>install arch >spend 2 days reading wiki articles and forum

>>52506146
>if you know what you're doing
well you obviously don't

>>52506146
>if you know what you're doing.
You apparently don't, though.

>>52506173
>>52506175
nice argument, fellow memesters :^)

>>52506192
lol stay mad noob

>>52506206
just tell me why you like doing things the hard way when it apparently provides no benefit over just a pre-configured distro

>>52506219
Why would I do that? I'm just here to laugh at you.

>>52506146
>install ubuntu
>battery doesn't work
>can't change scree brightness
>taskbar doesn't load on every boot
>all browsers crash the whole system
>lagging out the ass
>in built wacom tablet doesn't work
>no sound

>install arch
>install X and i3
>unmute alsa
>battery works, ~2h so not special
>xbacklight works fine
>no problems with browsers or performance
>wacom tablet just werks
>didn't even write xorg.conf

My class installed ubuntus and debians on virtual machines once, out of the 20 people maybe 3 got their ubuntus working while all the debian ones worked fine. Ubuntu doesn't install right even in a virtual machine.

>>52506238
But I'm the one laughing at you because I have all this extra free time to shitpost on /g/ while you spent that time trying to get your arch install close to what a real GNU/Linux distro provides out of the box.
<|:^)

>>52506256
>>install ubuntu
>>battery doesn't work
>>can't change scree brightness
>>taskbar doesn't load on every boot
>>all browsers crash the whole system
>>lagging out the ass
>>in built wacom tablet doesn't work
>>no sound

That literally didn't happen in the last 8 years.

I haven't had the problem you had so I'm not sure what to tell you. You should know that you can just copy configs between computers or even use someone else's, though.

>>52506219
Because a pre-configured distro is not configured in the manner that I want.

>>52506271
>you can just copy configs between computers or even use someone else's, though
That's exactly what I am doing.
I'm using config files that the Ubuntu developers have set up for me.

It's for people making Arch based distros themselves like manjaro. Installing minimal arch is just a meme.

>>52506146
>can't even get basic font rendering
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fontconfig-enhanced-defaults/

>>52506146
>AUR
>bleeding edge
>rolling release

you can't do these on ANY distro, only a select few
>>52506256
>>didn't even write xorg.conf
I also ran into this recently. xorg.conf is less necessary than I had always though.
>>52506267
Why are you lying on the Internet?
I imagine Ubuntu's issue is similar to the Windows one. In the process of trying to oversimplify things and appeal to normies, they've actually made things more difficult and convoluted, not to mention broken.
>>52506289
The Archwiki also has a lot of example configs, or you could get one from a desktop thread. You made it sound like you didn't know how to edit config files so you left Arch. Seems kinda odd considering you made it past the installation, which is by far the most difficult part.

>>52506283
Then change the parts you don't like.
It's a LOT less hassle than configuring everything yourself from the ground up.

>>52506257
I'm not an Arch user.

>>52506291
No.. Derivatives are a meme. The only good alternative to a regular Arch install is Architect, because it installs regular Arch. Manjaro and Antergos are the memes.

>>52506301
But I am not configuring everything from the ground up with Arch. In fact, with most other distros I have to change more settings to get it where I want.

>>52506146
point of arch is being a rolling distro with less preconifigured packages. here is your (you)

>>52506300
>Why are you lying on the Internet?
The anon who posted that is lying.
There is no way he had those types of problems with ubuntu in recent years.

ITT: retards get baited

>>52506321
>here is your (you)
I got an (OP), dumbshit :D

>>52506313
What ever you configure your arch to be there's a derirotive that already exists that is almost the same which makes your work all for nothing.

>>52506267
Happened a year ago, anon.

Following my bad experience with ubuntu, and before trying arch, I tried elementary, forgetting that it was based on ubuntu. The iso was faulty though so I didn't get past the download.

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>>52506146
Did you even add the infinality bundles to your pacmam.conf? Photo related.

(C:)

>>52506342
I've been building off the same configs from crunchbang to debian to ubuntu minimal back to debian and later to arch

none of my work was for nothing, all I did was get a better system in the end without losing all my work from the years past

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>>52506146
To be honest I fell for the stability meme and moved from Arch to Xubuntu LTS
Ironically after the first update my NumLock got reversed, something I never had to deal with while in Arch
So I came back home to Arch+Cinnamon. Shit just works

Although I have moved to KDE these days.

