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Users of Arch-based distros, why don't you use pure Arch? (ani.social)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by kiri@ani.social to c/linux@programming.dev
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(No provocation)

I see these reasons:

  • newbie
  • lazy (don't wanna edit config files etc.)
  • unique features (like assistant/toolbox, some optimizations like in cachyos)
  • wanna check how different systems are set up (that's rather distrohopping)

Personally, I used manjaro i3 when I was beigginer and wanted to see how tiling WM should be configured (check out ranger config, for example). But after some time, I don't see reasons why not to just customize pure arch (same with debian and debian-based distros).

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[โ€“] elo13@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm surprised to hear that archinstall doesn't start with setting the keyboard layout. I have only installed manually and IIRC the installation guide shows how to change the layout as the first step after booting into the installer.

[โ€“] Junkers_Klunker@feddit.dk 1 points 1 week ago

Yea, that would in my book be more important as it would make it WAY easier for the rest of the world ๐Ÿ˜