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First Installing Arch Linux is pretty difficult task when you atempt to do it for your first time if you are not familiar with command line and basics of l
by kitd 12y ago
First
Installing Arch Linux is pretty difficult task when you atempt to do it for your
first time if you are not familiar with command line and basics of linux.
But I would suggest you to install Arch Linux as you will gain a very good
insight on how linux works.
then
If you got no idea what dd is, arch ain't for you friend!
... do not follow
- ddoolin 12y agoCame here to post the same thing. Very strange 180 there. I had no idea what dd was when I first got into Arch, but if I had let that deter me, I never would have gotten past the first step. I also don't think understanding dd is very critical to being able to use Arch as a whole.
- wyclif 12y agoI agree—the problem is that it does not logically follow and is contradictory, but he is right that knowledge of the CLI makes things a lot easier. However, I'm with you in that I don't think there should be any pressure not to try it anyway. I have a custom-built desktop machine that I can install anything I want on, so if something breaks or falls over, I can simply reinstall another OS (while getting real work done on my laptop).
- DanBC 12y agoUsing four spaces to quote text breaks your post for people reading on mobile.
- kitd 12y agoThanks
- stephenboyd 12y agoThat was my reaction, too. Out of curiosity, I searched the beginner's installation guide (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_guide https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_guide) for dd, and there's no mention of it. The man page for dd was more informative. It's a standard convert and copy tool that I've never used despite pretty much living in a terminal for the past two years. I still think arch might be for me.