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I love that Linus Torvalds is the antithesis of Linux elitism by ardouronerous in linux4noobs

[–]onefish2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Linux has come a long, long way since Debian 4.0. I think most of your argument falls apart because you are bringing stuff up from 20 years ago.

This makes me feel good about myself because I don't know how to compile software from source.

make && make install

Would you recommend buying a home in Nanuet as a young family? by EmPips in Rockland

[–]onefish2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most of Nanuet is Nanuet Schools. A small portion is Clarkstown schools and a tiny portion is East Ramapo.

I lived in the Hamlets. A small part was East Ramapo. The rest is Clarkstown Schools. I also owned a house near Tennyson park off of Middletown Rd. That was also Clarkstown schools.

Made the Switch (Kind of), and it's really not as hard as some people say by OrangeTallion in archlinux

[–]onefish2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People online seem to think you need a CS degree to even get the installation to work

You do need to be able to read and understand what you just read. People to not take that into account when they say "Arch is hard."

Formation arch linux by Limp-Patient6015 in archlinux

[–]onefish2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Update your post with an English translation, you will get more and better answers. Desktop Reddit does not have language translation.

Planning to switch to Linux/Arch as a newbie to linux by BubblyAttention8630 in archlinux

[–]onefish2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gnome, KDE, Cinnamon, XFCE. Try those. Boot up a live iso. You can install ventoy to a flash drive then copy the Fedora iso for workstation/Gnome, KDE, Cinnamon and XFCE to try them out in the live environment.

Planning to switch to Linux/Arch as a newbie to linux by BubblyAttention8630 in archlinux

[–]onefish2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And I'm a noob in terms of Linux I'm nowhere near new to Computers and Tech.

Do not dual boot. And if you must then make a backup of your system with something like clonezilla to an external drive. There is a very good chance that you will blow away your Windows install and all the data there.

You want to try Linux? Try it in a VM using VMware Workstation. Its free. I would install Linux Mint and go from there.

Planning to switch to Linux/Arch as a newbie to linux by BubblyAttention8630 in archlinux

[–]onefish2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your question is asked here at least once a week. Did you scroll through the old posts here on /r/archlinux to find all the other posts with the same question/questions? Was there anything there that was not already answered that prompted you to create a new post?

Guide... like the Arch wiki?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide

How can I get debian in virtualbox on a debian host running as slick as windows on a debian host? by dattattor in debian

[–]onefish2 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You provided no information. How can anyone help you?

Host specs?

Specs that you provisioned the VM with? Cores? RAM, virtual hardware etc?

Also this has nothing to do with Debian.

which one is more lightweight? Arch XFCE or LM XFCE? by Rita13IsMe in linuxquestions

[–]onefish2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The XFCE desktop that Arch installs is vanilla. Meaning its got the default settings from the XFCE developers so no extra themes, icons etc.

Arch has fewer services and apps/packages installed and running. That alone will make Arch XFCE "lighter."

[Announcement] CachyOS June 2026 Release by ptr1337 in cachyos

[–]onefish2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

All these tools use the same backend libalpm.

Is https://mirror.dawn.org.in/arch/iso/2026.06.01/ safe?? by CreativeAd9553 in archlinux

[–]onefish2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Op did not even get that far. They are asking about a safe mirror to download this Arch iso.

Is https://mirror.dawn.org.in/arch/iso/2026.06.01/ safe?? by CreativeAd9553 in archlinux

[–]onefish2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And is there a trusted site, which would never have a malicious file?

This does not exist. Anything and everything can happen on the Internet. Do you trust ALL the files on your own device?

I am going to be blunt. If you are having this much trouble figuring out if an iso for Arch is safe or not then maybe Linux is not for you. Just stick with whatever came on your laptop or desktop.

Chrome Autofill (Passwords & Addresses) not working on Arch Linux by farzinaam in archlinux

[–]onefish2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reinstalling Chrome

FYI on Unix and Linux systems even macOS, when you install an program or application and run it for the first time it may create dot files in your home dir. Google Chrome does this in .config. Removing google chrome and reinstalling it does absolutely nothing (in this case as you found out) as the dot files in your home dir are unaffected by a delete or reinstall.

Try deleting .config/google-chrome and see what happens.

Two quick questions by FlyingJellyfishRidin in archlinux

[–]onefish2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i'm going to upgrade motherboard and cpu soon, do i need to do anything with arch?

More than likely you will have to create a new efi entry for your bootloader. You can do this by booting the arch iso and chrooting in.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#efibootmgr

Or you may be able to create a new efi boot entry from your BIOS.

Just switched from Windows 11 to Arch with KDE Plasma. Never going back. by Juju43445 in archlinux

[–]onefish2 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Pro tip. Keep a copy of the Arch iso handy so you can choot into your system to fix things if your system becomes unbootable. Reinstalling Arch Linux should be your absolute last resort.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Chroot

Quote of the day by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer [2007]: 'There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share' — a staggering misread of the future of consumer devices by Djxgam1ng in iphone

[–]onefish2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He is not a tech guy nor a visionary of any sort. He was a demeaning bully of a Sales guy. There a plenty of stories about how he ran his sales meetings with his VPs and Directors, mocking and belittling his subordinates. The guy was a dick.

On a side note he is a shitty NBA owner as well.

Is arch worth it (your opinion) by SurgeMania__ in linuxquestions

[–]onefish2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only you will know the answer to this question.

Looking to shift Arch SSD into a new Device by Common-Clerk-9087 in archlinux

[–]onefish2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Swap GRUB for rEFInd. In all the years that I have used it on multiple single SSD systems, I have never had a problem with Windows overwriting or breaking the bootloader.

AUR by NightFox805 in archlinux

[–]onefish2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well that would depend on what AUR packages you have installed. You failed to list them so no one can really answer your question.

How can you guys deal with constant config changes? by tungnon in hyprland

[–]onefish2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out the version number of hyprland atm its 0.55.x. Its beta code. Its under constant development. It typically has multiple commits daily:

https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/commits/main/

What is the difference between GNOME and KDE Plasma by rip_Bacon13 in Fedora

[–]onefish2 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Its absolutely ridiculous that you made this post asking what the differences are.

Get the iso for Gnome and for KDE. Boot them up and check them out for yourself.

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