Arch Linux Isn't *THAT* Hard.

Have you been holding off on installing Arch Linux thinking that it's an ELITE distro that only EXPERT users can use? Is your system going to be constantly breaking? Will living on the "bleeding-edge" lead to sleepless nights fixing your Xorg after a package update nukes your computer? In this video, I'll explain why Arch Linux isn't THAT scary and why you might want to give it a try... (It's actually just so you can feel superior to Ubuntu users)

0:00 Is Arch HARD to use?
4:54 Does Arch break all the time?
5:45 How Arch is easier than other distros
9:49 Should YOU run Arch?

[alangamer]

In the defense of people who don't want to read the manual: The documentation of most software is utter garbage, arch manual/wiki is beautifully crafted and It's honestly pretty self-explanatory

[danielkohn]

arch linux was the first distro i ever installed, I did it on real hardware, and I had very minimal terminal experience besides using vim and configuring vim on mac os. I followed a yt tutorial and I had no idea what I was doing. I installed xfce and it was fine. Im know an i3-gaps user and I think that I really understand it.

[MoveTrueRecords_]

Arch User now 2024❤❤❤ bro I went through the same process of mentality just like you said and as of yesterday “I use arch btw”

[mathalphabet]

I am half on arch half on mint. Some problems i have on one some on other. And it is mostly dev problems of not following the specification for config files, for cache.
It would be a nice world if software devs could slow down and release stable and correct software

[jacknorman]

I just installed arch a few days ago as my first real foray into linux (I loaded ubuntu onto an older machine for laughs but never used it). Honestly, I think the greatest barrier to installing arch is just your motivation. If you're willing to sweat a little bit and "learn on the job" and have decent quantitative reasoning skills/reading comprehension, then it isn't so bad. This is especially true with a dual boot setup I've found. If you really really f yourself, you can avoid the boot media -> chroot rabbit hole and just nuke the partitions and start again. All in all, it was a really fun project for me, and I recommend it to anyone looking for a challenge.

[AshnSilvercorp]

part of using Arch and asking questions have turned into me answering a good part of my own questions. I usually drop my own answer in forums after doing it too as seeing these Linux forums appended with "I fugured it out guys, thanks!" is absolutely infuriating when trying to troubleshoot with using other's knowledge and work too.

[NickyDekker]

I moved to Arch from Debian after about a month of switching from Windows. It def wasn't as hard as I expected it to be considering all the memes I've been seeing for years now. I'd say if you have some basic Linux knowledge and are not scared of the command-line, just go for it. Or just do some installs on a VM to get comfortable with the process without the risk of bricking your pc and having to troubleshoot for days to get anything working again.

[setoman]

I’ve been a victim of said meme as well. You can imagine the hilarity of realizing I could do 90% of the install from memory… having never installed Arch before.

[YiminSun]

Can you make a tutorial on installing bspwm on a base arch. Second time reinstalling arch linux today 😭

[comically_large_chungus]

I've done a manual install on a VM so I can use archinstall

[Straw..]

I am very proud to say I never installed ubuntu

[Torpedo]

I thought the same thing her like a private club for advanced users less than a month ago I realized that all of this is so not true when I installed vanilla arch + i3wm now I really hate Debian when Debian started pushing things like browser I can't uninstall firefox for example without apt install another one even if I don't want that yes I know I can put it in hold but forcing people to install a software !! and what's next ?!!

[Definesleepalt]

im currently switching from mint to arch because i want to start using Nvim using latest update without flatpacks hope i wont regret

[Eevee]

"arch is hard"
Yea if don't know how to read docs / or have crow level iq

[danduby]

Don't cry, but there are vanilla Arch distros that use Calamares as the installer. So even a moron could install Arch. So much for elitism.