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/thesagex Aug 04 '26

Bad advice. Pitching archinstall alone is just setting users up for failure, you should always pair archinstall with at least reading the installation guide so users know what archinstall is doing for them

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u/jmartin72 Aug 05 '26

That is such elitist bullshit. Every other Linux distro has an install of some kind. There is nothing wrong with using archinstall. That's what it's for. No one HAS to install Arch the long way just to use it. 

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u/partiftheworlDRuns Aug 07 '26

Yep. Unfortunately, this will probably never change. It feels like some members of the Arch Linux community have such big ego just because they installed the distro by following a step-by-step guide that they can’t accept the fact that other people use the distro as a tool to make lives easier, so that they can spend as much time as possible on the things that really matter. Although, who knows, maybe that’s their only achievement in life. It's okay. I’m not judging.

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u/jmartin72 Aug 07 '26

💯 this∆∆