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I like Arch but Im wondering if they make the installation challenging on purpose?
by vaccinator 6y ago
I like Arch but Im wondering if they make the installation challenging on purpose?
- JeremyNT 6y agoThey don't really "make it challenging", they just didn't bother to create a GUI or ncurses installer. If you know a few things about Linux systems and can read instructions, it's really straightforward to install without those, so Arch maintainers are free to spend their time on other projects. It's something of a meme that the installation is some kind of hazing ritual, but I don't think of it that way. There are plenty of other distributions with GUI installers for the people who can't or don't want to spend some time understanding how they work.
- vaccinator 6y agoIt took me a few hours to figure it out the first time...
- Kaze404 6y agoAs far as I understand the point of Arch in the first place is that you want to set things up yourself. That's changed wildly though, with things like Manjaro and the deceased Antergos. If you want to use Arch but don't care for the installation process, installing Manjaro or EndeavorOS isn't any harder than installing Ubuntu.