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this is actually way more clear than the arch install "guide", which seem to have become hostile toward the idea of actually helping people in recent years.
by extr 9y ago
this is actually way more clear than the arch install "guide", which seem to have become hostile toward the idea of actually helping people in recent years.
- jolmg 9y agoYou mean the text file in the home directory when installing? I found it very educational and easy to follow. It tells you how to configure e.g. the locale, the timezone, etc. as bare metal as possible, which makes it more reliable, and useful for other distros. Much more flexible and transparent than having an install wizard like they did before. Installing in a directory with pacstrap also made it very clear that it could be used for making archlinux containers. I love it.
- extr 9y agoI was referring to the removal of the "Beginner's Guide" in the wiki, now replaced by the "Installation Guide" that has way less context. Which is fine if you already have a nontrivial amount of linux/arch experience and just want to glance at a list of To Dos when you install. But is it really too much "bloat" to have a single example partition layout? I get the community doesn't like having to hand hold people, but sometimes people learn best by just getting things up and running and not reading 15 wiki pages before they're able to understand what should be a straightfoward guide. /rant I honestly wasn't aware there was a text file in the home directory but it sounds like something pretty close to the Installation Guide, which is helpful and good to know, so thanks for that.