/blog

>>52506381
KDE Plasma 5 master race

>>52506350
Holy shit did the shitty apps guy make an AI bot that spams every Arch thread automatically?

>>52506394
Huh?

>>52506381
stability just means that when the bugs get ya, the fixes take longer to hit ya

also as you said I've actually had a lot less problems on Arch than I did on Debian

either all the anti-Arch memes were made up or Arch is a LOT different than it was back then

>>52506403
Some guy made an infographic for programs to use on GNU/Linux and it had a lot of shit taste in it. Every time it gets used for the OP pic of /flg/, everyone flips their shit and drama ensues.

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>>52506390
I fell for the file picker meme
>>52506405
All those Arch memes are made by people who did not use arch more than 1 hour

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>>52506350
>Enabling a third party repo to get an AUR helper
My sides

>>52506350
>not just using the install script

>>52506411
I had no idea. I just followed the baseline while reading through the wiki, as it was a bit faster, and if I install it somewhere else, I just follow the basics of the guide in case I forget something. And I don't follow it to heart, just some of it. Didn't know there was hate, just a nifty thing imo

>>52506443
I'm not even sure the image you posted is by the same guy who made the other infographic, but the style does look similar.

>>52506146
>You can do all those things on any GNU/Linux distro if you know what you're doing.
I can have AUR and/or sane packaging system on any distro?

>>52506454
I have no clue honestly, I just got it off of /r/archlinux on Reddit. It was posted like a month or two ago

>>52506458
PPA's are literally the same as AUR

>>52506481
Not really, they aren't.

I'm about to install arch, ask me anything

>>52506146

slackware is better.

>>52506458
I find the AUR with pacman to be much easier and faster. It's so much faster than apt too. All I have to do is: sudo pacman -Syu && yaourt -Syau --noconfirm

>>52506509
DO YOU SUCK COCKS?

>>52506494
But in a way, they are.

I much prefer relying on a PPA maintained usually by a developer of the project than something an autist put together.
The amount of times I've read AUR comments and they've all complaints about how the package doesn't work for some other reason...

>>52506540
you dont have to do pacman before yaourt, yaourt does that for you.

>>52506553
no but I have a 2mbit internet connection and don't want to install bloat on my shitty laptop.

>>52506146
arch is OS for masochists and authistic faggots

>>52506581
>bloat
nice BUZZWORD lol

>>52506584
+1

>>52506256
>>battery doesn't work
what

Pretty sure the charging circuit doesn't depend on your OS to pull the power from the battery

>>52506584
>>52506602
retards detected

>>52506561
No, they aren't.
PPAs are custom repos. You can add such repos in Arch, and there are some (e.g. one with ZFS enabled Linux).
AUR is a source package repository. On Debian the closest thing is their source repo that you have access to with apt-src. However, access to this repo is restricted, unlike for AUR.
Build scripts are really more secure than private repos if you check their contents (which is easy in Arch), because you have less people to trust.

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Why not Fedora

>>52506561
Wow, your opinion is much much more important because you call other people autists.

>>52506622
because arch just werkz tm

>>52506575
I do it to update all my packages, from the official repo and the aur

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>>52506630
but fedora

>>52506632
yaourt -Syua updates both.

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>>52506464
>>52506454
quite obvious that it's from the same guy

>>52506313
Isn't Antergos regular Arch with one extra repo ?

>>52506635
lol

>>52506635
IT JUST WORKS

>>52506256
Your class is mad dumb. Ive installed that meme operating system over 20 times. Each time no issue.

Ive even got working on an intel nuc.

>>52506809
literally yes and they're trying really hard to build an installer which does work but sometimes it just fails. It's also very limited at this point so if you're used to doing some customisations during your arch install, this will not satisfy your needs.

>>52506146
Sucks to be you OP. Can't even do a simple thing right. Take pills and make suicide of yourself. (-:

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>>52506146
I don't get this meme.
I consider myself barely literate when it comes to computers and stuff. Yet I'm running Arch with almost no problems.

>>52506464
He got proper rekt because in reddit as well as far as I know

>>52506989
>KDE
So you just installed the most bloated of bloat DE's on top of Arch?
Wow, you must be a linux god.

>>52507018
>Wow, you must be a linux god.
Exactly.
I just installed the easiest to use DE. I don't have patience or knowledge to play around with various WMs.

