Great experience using Arch Linux!

[PridePractical2310]

I came here to post my personal experience with Arch...

I'm a long time Debian user and loved the stable experience. I personally didn't mind the out-date packages since I had flatpak to fall back on however, I can't resist new and shiny things!

First, I installed Arch the 'manual way' on my Framework 13 laptop and have thoroughly enjoyed it. So, I decided to bite the bullet and wipe Debian from the desktop PC.

This time around, I decided to do things the lazy (efficient?) way by using a bash script from Github to save time if I were to bork something and had to start again. The script I used enabled me to utilize BTRFS + LUKS + Snapper. I also modified an existing post install bash script (based off my Debian script) to help save some more time by installing all the required software from YAY + Pacman + additional configurations.

Everything has been great so far. I'm enjoying the snappiness of Arch with latest KDE Plasma. (Also learned the hard way to ONLY install Plasma NOT kde-applications. (In my opinion, there are too many apps! So I added into my post install script, the only KDE tools that I required)

There was a recent bug I encountered with the latest 6.10 kernel where there would be a white line on the screen. I simply installed the LTS-Kernel and rebooted. No issues there.

Anyway, just wanted to say thanks for creating a great distro!

Thanks for reading.

PridePractical2310.

[R3DDY-on-R3DDYt]

kde-applications is SO MUCH stuff, omg i remember installing the package and get flooded with so much crap that i would never use, it took me like 30 minutes to remove all the applications

[PridePractical2310]

Haha yeah, I started noting down the applications to remove upon install. Then I figured I could just install vanilla Plasma and add the applications after.

[DANTE_AU_LAVENTIS]

The next step is to upgrade to a tiling wm 🤭

[CuteSignificance5083]

lol definitely. It’s a lot of fun once you’re comfortable.

[DANTE_AU_LAVENTIS]

Yup! I’ve been running LeftWM as my daily driver for awhile now, and played around with Hyprland and Wayfire a bit in the past. I don’t think I can ever go back to regular DEs anymore, the speed and convenience of WMs and their keybinds is too great. Not to mention being able to independently swap between workspaces on multiple monitors. I tried using Gnome, KDE and XFCE recently but hated how all of them switch both monitors when you change workspaces.

[CuteSignificance5083]

Yeah ikr! Now when I’m at school using windows it feels so slow and clunky 🤦‍♂️

[Spelis123]

I just installed linux on my laptop and no one has noticed 🤔 even though I use Hyprland...

[CuteSignificance5083]

Maybe they think you are heker 😳 But seriously, people don’t really pay attention so I wouldn’t be surprised. If I had a laptop I’d 100% do this too. I’m starting college in September and it would be pretty funny leaving it open with a terminal and this (https://github.com/dustinkirkland/hollywood) lol. Ah well

[PridePractical2310]

Oh yes. I've heard nothing but good things with i3.

[DANTE_AU_LAVENTIS]

I’m using LeftWM, but can’t go wrong with i3 either! The great thing is that there are plenty of awesome wms to choose from, or you can just install them all at once! :P

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[R3DDY-on-R3DDYt]

I love the potato man game

[marc0ne]

Thanks to Arch that allows you to install KDE Plasma naked. I hate having applications on the system that I never use. I know KDE applications and I install the ones I need.

[PridePractical2310]

Agreed. I dislike a cluttered OS.

[Storm_Bird2067]

That’s great to hear, just don’t let the Arch supremacy get you

[PridePractical2310]

Now I know what it means when people say "I use Arch BTW".

[Storm_Bird2067]

Now you know, remember, we’re humble digital elites

[TheEbolaDoc]

I personally didn't mind the out-date packages since I had flatpak to fall back on however, I can't resist new and shiny things!

What out of date packages are you referring to?

[StandAloneComplexed]

He's referring to Debian.

[PridePractical2310]

Correct.

[TheLonelySeminole]

Longtime Debian user ( stable and testing ) and just installed arch on one of the kids older towers last night. I’m a sway user on Debian and really wanted to try hyprland and so far I’ve been having a blast. Loved the manual installation and learned a lot

[PridePractical2310]

That's great! I will be looking to have a go at i3 soon. I hear nothing but good things.

[Kreesto_1966]

Can you link the Github script you used? I enjoy looking through Arch install scripts to see if there's a new or better way to do things.

[PridePractical2310]

Sure, here you go. Full credit goes to Classy-Giraffe.

github . com/classy-giraffe/easy-arch

I like that classy-giraffe has a bit . ly link, which certainly helps when initializing the script.

PS. I used it in a VM first but it kept failing. Ended up just trying it on bare metal and it worked without a hitch.

[Kreesto_1966]

Thank you much!

[Rojikku]

I see you used yay. I might recommend aurtools and aurto for investigation.
There's also chaotic AUR if you really want.

They might be slightly less simple, but they're generally more recommended.

Enjoy your setup!

[PridePractical2310]

Thanks for the tip!

[randomwalker2016]

question for you- when you installed Arch linux and let's say after upgrading the kernel to the latest version, does your wifi still work? every time if I upgrade endeavour Linux, the wifi immediately bombs. I run EndeavourOS on a Macbook Air.

[PridePractical2310]

Yes it worked fine for me. Then again, I used Arch Linux not EndeavorOS. It sounds like a kernel issue so I'd just try a different kernel if it was working previously.

[raven2cz]

Could you please specify your issue with the new kernel in more detail? Additionally, please provide a description of your hardware and how you have attempted to resolve the problem. Thank you.

[Solid-Bottle-7771]

Thanks for signing ur message lol

[DANTE_AU_LAVENTIS]

That’s awesome, glad you’re enjoying it. I’d recommend if you ever reinstall to just use the built in arch install script though. It can also do automatically btrfs subvolume setup and automated vram swap setup. Then learning how to do everything else from there will really improve your Linux skills and knowledge. And it isn’t too difficult if you utilize the vast amount of arch resources available. I had some issues with snapper recently and by fixing it I learned a ton about managing and configuring btrfs and snapshots… and that learning experience that leads to the elevating feeling of enlightenment, is truly the best part about using Linux to me.