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Is arch relatively approachable for a linux noob who has logged a bit of time on Redhat and Ubuntu?
by Thriptic 12y ago
Is arch relatively approachable for a linux noob who has logged a bit of time on Redhat and Ubuntu?
- rhinoceraptor 12y agoYou should be able to get a Gnome/KDE installation running in a VM without a lot of trouble. If you're going to try it on hardware, Intel graphics and networking will probably work best. Also, the arch wiki is a great resource, in general: https://wiki.archlinux.org/ https://wiki.archlinux.org/
- rakoo 12y agoI'd advise against it. There's no point in trying arch just for the sake of it. My advice, based on my own experience: - keep using the distribution you know - dig inside its components to understand what they do - once you understand what they do, try using an alternative... - ... until you ultimately realize you don't need it that much, or just want to see what it's like without this component, remove it - once you get deep down in the customization of your distro you start to realize that the top-down approach is interesting but there'll always be something you didn't know. At that point, it makes sense to try the bottom-up approach: start from nothing, and install the components one by one. The point is that since you've already dug inside your previous distro you know what those components are, whether they are needed or not, and what the alternatives are. You won't spend time understanding these and spend more time on the actual building of a distro. This is where Arch comes in.