>>52507018
KDE is for people with jobs. End of conversation

>>52507042
>>52507043
So the fact that you're using Arch is largely irrelevant.

This thread was about people who use arch and install minimal WM's and are left having to configure every other aspect of the OS manually.

>>52507018
You know what they say. Old habits die hard.

>>52507018
>Arch is only for WM retards
How about you fuck off to /bst/ ?

>>52506146
>can't even get basic font rendering
Adding a respiratory and registering a key was that hard for you?

>>52507066
Well that's their decision. I can pretty much install my entire configuration from installation CD, and then finish it with porting my saved settings from previous KDE settings.
This is exactly how I transferred the last time I changed my computer.

Antergos

>>52507123
Literal shitpost right above
>>52506146
Point of Arch:
Arch = whatever you want your system to be

>install arch
>get everything running
>had pretty fun doing it along with some frustrations
>comp dies completely
>getting new comp
>ubuntu + i3wm instead
Seriously just can't be arsed setting Arch up again, did have fun with it though

>>52507159
>Literal shitpost right above
explain

>>52507184
OP did not ask for your distro recommendation he asked what the point of Arch is

>>52507225
I didn't make that post, I thought you were referring to Antergos itself

>install gentoo
>urge to kill myself
Anyone else get this?

>>52507272
>falling for the oldest meme on /g/

>>52507043
Lol. KDE is probably the worst DE out there after Unity right now.

>>52506146
The point of arch is to have the latest software available and to offer maximum configuration, you're a fucking retard.

>>52507360
Sorry, I am just too busy to configure some basic shit like mtp+kconnect, kprinter, kbluetooth etc

>>52506440
>not just using architect

>>52507360
Once you disable the botnet Unity is better than KDE.

>>52507360
explain

>>52507696
Unity is down right ugly, unusably so. KDE is bloated, slow, and buggy.

>install arch
>spend 1/2 days reading wiki article and install Infinality
>everything looks clean and beautiful

So what's the point of Arch, exactly?

>>52507710
>Unity is down right ugly, unusably so. KDE is bloated, slow, and buggy.
I just see subjective evidence

>discarded

>>52506146
I plan on installing arch just for something to do since I need a linux OS for my university course

>>52507718
Jokes one you I had my font rendering fixed by default with a fresh plasma installed
Not afraid of bloats because my HDD is not a toaster

>>52507732
>bloat and buggy are subjective

>>52507744
I just installed KDE on arch to check it out, logged in, 490mb RAM usage on the entire system.

What the fuck are you talking about?

>>52507760
>bloat refers to ram used
Ok.

>>52507792
>2016
>Free space: 150 MB

>>52507792
Get a fucking new HDD you pleb.
Also

>kde-applications + plasma desktop install
>~400mb

Like, are you retarded?

>>52507837
You do realise you could have literally infinite space and it'd still be bloat right.

>>52507843
you are literally just trolling now, unless you can actually articulate what arbitrary metric you're referring to.

>>52507864
Having tons of shit to sort through on your pc that you'll never use or is inferior to an alternative is bloat senpai.

>>52507870
>Having tons of shit to sort through on your pc that you'll never use or is inferior to an alternative is bloat senpai.
Oh that meme. Yes I almost forgot there are guys like you around.

Well, what exactly is all of this 'shit' you claim that you need to sort through?

>>52507886
The shit is the bloatware senpai. Are you slow?

>>52507733
>installing arch
>for university
You are going to get yelled at by your professor for doing hobby shit in class.
>raises hand
>yes Anon, what can I help you with?
>my X settings are finally to my liking, now I need to configure my terminal emulator to look the ones in the desktop threads...
>Anon, have you pushed your final project to the git repo so that it can be graded tomorrow?
>n-no, I haven't started yet because I still need to get these godamn anime pictures positioned perfectly for my screenfetch post!

>>52507894
Bloats are the things you don't use
As for me, I use many KDE features that you GNOME cucks fail to have

>>52507894
>The shit is the bloatware senpai. Are you slow?
I'm asking you to point it out you fucking dense retard

>>52506146
took about 20 minutes when i installed arch first time.

>>52507914
>GNOME
I use i3 senpai.

>>52507923
All the shit you don't use. It's different for every user.

>>52507930
Oh sorry I thought I was involved in conversation with someone employed

It's for fun. Some people like the idea of building from scratch. If you have a good understanding of how GNU/Linux works it isn't completely difficult.

