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You really don’t need to tinker with Arch much at all. Linux and systemd have sane defaults for everything these days. An Arch install takes me about 15 minutes
by nvarsj 7y ago
You really don’t need to tinker with Arch much at all. Linux and systemd have sane defaults for everything these days. An Arch install takes me about 15 minutes, I install Gnome, NetworkManager, GDM and am done. The Arch package manager is so much better than the debian/ubuntu/red hat ecosystem that it is totally worth it for a developer. Almost every esoteric package is managed by someone on AUR so you get self updating packages installed with a single command for almost any software you need. All software is kept in sync with upstream so no need to hack in stuff for times when you need the latest package.
Of course you’ll need to know basic Linux fundamentals and understand systemd at a basic level to get through the install process - but these are not hard, I think.
- jplayer01 7y agoI've done it countless times. There's always tinkering. It does not work out of the box. You might think so because you've memorized all the steps, but there's so much that needs to be thought of in the first place and then configured.