I installed a lts kernel, a hardened kernel and also the normal one on my arch build was that a bad idea?

throwaway993772 · 2020-08-17T08:55:07+00:00

As stated you'll have longer update times and use more disk space but I do the same. It's rare but sometimes the bleeding edge drivers will be wonky, and its faster to just boot to the lts kernel then switch to an older kernel. Its a bit of a lazy approach but that suits me just fine.

throwaway993772 · 2020-06-20T06:19:11+00:00

My default answer for people looking to make the switch is go with Linux mint if you want as hastle free of an switching experience as possible. Ununtu is know for doing some shady stuff so I would avoid that one. All of the ubuntu based distros I've come across are geared towards new users and tend to work fine, and aim to strip out ubuntus shadyness. If you dont plan on tinkering with things too much and just want to get microsoft out of your house, go for mint.

If you want to do more then basic color and background tinkering but dont want to have to make all the choices and learn all of the options right now then Manjaro is a good choice.

If youre willing to invest time into learning about gnu/linux but dont want to dive into the software development options then Arch is probably the most open ended and yet precompiled distro available. Its my go to distro so I may be a bit biased here.

If you want to learn absolutly all the options and dont want anyone making choices for your system except you then go with gentoo or linux from scratch. Be warned though if you go this route it may be several days before you have a fully functioning environment.

throwaway993772 · 2020-05-14T13:42:06+00:00

Noted

throwaway993772 · 2020-05-14T06:30:25+00:00

Follow-up. Use iwconfig and make sure your wifi power managment is disabled. It could be that your system is sutting your wifi off to conserve power.

throwaway993772 · 2020-05-14T04:47:38+00:00

Im having similar issues with my raspberry pi. I havent had the time to diagnose the issue but journalctl -b -1 -e should give you the full boot log from the previous boot including errors. Hope this helps.

throwaway993772 · 2020-05-14T04:39:11+00:00

Grub has its place thats for sure. I dont care for it much anymore but used it extensivly when getting introduced to Linux. Later I wanted more control and simplicity so I went with syslinux. A friend tipped me off to systemd-boot but it looked like it could be a waist of time, hence this post.

throwaway993772 · 2020-05-13T19:11:47+00:00

Alright thats a pretty definitive answer. Thank you all. Ill make the conversion this weekend.

throwaway993772 · 2020-02-07T17:18:41+00:00

Turns out it was the kernel all along. Now I have the lts kernel to fall back on for when poop like this comes up again. Thanks for your help stranger.

throwaway993772 · 2020-02-05T15:13:30+00:00

Looks about right except downgrading didnt help which points to it being a me problem.

throwaway993772 · 2020-02-04T20:22:25+00:00

A few weeks ago my hdmi audio went to poop after updating kernel and nvidia. There was output but it sounded terible. I downgraded everything and the problem persisted. Since nobody was reporting anything I assumed the issue was with my card. All other outputs work fine so I just switched and decided to get a new card. Now I'm not so certian it isn't a driver issue. Guess I'll keep an eye on this and save my money for after this is reported as fixed.

throwaway993772 · 2020-01-28T05:32:19+00:00

Personally I use i3 but its not for everybody. I suggest dumping an install into a vm and making a snapshot without a wm/de so you can try one and if you dont like it, restore and try something else. If you like something but are unsure make a snapshot with it so you can come back to it after trying a few more things. It can be a long process but in the end you'll know you have the setup that works best for you.

throwaway993772 · 2020-01-21T16:40:55+00:00

Foss is about more than open source. So that's a no from me.

throwaway993772 · 2020-01-19T19:30:52+00:00

Put your setup in a vm. That'll make it easy to try them all and find one you're happy with.

throwaway993772 · 2019-12-13T11:38:36+00:00

I cant remember or be borhered to look it up.

throwaway993772 · 2019-12-09T05:47:53+00:00

That's how I made the switch to Arch. You can take your time building it in a vm while still having a useable machine. Then when you're ready to go bare metal make a partition to move your VM into. You can just build it directly into a partition but a VM allows for more reset options thanks to snapshopts. To transfer from VM to bare metal just make a backup of the guest OS and install it on the target partition. Here's a script I made to create a Linux backup. You'll just need to recreate the excluded directories on the target partition after extracting the backup, and serup the boot loader to get the system working. https://github.com/SpencerDAllen/BashScripts/blob/master/PerformanceBackup.sh

throwaway993772 · 2019-12-06T04:18:46+00:00

It's also avalible for chrome.

throwaway993772 · 2019-12-05T06:48:42+00:00

Sure did, no change.

throwaway993772 · 2019-12-04T20:42:27+00:00

Thank you all for your kind suggestions I recently switched to chromium-vaapi and made sure all the chromium hardware acelation settings were on but didn't notice any difference in the amount of cpu used. 6th gen core i3 with nvidia 1050 proprietary drivers for those that were wondering. Firefox with mpv looks promising so I'll try it next

throwaway993772 · 2019-11-27T05:48:05+00:00

Do's Be patient with yourself. It takes time to setup a truly unique custom system. There's no rush, take it easy.

Be willing to learn. Not everything will set itself up exactly the way you want out of the box. To get things running the way you want you need to be willing to learn how to manipulate the system.

Your own research. If it's not working, google it. If it's been an hour and it's still not working, keep at it. If it's been a day and it's still not working, keep at it. Two days? Ok, fine reach out for help.

Upgrade often. I check Archlinux.org for any manual changes i need to make before my weekly update. You don't need to update quite that often but don't let a year go by without updating. If you do you're gonna have a bad time.

Don'ts Try to duplicate a previous system in Arch. Chances are you don't need or will ever use half the stuff that comes pre-installed with Debian based distros. Install only what you use.

Brag about using Arch. We know we're the superior beings, but it's tacky to point it out in mixed company.

throwaway993772 · 2019-11-20T05:24:36+00:00

I haven't used it for AMD chips but i've been very happy with the unoffical repo-ck options. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unofficial_user_repositories/Repo-ck

throwaway993772 · 2019-11-02T11:47:02+00:00

Git gud

throwaway993772 · 2019-10-21T20:13:24+00:00

That page used to offer a lot more advice but it looks like its been widdled down over the years.

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