>>52507952
>Oh sorry I thought I was involved in conversation with someone employed
>ad hominem
Implying I'm not.

>>52507930
>All the shit you don't use. It's different for every user.
>uses i3

Oh I see, you just installed arch for >muh desktop threads.
you are safe to ignore

>>52507980
>muh desktop threads
I have never posted in those threads, ever. i3 isn't about showing off it's about efficiency senpai.

>>52507971
you honestly don't give that impression.

>>52506146
>>install arch
>>spend 2 days reading wiki articles and forum posts
>>can't even get basic font rendering

Son you might be retarded, if you follow the beginners guide you'll end up in the recommendations where font rendering is covered

-A Debian user

>>52507989
>I have never posted in those threads, ever. i3 isn't about showing off it's about efficiency senpai.
>ending all sentences with senpai

What a fucking weeb. I am done with your idiocy

>>52506256
Stop using hardware fags from g suggested and start using normie hardware and it just werks

>>52508028
>What a fucking weeb.
Don't call me a fucking weeb senpai. I fucking hate anime, it's garbage.

>more ad hominems

>installing ubuntu and not Xubuntu
>complaining of slowness

your fault

> doesn't come with anything
> software from this century in the repos
> lots of stuff in the repositories

find an alternative.

>>52508028
don't be mad senpai

test to see if senpai (f.a.m) is still hot

>>52508052
ad hominem is the only thing you're good for

>>52508085
Gentoo

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>>52507907

>>52506146
>crossing out the best arguments arch has to offer besides pacman, AUR & wiki
>babbies first linux is so much better because who cares if i don't use 3/4 of preinstalled programs, nor the DE.
>i dont know how into arch so i have to insult it on my personal blog
>you can do everything you can do on arch if you have the knowledge, but muh head hurts and i personally can't do it on any distro

Just fuck off

>>52508325
wow, your mad anonymous

>>52508355
i just hate dumb rant threads with taking out the answers the topic really has to offer.
and blogposts

shit triggers me

>>52508396
then why r u on 4chan, u masochist lol!

>>52508427
i grew up here.
from /b/tard to /mu/tant evolving into a /g/entleman

i guess so

>>52506173
What's the point in doing thing you don't know about, other than just breaking things up? It's all trial and error until you learn anyway

>>52508028
>literally being this new

>>52508440
/mu/ is the fucking worst board ever and I've jumped a lot of boards /b/ /r9k/ /vg/ /pol/ /g/ /fit/

>>52508481
>/mu/ is the fucking worst board
I can concur.
I'm a huge music fan but /mu/ is fucking shit.
Literally hipsters jumping on any obscure/trendy bandwagon and nothing else.

You're better off going to /tv/ if you want to discuss entertainment.

>>52508481
i only was on the three mentioned, but from my POV it's the same outcome

a bit suprising, being told by everyone that /r9k/ should be the worst. But i believe you, really.

>>52506146
Why do you care if people want to waste their time learning to configure their computer instead of just using pre-configured cookie cutter distro?

>>52508503
/r9k/ at least has the occasional good thread once in a blue moon but it's a close second

>>52506539
At fucking what? Being inaccessible? That's not the same thing, anon.

>>52507914
>I use many KDE features that you GNOME cucks fail to have

just curious, what are these feats?
Never used KDE but I think of switching or at least trying.

>>52506173
His point is that you have to spend days to figure out what you're doing. The user shouldn't have to understand font rendering configurations in order to have decent looking fonts. People have better things to do with their time.

>>52506219
I don't need all the bullshit that ubuntu includes, and pacman is superior to apt.
source: I use pacman, apt, and emerge almost daily

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>KDE
the bloat is real

>>52506219
IT'S FUN
AND I DON'T EVEN USE LINUX I USE WANGBLOWS!

>>52506146
>So what's the point of Arch, exactly?

It's fun and educational to figure out how YOU messed up. Can't blame the computer if something don't work.

It's for people who enjoy hours upon hours of looking at documentation and fiddling with configs and installing stuff

>>52507733
>arch for uni
dont

>>52509636
Why. Werked for me.

>>52509646
because running into issues at inconvenient times can fuck you over

>>52509660
If you set it up properly though you shouldn't have issues. If you struggle to set it up right in a short amount of time maybe you should reconsider the course you're in desu.

