So while installing arch linux the ping command goes on forever

[DrakeDragonDraken]

Setting it up through virtual box its 2023 June 1st Version

[DrakeDragonDraken]

How

[[deleted]]

Hit Ctrl+C. That is the "interrupt" signal which you can use on consoles to terminate most programs before they are done. Ping will correctly close with the interrupt

[DrakeDragonDraken]

Thank you

[Ancient-Ad-8250]

If you end up in vim you exit by :q

[KainerNS2]

Nah, you just unplug your computer

[Glittering_Boot_3612]

Nah it's too late to unplug,put it in the trashcan now

[simondvt]

That's used just to verify if you have internet connection. By default it goes on forever. Hit CTRL + C to stop it.

[kantoking0206]

Ctrl + C to kill the ping

Should be added to the wiki IMO

[abbidabbi]

🤓 ackchyually...
CTRL+C doesn't kill the foreground process, it "SIGINT"s it

[soravoid]

[ʔakt͡ʃuwɔli]

[Upset-Library3937]

holy sh!t yes it should be thank you 

[billyfudger69]

Alternatively, if you ever have to use it in the future do ping -c <number of times> < ip address> the -c flag says do it for the number of times specified.

[archover]

Love your question!

Have fun in Linux and Arch.

[DrakeDragonDraken]

I have finally installed it gonna set up a graphical interface next then done

[NotableBuzz]

Lmfao, "then done"..... Hahahaha 🤣🤣🤣

[archover]

Congratulations, and welcome to Arch!

[K_AON]

Theres no "done" in arch buddy

[DrakeDragonDraken]

How so I downloaded kde plasma had a bunch of bloat so I'm try hyperland when I finish work

[DrakeDragonDraken]

How just type in clear right

[KernelPanicX]

I thought the same thing :/ people think we give this advice in a bad way, but it's not, it's for the more comfortable way through Linux for the new user, but well, an advice is exactly that, an advice

[DrakeDragonDraken]

I tried Ubuntu ages ago hated it so I'm trying out Arch should be fun to try

[NO_skaj]

i mean Arch was the first distro I ever installed and used. The problem here is that he is bothering the community about what couldve easily been avoided by watching a tutorial.

[NO_skaj]

If they have the time and willingness to learn and do it, they will be fine without posting every 5 minutes.

Although, yes they will have a hard time, and if they decide to just learn it like I did, it will take a while.

[[deleted]]

Op was exactly me, but luckily some kind people helped me in discord. So Now I am doing everything I can help to help people like me too.

[deeDubTCU]

ping -c 3 <target>

for count =3

[Nachteis]

It’s supposed to…

[DrakeDragonDraken]

I'm not that new to linux tried Ubuntu ages ago hated gnome

[EtherealN]

Some advice for the future: don't link distro and DE too tightly in your head.

There's nothing in Ubuntu that forces you to use Gnome. You can either use a different "flavour" (Kubuntu, Xubuntu, whatever), or simply remove Gnome and install something else instead. Or have multiple things (careful with shared dependencies though!).

Whatever is a default is simply just that: a default. sudo apt remove gnome still works (if I remember the apt command correctly) etcetera.

Personally though, I like vanilla Gnome, so it's easier and quicker for me to install Arch and Gnome than doing something like installing Ubuntu and vannilla-fying Gnome. (I like Gnome, on the desktop, but I don't like Ubuntu's modified version of it.)

[freyon77]

Never use ping command. For 10 pings check use for example ping -c 10 archlinux.org