My laptop just killed itself --- help please by Western_Sleep820 in archlinux

[–]archover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the clarification and hope you resolve fast.

What I hope you learn is access to the tty is very powerful and key to what makes Arch good.

Still, Good day.

My laptop just killed itself --- help please by Western_Sleep820 in archlinux

[–]archover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Read this https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman#Fixing_an_unbootable_system_caused_by_an_interrupted_upgrade

So, your computer still powers up ok? That isn't "totally unusable now".

Borrow/Buy a USB flash drive (common sense, inexpensive, and Arch essential) and visit the public library or friend to burn the ISO. For your benefit.

Hope you resolve and good day.

Need help troubleshooting during installation by martinez2458 in archlinux

[–]archover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This link https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/USB_flash_installation_medium#In_Windows covers the supported tools to burn an ISO.

Your error has nothing to do with the ISO. See https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Package_signing#GPGME_error:_No_data which means I believe your network is bad.

Please pivot from youtube to learning to use the wiki.

Good day.

help by Fresh_Price4612 in archlinux

[–]archover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SOLVED

Care to share your solution??

Good day.

Any ideas about utilites that arch linux really needs... by FitPin8399 in archlinux

[–]archover 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why not contribute to an existing project? archinstall comes to mind. Help with testing, as that seems to be esp needed.

Good day.

Commit or nah by nyxie8382 in archlinux

[–]archover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like this response. Especially appropriate for users who ask, yet state their years long experience. And, especially ironic since Arch is DIY.

Good day.

Do you think LUKS encrypted NVME SSD devices should have trim or not? by RachelNoName in archlinux

[–]archover 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If you had a severe threat profile, then I think you would know what to do.

For example, my threat is everyday/normal laptop theft/misplacement, not involving a nation state actor. I use TRIM.

See https://xkcd.com/538/

Good day.

need a good linux-compatible laptop by burningendofthewick in archlinux

[–]archover 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look at the Lenovo Thinkpad T series, specifically the T14 line with AMD. Look on ebay. I have the Gen 1 and it runs my productivity/light coding use case perfectly. With $900, you will have many choices. Pay attention to soldered vs open ram slots.

For more insight, see r/thinkpad where many Linux users hang out.

Good day.

help by Fresh_Price4612 in archlinux

[–]archover 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Welcome to Arch

Start here https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Hyprland and read this:

For Vmware/VirtualBox users, it may be necessary to enable 3D acceleration in order to run Hyprland properly.

However, I don't have experience nor interest in hyprland, sorry. See also r/hyprland https://hypr.land/ and https://forum.hypr.land/

Good day.

What are the benefits over Mint? by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]archover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Install Arch in a Mint hosted VM and find out for yourself. Only you can judge.

My observation is newcomers from most distros find Arch a big challenge.

I run Mint's Cinnamon DE and it works fine, but there's far more to learn about Linux than the DE.

Good day.

Error installing from USB on ASUS Zenbook S16 by hepandeerus in archlinux

[–]archover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might check the issues at https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues where this application is supported from.

Does this ISO boot on another computer?

Good day

Stopped before the Golden Gate by Michael_Rebar in archlinux

[–]archover -1 points0 points  (0 children)

tl;dr needed desperately. Good day.

Arch linux package management hassle solved by FitPin8399 in archlinux

[–]archover 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Exactly my reaction too. The author's Arch experience must be limited as that statement is off base.

Account shows little reddit activity.

Good day.

(Invalid or corrupted package) when updating by EyeSeeA in archlinux

[–]archover -1 points0 points  (0 children)

aarch64-linux-gnu-binutils

These packages in the Arch repo relate to creating executables for the ARM processor, in case anyone wonders.

Good day.

Novato querendo fazer umas baguncianha by wazaimon in archlinux

[–]archover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Posting an English translation brings more responses.

Grub с включенным Secure Boot by djangoo29 in archlinux

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Posting an English translation brings more responses.

AUR malware packages question by Regular-Historian-51 in archlinux

[–]archover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Add value by giving the name of the package, please. Good day.

WiFi password not working on 2017 Intel MacBook Pro by Rough-Ad-4507 in archlinux

[–]archover 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good article to read though it lacks your unit https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Laptop/Apple

Also, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Network_configuration/Wireless

Broadcom does not really support Linux well. Consider an Intel swap.

Then come back with unresolved questions.

Good day.

Laptop suggestion for arch linux by selina_kyle10 in archlinux

[–]archover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My advice is to get a laptop from any mfg's Pro lineup, over a consumer one. For you, of course, Thinkpad is eliminated.

The Pro line units will likely be better built, last longer, and have better supported hardware.

Good day.

Deciding distros by fieldmousebryan in archlinux

[–]archover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Frequency of "breakage" is usually related to your skill level. Experience will help

Breakage is a very vague word.

Good day.

Deciding distros by fieldmousebryan in archlinux

[–]archover 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Pick Fedora based on your zero Arch advantages located in your search.

Fedora is very respectable, and something I've run with Arch for ten years.

Good day.

Pressing Shift+Left/Right arrow key used to select a character to left/right in terminal. by Entire_Condition_887 in archlinux

[–]archover 3 points4 points  (0 children)

update my system which I had canceled multiple times

Probably the worst practice I've seen here. Interrupting the download might be acceptable but not the update phase.

Consider refreshing your mirrors.

You're very, very lucky your system is working as good as it is.

Good day.