>>52509672
>seemingly innocent update
>oops there goes matlab
obviously if you use nothing but the terminal and a fucking editor you can use whatever distro

>>52509697
I'm not saying that shit doesn't happen. But I've never seen it happen personally. I don't know what people are using that their shit breaks on an update.

>>52506146
Arch is a nice toy if you're 17/18.

>>52509709
>I'm not saying that shit doesn't happen. But I've never seen it happen personally
fair, some retards do argue the "shit doesnt happen" angle
>I don't know what people are using that their shit breaks on an update.
depends on how much you have to use the AUR i presume, never had any issues with official repos, but some software is AUR or not at all

>>52506146

You fell for the Arch meme.
Don't worry, we had a good laugh..

Now.. hey, why don't you install Gentoo?
Hahahahaha..

>>52509697
>2016
>using matlab

Found your problem, luddite.

>>52509850
if you are going to mention octave i will slap your shit

>>52506146
>You can do all those things on any GNU/Linux distro if you know what you're doing.
And yet you couldn't do it on Arch, which leaves me to believe you'll never bother trying to figure it out on Ubuntu

>>52508481
>says /mu/ is worse than /pol/
>first reaction is to disagree
>come to the conclusion I just cant
>/mu/ is shit

>>52509718
This.
I´ve had a good time with it figuring things out back when I was 18. Then I turned 19, real life came and there was no time for playing with it now.

>>52506989
look at that green terminal text! what a hacker

>>52509718
>>52509901
I have high doubts that you are so busy that you couldn't install Arch in a weekemd

>>52509926
maybe they have a limited amount of freetime and would prefer to spend that on something else?

>>52509945
maybe they shouldn't judge on other people using their time as they like, i.e. trying out arch

>>52509960
eh i agree with them, 17/18/19 is prime time for it for most people
if youre willing to dig around your distro after work and enjoy that obv above doesnt apply

i know i fit the bill, installed arch during my 1 week off around a christmas holiday and had a blast, but as soon as it was over and real life came knocking again i just wanted something that werks again (ran into an issue that surely could be fixed but wouldve "just werked" elsewhere)

>>52509697
99% of the time; that's just java fucking with you senpai.

>>52510024
Probably, yeah, but at the end of the day something's fucking with me and that's inconvenient with deadlines.

>>52510045
True. I think you can just script it to use jdk7 all the time, and it should be fine.

>>52510079
If only I knew that back when, will give it an attempt next time I go around to playing around with Arch (I just know it will happen). Thanks

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and I'm here shitposting from Manjaro.
>mfw all the best Arch has to offer
>without wasting time setting it up and messing with configs

>>52510165
>manjaro
You are literally the joke of the Arch community.

>>52510165
>Manjaro
Don't forget to reset your hardware clock.

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>>52510207
>Arch community
oh no

>>52510242
community being all the users, not the forums senpai

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>>52510165

>>52509864
b-but muh freedumbs, anon!

>>52509926
Well, if you already know what you are doing, it is not that hard at all. But getting familliar with Arch/Linux structure takes a several nights figuring some X stuff out. Just saying.

>>52506307
>damage control

>>52506999
>got proper rekt
its top rated submission of all time on /r/archlinux subreddit

>>52508440
Cool. That's my exact progression. Started about 8 years ago

>>52506146
.Xresources:

Xft.antialias: 1
Xft.hinting: 1
Xft.hintstyle: hintslight
Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault
Xft.rgba: rgb

$ xrdb -merge .Xresources

Not our fault you're retarded.

>>52511175
arent those only for terminal and wont fix firefox looking like from 1995?

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>>52511198
No, it will fix your X font rendering.
>Xft
>X font
Pic related is what this configuration looks like.

>>52511175
>no infinality

>>52511336
They fucked up the ultimate config in an update, so i uninstalled it and just used vanilla freetype rendering.
It looks exactly the same as my old infinality setup without all the stupid hackish infinality bloat.

>>52508517
no it doesn't

>>52509864
Python or ruby you faggot. Matlab is a fucking relic

>>52511469
If you could achieve infinality with just a few config settings why does it exist.

>>52507870
>>52507886
>>52507886
>>52507894
>>52507923
>>52507930
>>52507989
>>52508052
>>52508106
>>52510024
>>52510245
>senpai XDDDD
shut the fuck up retard

>>52511749
Its a wordfilter you dumb fuck.
>>>/reddit/

>>52511749
>he doesn't realise people are typing fa.m

How dumb is the average /g/ user now that Arch has to be an "autistic" distribution? If you find Arch that difficult to set up then you are a fucking idiot.

