I just spent the last 2 weeks installing Arch Linux. I'm

Should've installed Gentoo. The handbook for installation is hands-down retard-proof.

Nice memes

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>>56290200
i'll take the bait
i don't even have much experience with linux other than mint but i printed out the installation guide from the wiki and followed it. it only took me about 15 minutes.

>>56290200
>How the fuck am I supposed to edit files when I'm on a fucking command line?
Are you retarded?
'linux edit file command line' is a ten seconds Google search. That is including the time to clink on, read and comprehend the first result.

>>56290200
>he tried to CLI install without knowing how to use CLI

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DESU, i thought bait when I saw the original post but then it go me thinking.

OP, have you been to your local GP or doctor to check if you're fucking thick?

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If it took you more than a couple hours to install Arch, then it isn't the best choice for you.

No hard feelings.

>>56290200
>I'm a complete retard, and yet I chose to install the most difficult OS a retard can try to install just so I can shit about it later
>didn't even read which linux distribution is easy or difficult to install, even though the link is in the sticky of this board
>chose to use the regular command line installer instead of the normie one
Your fault for not using an out of the box desktop OS. You have to be 18+ to post on this board, or at least know something about technology.

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>>56290200

>>56290353
>hours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWRkho6OREQ

>>56290375
To be fair, Arch doesn't have an official graphical installer any more.

You shouldn't be installing arch by copy-pasting commands, you seem dumber than the average gaymer.

>>56290375
If you have done it before and nothing goes wrong (hello missing wireless drivers), then really it takes a few minutes. Very similar to OpenBSD's install.

Debian and Ubuntu takes a lot longer, but are way more newbie-friendly.

And yet it's still easier than a Debian install

>>56290200
I see what you did. Clever, but the dumbasses who use Windows are too stupid to catch the subtle jabs, and only the full blown Linux autists will respond because they don't pick up on the subtlties in your post.
I get where you're coming from, but I think you may be wasting your time trying to have some fun.

Obviously bait. Sage goes in all fields.

>>56290200
If you wish to edit a file type "nano <file>"

STEP 1
use loadkeys and setfont commands to load your specific keyboard layout and set the font to your language (murricans can skip this)

STEP 2
connect to the internet
if you're on wireless use wifi-menu
if you're on ethernet use dhcpcd

STEP 3
set the time using timedatectl set-ntp true (this command essentially enables clock synchronization through your network)

STEP 4
partition your disk!
if you're dual booting with windoze check if you're in legacy or uefi mode
legacy needs to run MBR, uefi should run GPT
use the appropriate partitioning tool (i use cfdisk)
check out the arch wiki for common partition schemes the simplest one is just one big root partition

STEP 5
make the file systems using the mkfs command on the partitions
if you have a swap partition use mkswap

STEP 6
mount the partitions with umount command
if you have multiple partitions you'll have to make mount point directories and be careful in what order you're mounting

STEP 7
edit the mirror list (basically just put a few links closest to your physical location on the top of the document)

>>56290638
STEP 8
install the base system onto your root folder using the pacstrap script

STEP 9
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
run this command, it generates a file system table
think of it like a list of chapters at the beginning of a book
the chapters are the partitions you made on your system

STEP 10
chroot into your root!
set your locale, timezone and hostname
set the root password
install grub

that's it you can now exit chroot, unmount and reboot into your new base arch loonix system

>>56290353
Would bang.

>>56290282
I've installed Arch with having zero knowledge about Linux in one hour and a half.

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>>56290375

>>56291220
>Tripfags calling out namefags

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>>56290200
>2 weeks to install arch
is this seriously how stupid /g/ has become?

Being an Arch Linux user it feels good to know I'm just like the LISP hackers, our forefathers of computing, and that this experienced was gained and maintained through my own perseverance. Sure it'll have a few hours of system instability each day just to pull up my e-mail but, you know, it's all totally worth it. It's something that only I and a handful of others know how to do making us much more valuable than the numerous sheeple and plebians of distributions not worthy of mention. Sadly my story will not be told, my history will not be recorded, for I am an Arch Linux user.. a hacker who's destiny is a lonely one, because it's the secrecy that makes us worth while.

>>56290200
Yet another reason to purchase the new Apple Macbook Pro with Retina Display.

Lmao i followed a youtube video and my arch was installes in 30 minutes. Coming from windows 10. You need basic pc knowledge which you don't have

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>>56291220
>a tripfag calling out a namefag

holy shit they're turning on each other

>>56291810
Installed*

The arch install is convoluted and ridiculous.

That being said it is by no means hard to do.

>>56290200
>made so many typos due to mindlessly copying commands straight from the page.

>>56291616
Not sure, why are you falling for obvious trolling? See above.

>>56290200
Took me 2 hours the first time using the beginners guide, literally just follow the guide.

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Hey guys, I use Arch Linux™, because knowing how to rollback pacman package updates makes me an EXPERT HACKER SYSADMIN.
Pic related, it's my desktop. Arch Linux™ master race.

I don't get whats so hard about installing Arch. I did it drunk as fuck in like 30 minutes one day without knowing anything about CLI other than cd and ls.

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Is it?