• Elw@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Honestly… I don’t get this. It’s a bit more work than other distros but I think that Linux users often get to a point in their Linux journey where customizing a system with defaults is more difficult than just starting from a blank slate.

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      1 year ago

      Customizing all-in-one distros is a shitty uphill battle that isn’t worth the trouble, so I get how Arch is worth the work there. But recommending a kit car when people are asking for a commuter just bugs me.

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        1 year ago

        I think reality lies somewhere in the middle. Yes you have to read and yes you have to configure things but the docs are all on the wiki. There’s a point where this is easier than figuring out how to undo the defaults on, say, Ubuntu and do your own thing without official documentation on it.

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        1 year ago

        It took me a few hours as a noob to be honest. I can understand not wanting to do that though. It’s totally fair. The ArchInstall and the ArchWiki essentials made it fast.

        Personally, didn’t have to configure every last detail, since I installed Gnome and most stuff comes with it out of the box. If you’re going with Sway or Hyprland tho… ye you will have to configure detail by detail.

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      I don’t find this the case at all. I barely change the wallpaper, I’m not spending time removing a bunch of stuff I don’t use it just sits there unused. I did my time with Arch and Gentoo (before Arch existed) for years, but I would rather someone else do the work and I will use it as long as it has sane defaults, for my actual work that doesn’t care.