>>52511749
kill yourself newfag

>>52511775
farm?

>>52511773
>>52511775
>>52511797
I understand it's a word filter, what I meant was
STOP TYPING SENPAI THEN YOU FUCKING IDIOTS WHEN YOU KNOW IT FILTERS TO THAT SHIT
You retards act as if senpai is any better.

>>52511815
f-a-m gets autocorrected to senpai
>>52511842
How about you get the fuck back to reddit if you cant handle Japanese themed image boards.

>>52511775
What the fuck does f_a_m mean, senpai?

>>52511875
It means to make fun of nigger culture.

>>52511875
short for family, niggerslang that implies the same as bro/friend/buddy

>>52511873
You don't need to talk like a fucking anime character just because you're on fucking 4chan you cringy fuck.

>>52511911
>what are wordfilters

>>52507760
Wow, that is still a lot of RAM for the base system, mine works with less than 200 MB using Xubuntu. If you're taking into account other applications like Firefox, then it's ok.

>>52511742
Exactly. Infinality is stupid bloat.
I used to use it because I didn't know how to setup freetype, but now I do and it's much easier than installing a shitty hack.

>>52506146
>You can do all those things on any GNU/Linux distro if you know what you're doing.
First, no you can't. Go ahead and put your Ubuntu on a rolling release.
Second, you whine about how "Arch is so hard guys" and then suggest that someone turn Ubuntu into Arch which is much harder.

>>52511842
Whatever, senpai.

>>52511775
I'm aware of the wordfilters, but I type senpai deliberately. I hate niggerspeak.

>>52512176
>but I type senpai deliberately
a sign that you should consider suicide

>>52512176
I hate it too, but it's become a habit I'm not proud of.

>>52506581
Ok, then your INTERNET sucks cocks.
My bad.

>>52506146
install gentoo faggot

>>52507718
>install Arch
>spend 1 minute installing freetype2-infinality from AUR
>everything looks clean and beautiful

>>52508481
Fucking /mu/ never again.
I'd rather have all the 12 year olds at /b/ posting Mac shilling and gayman hardware threads nonstop than go to /mu/ again.

>>52509660
I've honestly run into more inconvenient issues on Ubuntu than Arch. As a poorfag I have to make do with old and unusual hardware. Also fixing weird problems is much harder when you first have to find out which of the dozen layers of eye candy UI it is that's breaking at the moment.

yaourt -S fontconfig-ubuntu

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>>52509926
>wasting a weekend installing an operating system
You're only proving their point you know, arch is for people with nolife and/or nojob.

>>52512828
If you're familiar with the terminal it can take out a chunk of one day to install. To set it up afterwards will take time too, but any OS will if you want to configure it to your liking. When you're using that OS for years, the hours it takes to install is negligible. If you are fine with the defaults that x distro gives you, then arch isn't for you, and that's fine.

>can't get basic font rendering
Just installing xorg gets you BASIC font rendering, idiot. BAWWW I WANT MY FONTS TO LOOK FUZZY AND INDISTINCT LIKE MAH APPLEFUCK COMPUTERS BECAUSE IT MAKES IT LOOK COOL HOW I DO THAT

Goddamn, fontfucks are retarded.

>>52512884
It takes less time for me to install Arch and then install a desktop with a good set of programs than it does to install Ubuntu. Not even a "chunk."

>>52508440
I did this. Been here for ~7 years. I run Ubuntu Gnome.

>>52512982
I'm talking about for someone who has not installed arch before

>>52506146
Holy fuck what the fuck did you do

>3months of linux experience
>use architect iso to install arch
>done
>love it

>>52510966
Thanks, shitty apps guy

>>52506256
Are you retarded?

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God knows how many months of my life I've wasted on Gentoo and Arch. Probably just as much time as I've wasted on 4chan.

>>52515058
>Probably just as much time as I've wasted on 4chan.
If anyone knew how much time they have wasted on 4chan, they'd instantly kill themselves.

Imagine being told you have shitposted for an entire 2 years of your life.

>>52515244

Been here since late 2006 so approx nine years. Perhaps half an hour per day average for me over that time, though I did used to binge when I first started.

(9 years * 365 days * 30 mins) /(60 mins*24 hours) = 68.4 days of my life lost here.

Brb making a noose.

