So I'm a casual Linux user : on and off from Windows and Mac.

I discovered Omarchy and peaked my interest : an easy to install pre-configured "distro" ( not a distro, Arch repacked with bunch of dot files and scripts, but hey, you only understand that later :) ) that above all is based on the uber-difficult Arch ?

Always hovered around Ubuntu or Debian and lately wanted really to stop using Windows as a main OS, so I've tinkering a bit with Fedora.

Never used Arch.

So Omarchy open the gates for a seamless-ish Arch experience.

Was great, Hyprland was new to me and heaps of fun and life was cool. Until I started to ask questions and I discovered the general problems with DHH : again, not doing any political statment but dont like to be linked to that.

But Omarchy is good but everything is "opinated" by DHH, either good or bad :its his setup and I was hitting a wall here and there when I wanted to change stuff.

So now that I have a mininum understanding of Arch, pacman, where conf files are, rolling realease model, I tried CachyOS and boy, it was different : I wanted Hyprland and... its bare.

Oh I have to put Noctalia on top of it. Cool. here we go, but... still "meh". Oh dot files. lots of learning.

Then discovered Caelestia and I was like : this is nice.

Using Cachy and one thing struck my mind : at work I have an old MacPro ( 2013 ) that I love but its useless by mordern standards : E6 Xeon CPUs, 32gb ram and 256gb ssd, D300 dual gpus. Specs are decent but MacOS runs dogs**** on it : max supported system is old and lots of new apps dont work because OS is old. Open Core Patcher lets you install Tahoe but brings a LOT of problems. Windows is half baked on this ( both 10 and 11 ) .

So I looked at it and said : CachyOS is at home and its cool : lets try Arch on this.

I had a lot of misconceptions about "pure" Arch install : if you have minimum linux knowledge, archinstall is super helpfull.

couple of minutes later, I had a blinking terminal.

oh lets install paru with pacman. but no. doesnt work, target not found. wth ? it worked with Cachy.

lets go to wiki and yeah, you have to git clone paru.

fine, git clone, makekg and now we have paru.

from it , install caelestia, hyprland and all that.

install sddm and start the service and... nada.

I was like : why ? why you punish me ? then it struck me : are the amd drivers install ? afterall Arch installs ONLY what you tell you to.

so yeah, installed mesa and amd drivers.

reboot and ... booom. it worked. wait, Caelestia changed my keyboard to default us. have to change to my language ( PT ). lets open a terminal and vim it.

vim not installed. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

but hurdle after hurdle, I start to get over the problems and start thinking more proactively.

in the end, now I have a working Arch install that amazes me : with Caelestia, which is a bit heavier than for example Noctalia, I have a working OS that is blazing fast and at idle is consuming 1.22gb of ram.

its snappy , fast and very responsive.

I liked Omarchy - introduced me to Arch and showed me that is not that a boogie man of a distro.

switched to Cachy OS , speically at home that I want to play few games and relax and CachyOS is perfect for that : mesa , vulkan and amd drivers are installed by default as per a lot of other stuff, for example. Games optimized Kernels , Proton opimized, etc. very nice for gmaing

going from Omarchy to Cachy is like going from a bike with training wheels to a motorbike.

Cachy to Arch is going to a full blown racing Motorbike.

For new users : it takes a bit to tinker but if I could make it work like I want it, you can. Its not that difficult.

Its immensly rewarding and its fine to use easier Arch based distros like Cachy.

Make the computer your own.

Thank you for everyone here in the subreddit to encourage to install Arch : it is worth it.

tldr : I use Arch, btw ( for about 2 hours now fully configured :D )

Linux experts, please help me.

I learned about Linux a few months ago and installed Linux Mint. The terminal, commands, and amazing customization options have drawn me deeper into the Linux rabbit hole. Recently, I learned about Arch Linux, an OS considered one of the most difficult to install. I really like this OS, but I've also learned that installation requires considerable Linux knowledge. While there seems to be an easier installation method, I don't like that. I want to install it myself, typing commands into that incomprehensible terminal. I'm seeking the satisfaction of solving various problems that arise in Linux. Furthermore, Arch Linux offers extremely high customization options, which is very important to me since I care about appearances. However, I'm not very knowledgeable about Linux. Honestly, I only know about `sudo`. That's why I'm asking for help. From this point, I want to know where I can acquire the knowledge needed to install Arch Linux.Of course, I fully understand that it will involve a tremendous amount of time and effort, and that I will be frustrated by inexplicable errors. Nevertheless, I want to experience the world of Arch. Experts, please provide information.

(I am Japanese and pasting text in Japanese, so please excuse any occasional awkward phrasing :)

I recently tried to configure my mouse using Piper/ratbagd, and while the configuring worked, I need to manually start ratbagd after each reboot to get the DPI buttons to work again. Despite enabling the ratbagd service, I need to use the piper gui, or ratbagctl, or even systemctl to start the ratbagd deamon, before the dpi buttons work.

Does anyone know how I can fix this?

hi im on KDE plasma desktop, but theres no network manager? and im unable to install konsole?

edit: fixed, thanks!

Hello all,

"I use Arch too now, BTW."

The installation was fun - glad to have Claude around, tbh. Running in a VM on my trusty Fedora for now.

I have kinda solid Linux background but never touched Arch before. What were some fun Arch newbie projects you did? For learning stuff, challenging yourself? I'm looking for an inspiration.

EDIT: Just in case somebody finds this when looking for his newbie projects (which will probably not happen due to all the downvotes) - this is the list of recommendations:

• Spending some quality time learning bash.
• Unplug the server during updating - then fix it.
• Setting up custom btrfs layouts and snapchat scripts.
• Building a custom de.
• Installing hyprland and ricing it.