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Installing Arch isn't hard if you have any kind of familiarity with Linux/Unix and you get far more flexible system by doing that.
by constantcrying 3y ago
Installing Arch isn't hard if you have any kind of familiarity with Linux/Unix and you get far more flexible system by doing that.
- pdimitar 3y agoWhat's inflexible about Manjaro?
- constantcrying 3y agoIt is obviously a highly oppinionated distributon, which comes with a lot of pre installed software compared to Arch.
- gtop3 3y agoEstablishing a full DE on Arch is just a bit easier than on Gentoo, which is just a bit easier than compiling everything with make files. I've done all three. Arch isn't on the same level as Ubuntu, Fedora, or Manjaro on level of ease for instillation.
- memefrog 3y agoEstablishing a full DE on Arch is as simple as 'pacman -S plasma kde-applications sddm' followed by 'systemctl enable sddm.service'. Compiling everything manually would take a long time. You would need to work out all the dependencies, make everything, install everything, create all the configuration files... You'd then need to do this again every time a package is updated. You'd hope that every dependency had an RSS feed you could follow. For those that didn't you'd need to regularly check for updates. Arch requires two commands...