Why haven't you installed Arch Linux yet?

>>60330727
I need my OS to work

>>60331046
My OS works just fine. First time I've installed it and it didn't take me long

>>60330727
Are you Chinese?

>>60331060
no why?

>>60330727
Because it's using the shittiest kernel out there

>>60331046

but I am

>>60330273

>>60331073
Fucked up wide fonts.

>>60331081
Install another one then, you don't have to just go with what's stock.

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>>60331158
I'm a stupid nigger I forgot to install the font

no steam

>>60331860
?????
pacman -S steam??????

>>60331860
Last time I checked Steam was in the Aecb repository. Did they remove it or something?

>>60330727
Arch: just look how hard is install it
Me: retarder fedora is better
Arch: we are elitist asshole
Me: I don't had time to Neckbeards games.

>>60331929
wew lad learn how2english
and Arch isn't hard to install, you just have to follow the instruction and not be a stupid faggot

>>60331929
What a load of crap. Arch is piss easy to install.

>Why haven't you installed [a distro]
>theming is not in any way dependent on distro
??? + sage

>>60331959
>>60331966
These are right, all you need to do is install Antergos then change os-release back to Arch. Nobody will ever know.

:^)

>>60332364
It's really not hard though. It might be difficult for people who have it hard with making decisions.

>>60330727
Used to ubuntu. I like to run the same OS as my servers.

>>60330727
It's just a meme
install gentoo GNU/Linux

>>60332364
I love Antergos, it's Arch without the autism

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Why did you do it? To "figure out how your system works"? The only thing you probably found out installing that thing is that your OS runs services in the background. VERY impressive! And you even followed that i3wm webcast on youtube! Great! You forgot to actually configure your font renderer, though.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume you installed Infinality:

sudo bash /etc/fonts/infinality/infctl.sh setstyle

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4g2mcu/why_not_arch_linux/d2e4api/

>>60330727
because linux cant do shit and is just as exploited as windows

sage

timesink =/= comfy

arch screenfetch with i3-wm
Are you also rocking an anime flat wallpaper?

>>60330727

I cant find the App in the Windows Store.

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what is the downside to keeping arch on my i686 machine past november? i have all packages i want. if i really need a package, i can just compile myself right?

>>60331046
Essentially this.
>>60330727
I haven't installed Arch Linux because even though Manjaro was beautiful, it lacked some of the most basic components that should be in an Operating System: drivers.

>>60336670
technically yes, there's not a single con to running x64; backup your home and do it.

They ruined Firefox with gtk3

Question for arch users, is it hard to maintain stability once you're done installing?

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>>60336756
not really, lately it's been very stable, just keep it debloated and update every day or week, DE tends to be lots of processes running at the same time and some of then may not update synced to work properly, almost 2 years running same install with a all the shit I find in AUR, currently just GNS3 is broken but I don't need it

>>60330727
Because I'm running gentoo :^)

>>60339155
Is it worth it?

>>60330727
You've shown us a browser window with 4chanx or appchan or whatever installed but somehow that shitty arch window is supposed to be so cool that I ditch steam and all my games to use the same browser on a different operating system but now I'll too be able to get that shitty commodore tier window up and go yes what the fuck am I doing.

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>>60336756
I remember having only one minor issue in an update that was patched like the next day.

>>60330727
>>60338689

>>60330727
because I just installed lubuntu and I'm too retarded for that

It was too obnoxious for me to compile packages that was only available on the AUR. I have to admit though that packages available from the official respitories install faster than Deb/RPM packages on Ubuntu/Fedora.

>>60339201
NOBODY CARES GERARD

>>60339275
I'll never understand why someone always says my name when I show it in a screenshot.

>>60339293
It's a dope name.

>>60339293
anonymity amplifies names.

>>60339293
I don't even know why I did it, tbqh. At least you're not one of those mongs who redacts their username as if it's information anyone cares about or can do anything with.

>>60339332
I redact mine because it's sailorjupiter@pretty-guardian-box

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>>60339413

>>60330727
>tfw I've had an SD card in my laptop with Arch installation media for literally 5(five) months but haven't gotten around to it because college

How big is the arch linux iso? My flash drive is only 1gb.

>>60339563
around 200mb

im not autistic

I don't need bleeding edge software and I don't want a DIY distro

>>60339563
Tiny, and if you wanted Antergos the net image for that is tiny too.

If you care about MAC and want to keep the vanilla kernel, Arch sucks.
Although I just managed to install Akari with the default kernel so I'm happy.
Also I've heard setting up Apparmor / SELinux manually is fucking horrible

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Because i decided to install Devuan instead.

>>60330727
>comfy
can we get rid of this autistic shit /g/? how can linux be comfy when it takes you literally 3+ days to set it up properly? fuck off faggots

>>60340232
its 12th May 2017.
Im calling this now
Devuan is gonna be a meme.

>>60340297
>3+ days to set it up properly
brainlet detected

I used Arch for a few years and switched to Fedor recently. It's so nice being on a professional OS that actually contributes to GNU/Linux. Installation is a breeze. Package management is good (as is arch). Seems quite stable

>>60331046
If Arch doesn't work, it's not an issue with the OS, It's a PEBKAC situation. Stop being a mongoloid.

>>60330727
There is no practical benefit to me using Arch over using a minimal Xubuntu install, and Xubuntu is much easier to set up.

It was comfy
Until after a few weeks it stopped working for no reason

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>>60340603
>he needs 3 days to setup arch
>thinks he is not the retarded nigger

>>60331603
Lmao
>works out the box
>forgot to i stall fonts

Moron.

