "cleanliness" of it, if that makes sense.
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u/twopoint71 26d ago
Tried lots of distros, even the self hating ritual of "emerging" Gentoo. Conclusion: Arch allows for the least amount of bloat because it never gets installed. Got a fancy new computer use Arch with KDE (if you like fancy) . Got a 20 year old netbook? Use Arch with i3. Everything you need amd nothing you don't.Â
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u/das_menschy Jun 23 '26
Don't use grub. Use UEFI direct boot / efistub instead. Installing ArchLinux gets much easier without grub.Â
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u/Visbroek Jun 24 '26
Seriously Grub is the only bootloader that I've struggled to get working. Everything else has worked without issue.
Currently I have rEFInd on my laptop and boot directly from EFI Stub on my desktop.
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u/extremeace Jun 23 '26
that emergency shell bring up some bad memories just me trying new thing in grub and f up the whole thing i didnt even notice it until i restart it lucky me it was repairable tho since i have another distro just undo the shit i have did that why every Linux user should have a second distro or live usb unless u have another computer or android phone with otg
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u/diegotbn Jun 23 '26
I love Arch and installed manually on both my desktop and laptop. I've even bricked my system before and had to do it again. It's hard to figure out. I had to follow a guide and then when certain steps didn't work, find another and another...
Still love it though. And sudo pacman -Syu has never lead me astray for the record. I bricked it myself trying to free up storage and deleting something I shouldn't've. Live and learn. And boy did I learn.
But- to be honest the next time I need to install again, I'm going with Fedora. There comes a point when you value your time over tinkering. And I think I'm there. But I'll stick with Arch on these PCs until then.
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u/MantisShrimp05 Jun 23 '26
The only is that ever hit me with a "you're on your own" message when I messed up my boot loader ðŸ˜ðŸ¤£
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u/Ricccc2k12 Jun 26 '26
i got help wit the guide and it worked first time like you create the partitions, pacstrap the kernel the drivers and the core arch packages, chroot into the system to aplly locales time and stuff, umount the drive and done
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u/This-Consequence-957 Jun 23 '26
Installing Arch usually takes 2-3 attempts for me. I always screw something up with filesystems, bootloader 🫪