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Now my arch is bloated more than the default ubuntu (lemmy.world)
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[–] Pohl@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Started playing with arch this week for the first time. Got a pretty good laugh when I realized that I forgot to install a dhcp client and had to boot the install media again to add networking.

I appreciate what they’re doing and I’m going to keep poking at it, but my first impression is that philosophy is driving and the utility is in the back seat.

[–] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So just run archinstall Personally as a relative newbie I found arch a lot easier to deal with than fedora and ubuntu, both of which have had me in dependency hell on previous attempts to switch to linux. Not only that but I have a much better idea of what makes up my system.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

I think it’s important to do it all manually once. But, after that there’s no reason not to use archinstall, at all.

[–] bluetoque@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago

It's definitely a philosophy, and you have to understand the implications. But I'm not sure utility is in the back seat. It's just that you personally own your own config.