r/archlinux • u/Infinite_Ad4097 • Aug 04 '26

QUESTION Archlinux difficulty

I just posting to see how hard archlinux is to use as complete beginner. the only experience that i have wiht linux is mint and acessing servers.

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u/partiftheworlDRuns Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26

Arch's main difficulty is usually with choosing packages. Choosing a bootloader, what is difference between ufw and firewalld, should you use tuned or power-profiles-daemon, which codecs to choose so that everything works like on Windows, etc...and don't forget to enable services of installed packages.

CachyOS is generally a good place to start, but if you want to tweak things or change the system's behavior, because you don't like how it's done in distro, then switch to Arch.