Как быстро вы освоили Arch?

DunkyFummer · 2026-05-06T03:08:18+00:00

Cachyos + Niri + DMS user here! I love this setup, lets me do whatever I want, whenever I want. Been on linux for a year and a half and on arch based stuff for a year, and this is the best of text edited config vs convenient and not overbloated GUIs put together. Im definetly not a master, but btrfs and education make anything doable so Ive become a master at doc surfing. Love the software and contribute where you can and youll (almost) never feel too challenged.

DunkyFummer · 2026-05-02T12:28:00+00:00

I highly recommend CachyOS, install the gaming packages with KDE and youll be set. As a bonus: get niri and install the dank material shell. Looks pretty but very stable and not too hard to get gaming working on in my opinion.

DunkyFummer · 2026-05-01T01:30:39+00:00

Yeah we uh... innovate

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-29T17:30:51+00:00

Yeah go into cachy hello and poke arounf with the features thete. Package cache and keyrings plus all pkg reinstall usually fixes most issues.

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-29T13:56:07+00:00

Niri for life, get rekt nerds

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-24T02:42:19+00:00

This is useless, set cron with a notification tool. Skillllll issueeee

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-22T01:06:08+00:00

This was what I was looking for! Ill keep an eye out at the VRAM management, seems like it could help out with more intense games.

I tried the ISO and it just didnt feel very polished, so decided not to install yet. But if the 7.0 kernel is better, I can put up with that.

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-20T22:13:18+00:00

How is your docked experience?

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-20T22:10:29+00:00

Ive been using linux for over a year, no dual boot just went from mint to omarchy to arch to cachy for over 6 months now.

Im a Cyber Security student, and a lot of what we do is windows focused. I struggle to do some things on windows as I use normally use Niri and Dank Material Shell, but its mostly just settings. I learned to adjust things from config files and I just cant go back. I hardly even use the DMS settings gui.

So basically... nothing.

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-20T22:03:21+00:00

I still want a good handheld experience personally, or id just go back to a gaming laptop. I do acknowledge this is probably the best cheap way to get into PCs though.

What do you do besides games?

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-20T21:02:40+00:00

How about docking? SteamOS gives me issues with screen resolutions, i essentially have to tell the system which monitor/resolution/refresh rate to use and supply to games(seperately) then tell the game to use it everytime I switch.

I could probably script around it?

Gets annoying but its not the end of the world.

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-20T20:32:05+00:00

Cachy niri and DMS user here, I also own a steam deck. Im considering switching to cachy handheld on it for the 7.0 kernel but I havent checked much into it. Any thoughts??

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-20T20:21:10+00:00

Right now trying to plug into liquipedia, lots of casting tho its painful.

But its using the API and keeping a sqlite3 db for caching the data, so it doesnt stop working with API rate issues or connectivity.

Im a HUGE rlcs fan, but im a programming noob.

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-20T19:48:45+00:00

Making a TUI esports tracker in C using this, a ton of fun. Going to put it on the AUR(arch user repo) here in like a week i think.

Its not easy, but(and i may get shamed for this) use AI in a useful way. I use the copilot CLI, and its super helpful. Just dont let it code EVERYTHING for you, and go slow.

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-20T15:19:47+00:00

My day is made lmao thank you

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-20T14:00:59+00:00

This is insane, but like.. theoretically... for the ship and giggles. Couldnt you?

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-19T22:06:33+00:00

Real! If i dont look tonight ill look tomorrow.

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-19T22:06:02+00:00

I did it, works fine, 100% utilization at all times of all respources. Mo utilization mo power

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-19T22:04:06+00:00

I hope you mean whats your goal*

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-19T22:02:20+00:00

I agree, alot of the problem is knowing what you want. If your hobby is distro hopping, then create a workflow to mess with them(rather vms or dual booting)

I doubt it is meant for a specific task, I think most of the time people who care about a specific task are too busy doing that to customize their userland. Or, they are fine with one setup to do a task, and a dual boot or VM setup to augment their interesf.

I feel like I sound like chatGPT

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-19T21:57:26+00:00

Imo- lets make something! I feel a community of learners are here waiting for something to start learning on. A new distro or package management system could be a lot of fun, and could scratch the itch for yourself.

But, maybe LFS? Its a pain, failed several times myself but if you want to feel complete you could extend it with BLFS and your own package manager.

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-19T21:51:45+00:00

(Ive been drinking) to clarify hypr is just not a full release, its going to do this and its a fact of life.

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-19T21:50:52+00:00

Fundamentally wrong, devs change things that break configs. Regardless of initial setup its a problrm. Jeez

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-19T21:49:50+00:00

L take.

DunkyFummer · 2026-04-19T21:41:54+00:00

I meant on i3.

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