Let's try the Arch Install script on a used ThinkPad!

Arch is a lot of fun! But it used to be a hassle to install. Thanks to the archinstall script, it's become much less of a hassle!

In this video, I introduce my new channel ThinkPad, a used E490, and I install Arch Linux on it using the archinstall script!

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
03:01 Booting into the Arch installer
10:48 Starting up Arch for the first time
12:57 Parting thoughts

#Linux #ArchLinux #ThinkPad

[Torxed]

Main developer and creator of this installer here, stumbled across your video just now and wanted to say that 11:32 - made me happy to hear and the excitement at 6:07 also cheered me up. Glad you loved the overall experience, if you haven't tried it yet the user experience *should* feel and look a lot better these days because we dropped an improved version of the TUI just after your video was made :) The current stable version has a few smaller bugs however and I'm about to release the next version in a few days. But the user interface is there to try if you wanna give it a go :) Anyways, keep up the good work!

[harshgandhi]

Arch always makes you learn stuff. Even during its installation. It taught me to read logs, to 'man' every command in terminal, taught me udev, taught me to explore sysfs stuff, taught me to only keep packages that I really need. It was hard in the beginning but you do come to understand your machine far better after all.

[NumeroPerdido]

Greetings from Kazakhstan, very nice video Veronica. My good friend Al Sneed just sent me your video. He is a Arch fan and has tried to convince me for years to install it. Now with your video I can see how easy it is to install it, even a city slicker like me can install it. Thank you for you video.

[OldGmerDad]

I was brave enough once, to try the install the arch way. Realized I had not picked and installed what's needed for a minimal DE, and bailed. Ran Manjaro for a couple years and now I'm a fan of Arco-Linux. The installer has come a long way, thank you for sharing!

[BustinCasts]

I really love your videos, you put a personal spin on things that make your videos a lot of fun to watch. Keep up the great work Veronica!

[kevinescobedo]

Any day with a new Veronica Explains video is a good day. I'm a huge fan of archinstall; I think it encourages more people to try Arch, and that probably leads to an overall better user experience. I'd love a video on btrfs if that's possible!

[nomicola]

I'm a long time Arch user and I have the manual install procedure nearly memorised and I STILL do the separate screen following the wiki just in case lol. I'm VERY excited to try this script on my next install!
Thanks for making these great videos, Veronica!

[Hey-Yaz]

Your videos are always so informative and fun to watch at the same time. Thanks! I've been running Arch and Arch based distros for years now. It's hard to ignore the freshness. LOL

[hissyfitts]

Wow, that's a really comprehensive installer. I don't remember there being so many interactive options last time I installed Arch, but then again, that was back in '15. For all the focus installers get, it's not like you'll ever need to use it again on the same computer.
Great walk-through 👍

[pabloqp]

That was a fun video with very sound opinions, great stuff vkc!!

[malfunction]

I enjoy your videos so much! I'm a long time Linux user, but I manage to learn several things with each video! I'd be interested to see a little about your music recording process on Linux, though I know it's not strictly in the wheelhouse of your channel. I enjoy catching glimpses of the guitars and pedals lying around your recording space :)

[elliebarrett]

You are such a delight. Thank you for existing and doing this show.

[EXTEZZEE]

I am a long time user of many Linux distros. Just found you this morning 7-20-2022 9am. Would've loved to have found you a long time ago because you're fun to watch, go into more details than other cookie cutter YouTubers that copy each other with a fast show and tell, but no teaching new users everything that's needed to know to have a great time with any Linux desktop. Great Job. Going to be watching your older videos to see how your progress as a YouTuber, and maybe something I don't already know. Like this new installer.

[TheForsale]

I've installed Arch using the archinstall script back in May 2021 and from what I could tell it looks like a bit has changed since then. I've also tried installing Arch manually and I always seemed to run into trouble, i ended up using the archinstall and it made things a heck of a lot more easier. I also have a thinkpad but it currently has ubuntu on it, i might just update my boot drive with the latest arch and do a fresh install again! Thanks for the awesome video!

[andnluis]

Love your videos Veronica!. Greetings from Honduras. Keep up the good work.

[ShiggitayMediaProductions]

This was interesting to watch because the archinstall script has come a looonnng way since the version used in this video. It's much more user friendly and I've used it many times at this point when messing around with Arch Linux. You just earned a sub! Great job!

[yummybearblue]

After hearing about Arch and its dreaded install, I was delighted to see that you did a video on it. Keep up the good work!

[georgecagle]

Love this video. Great overview of the Arch installer!

Greetings from Honduras, Central America..!!! I find all your videos so much fun..!!! Peace!!!!

[Lets_get_wealthy]

Hi Veronica,
Your channel was one of the first youtube suggestions that was worth it.
You got a new sub. Amazing content.