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>>60340447
>dnf
>good
The solver is fine but come on son.

>>60330727
Because Ubuntu just works!

Because linux is garbage for non hobbyists?

I have, but I might switch to void.

>>60342119
I might switch too, but I'll probably wait a bit longer.

>>125205231
Because Linux Mint exists and it is far more superior than your stupid meme OS that requires at least 3 hours of maintanancena day.

Fucking kys you degenerate virgin neet

Because I'm using Debian Unstable

>>60344224
>OS that requires at least 3 hours of maintanancena day
You setup Arch just once and it's stable as fuck, are you so retarded that you break your system everyday and need 3 hours to repair it?

>>60344462
Shove the stable meme up your anus you brain dead nigger. Arch is literally the worst of what GNU/Linux has to offer.

>>60344497
Defend your assertion. Cogently.

>>60344497
>t. brainlet

>>60330727
Is it free?

>>60336960
>debloated
Good luck given arch packages are compiled against every dependency built in by the package devs
> even conflicting ones on occasion

>>60344565
>>60344574
Give me ONE (1) good reason to use an unstable distro

>>60344655
You have yet to prove that Arch is unstable.

>>60344679
Not the guy you're replying to, but Arch is by definition unstable since it's bleeding edge.

"Stable" means that the packages have been rigorously tested to behave consistently in a specific ecosystem, not that it works on your machine. Bleeding edge packages cannot be "stable" under any non-meme definition of the word because they simply have not been in the respective ecosystem long enough to identify any problems.

>>60330727
>don't want to spent hours setting shit up
>don't want to spent hours troubleshooting every update
>don't want instability in favour of "muh 2% speed increase"
>install Solus

>>60340465
Having to install all your drivers doesn't make you edgy, it makes you retarded.

>>60344576
If you mean by free as in the distro like the package manager and essential base software is free, yes. If you mean by stallmans definition of free no, the repos contain proprietary software.

>>60344679
They can never do it, it's hilarious.

>>60344791
see >>60344729

>>60344729
>>60344855
Actually Arch aims to provide the latest STABLE versions of software, not unstable/beta/testing like debian sid for example. So yes, it is bleeding edge, but not unstable. See the overview of arch:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Linux
"Bleeding edge" is not a synonym of "unstable". Arch can be easily configured into a robust system. The point still stands, it has yet to be proven that Arch is unstable.

>>60330727
Because it's a proprietary botnet.

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>>60344740
>installing an os makes you retarded
what did he mean by this

>>60345063
I said drivers sperg. The OS is installed *during OS installation*, not after I've logged fully and expect everything working.

>>60345192
Just use your installation script and it will fully work out of the box after you log in. You don't have to do everything by hand like a retard nigger.

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I use Antergos

>>60345263
Care to explain why it's not built into the OS if it's so easy?

I was going to try Arch but then I see retarded shit about having to hand configure everything and realize I'd rather spend hours being productive than pretending to be a leet hacker.

>>60345018
Might play with it in a VM sometime, for now I will stick with Xubuntu because it is has been relatively simple to update and maintain thus far with minimal RTFM.
Already spent a fair amount of time configuring GPU passthrough and audio to be perfect, I don't want to go through the process of setting everything up all over again.
Major updates come up every 6 months that I assume would require me to setup everything anyway to ensure it all runs smoothly, if a rolling release would eliminate that then that could be good. What I do worry about however is that I won't be able to update my system if I haven't touched it for a long while.

>>60345285
Because Arch is not about a "one size fits all mentality". There are generalized install scripts if you don't like to tailor your os to your needs, but then why would you take an interest in an os that advertises itself as a 'do-it-yourself' distro in the first place?

>>60330727
Because I'm not a fucking autist that spends days configuring his OS only to make himself feel like he achieved something in his miserable life.

Take a shower, clip your nails, brush your teeth and get out of the house for a change.

Because Ubuntu is even more comfy.

>>60346758
This is annoyingly true. I just hope the IPO and switch to GNOME don't ruin it.

>>60340603
>doesn't know how to batch install with pacaur and pacman or even octopi
>inb4 internet is 1 megabit

>>60345413
>implying arch users didn't choose it for up-to-date plasma packages
>octopi > all

>>60345285
not him but why would you install drivers though? linux just werks unless you fell for the gaymer mouse/keyboard and gfx card then you should just stick to windows until the end of time.
>rather be 'productive' when he's never had experience writing more than 2 kilobytes of pure code
>fell for the leet hacker meme and too autistic or lazy enough to write a few bytes of text or even use visudo to edit sudoers
Nothing is hard. It's all about brain capacity and capability. Brainlets always complain about complexity that's why life is always hard for brainlets.

>>60330727
Too stupid

Give me a legitiment reason you use Arch.

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>>60330727
I have already installed Arch

>>60351431
It's not legitimint.

>>60351431
AUR is all you'll ever need

>>60346758
Ubuntu spies on its users and sells your data to Amazon

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>>60340465
Between keyboard and chair is usually an dumb faggot

>>60330727
Because I care about security.

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>>60353502
there's open bug reports for everything no matter what you use.

>>60330727
if i wanted to spend hours to configure things then i would install gentoo because its much better and can be customized more than arch.

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Been there.
Went back to Fedora *tips*

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>>60340603
>Arch takes 3 days to set up

Pacman seems like a powerful package manager but I have no reason to get off of Mint otherwise.