>>52515375
That's fucking nothing.

>>52515375
That's baby tier though, I have that in 1,5 years of watching anime casually.

>>52515375
Fag. I've been here since early 07 but have spent around 4 hours a day here on average so I'm not even gonna do the math.

>>52506257

You meant to say you get to spew shit while I am able to shape an OS to my liking? Why, thank you, well put.

>>52512828
I didn't realize people didn't have weekends off

>>52506390
"battery drain" shitrace

>>52515879
I work 7 days a week. I only took 5 days off last year

The universal distro hopping cycle:

Ubuntu -> Mint -> LMDE -> Debian -> Antergos -> Arch -> openSUSE -> Debian

Search your feelings, you know it to be true.

>>52516618
That sucks man. You live to work.

>>52516670
I'm only happy when I'm working or funposting

>>52516618
>>52516723
What do you do?

>>52516829
I'm a dish washer

>>52516855
You enjoy dishwashing? That's easily the worst job in any restaurant

>>52516872
But I'm getting payed and having this conversation at the same time. When it gets a bit warmer I have a labor job lined up with a tuckpointer. It's time for me to move on

>>52511842
I do what I want baka senpai.

>>52506173
/thread

I installed Antergos and it just werks :^)

It literally just works though.

hi /g/, I've been considering installing linux recently.

Last linux I installed and used was slackware 7 sometime around 1998

Will Arch kick my ass?

>>52509082
His point is wrong. I switched to Arch in the first place because I couldn't be bothered fixing Ubuntu when it shit itself on every upgrade.

It's like building your own house. But as for me, I'm a Manjaro shitlord, I get an empty studio to work with.

>>52516642
Arch > OpenSuSe >Arch reporting in

>>52517559
not if you are patient and really want to do it. following a guide/tutorial isn't so bad

>>52506146
there is no point but to brag on the internet going "hurr durr I have le arch I'm master haxx0r"

Nobody takes Arch seriously. Actual hackers are on the bsd's and Debian.

>>52518980
i use os x whcih is basically bsd am i a hacker now?

>>52518980
>BECAUSE I SAY SO!
ok m8

>>52506146
I installed it just to see how painful it was. I also wanted to learn a bit more about linux as a whole. I don't use Arch to be productive, but to just fiddle with linux now and again.

>>52519928
people dont use arch to be productive, which is the entire fucking point.

>>52506146


If you want shit that works, Fedora 23. M'lady

>>52520366
They can though. Unfortunately the distro attracts a lot of NEET losers that make it look bad. At least on /g/.

>>52506809
>with one extra repo

>regular but
>but
>>>>but

>>52520366

arch is productive if your object is to learn about linux. i really don't understand the hate arch gets on this forum. just look at it as a hobby -- yeah, you might look down on people who have enough time/interest to spend doing archlinux things, and it might piss you off when they're elitist about it, but isn't
>likes arch, must be NEET, should get job
just substituting one kind of elitism for another?

i respect anyone who has spent enough time to gain an in-depth understanding of pretty much anything.

full disclosure: i am an arch fuckboy.

>>52506989
HANDOVER THAT BACKGROUND

>install arch
>suck at it
This is why you install ubuntu, you're not ready for arch.

One day. One day you will understand.

>>52511911
You've seen their wallpapers and shit, right? What your trying to do is a hopeless cause

>>52521015
Arch is also one of the few distro's where you have to be part of the community.
Like reading the news of special things you can do to complete an upgrade or how to do configure certain things.

Coming from long time ubuntu user, this stuff is really easy.
I spend a day being frustrated with the installation the first time but after that everything is easier. Updates, installing software, installing software outside repo. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone because I would hate to support someone else but It is nice to have fixed the bugs before they hit ubuntu.

>>52521411
>have to
What. No you don't.

>>52521429
i think what he's saying (and i agree) is that somewhere along the line in your arch linux fuckfest you will need to rely on the knowledge and expertise of others in the community. the main source being of course the immaculately maintained wiki, but the forums are also active.

but if you can get arch installed and working reasonably well all on your own with no prior experience with the distro, respect.

>>52521519
That is how you learn though to be fair. And you kind of have to learn if you want to use a distro that doesn't wipe your ass for you.

>>52516642
Where the fuck is Fedora core?

>>52521679

One of the cores runs fedora? Just how new are you?

>being too stupid to run arch
>complaining about how stupid it is on /g/

Just gtfo already