Post B4ejyzSJrhGfqE1OjY by nroth@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B4dsc3wLjON9WCFZ1k by itsfoss@mastodon.social
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       I firmly believe this, what about you? 🙂#linux #archlinux
       
 (DIR) Post #B4duJX5fKKBSKftptA by aproposnix@mastodon.social
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       @itsfoss as someone who had to compile everything from the ground up back in the 1990's, I don't see it as an issue. In fact, I never want to have to go through that early experience again. What's the argument for making it more difficult to install? So you can flex?
       
 (DIR) Post #B4dv0Tu33MCOtnwezw by iam_jfnklstrm@social.linux.pizza
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       @itsfoss Nah! That's gate keeping... lowering the threashold to Arch is a good thing
       
 (DIR) Post #B4dwLdKXIXOiAkz6Tg by Blujean@mas.to
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       @itsfoss I like the manual install better, because I like to know how everything works and I need a reminder every so often :) if people want to use a gui, let them. I'll stick with the cli diy.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4dxk3OM9Y5DuByoJE by lobstermane@mastodon.social
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       @itsfoss It’s good to learn how to do it manually once so you learn about each component of an OS and know what’s what but not everyone hs the time to configure things every time they do a reinstall. That’s why I love NixOS. I have my config and can set up a machine to use my preferred setup and packages in <30 min and changes stay consistent across machines.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4dyO3EWA7mmzqRyHg by canella@mastodon.social
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       @itsfoss I agree, but up to a point and I'll explain; to learn how to install and configure ArchLinux (but Linux in general), using archinstall is not recommended. But after you learn how to do it, if you're working (and by working I mean someone pays you for your work) and maybe you want to use ArchLinux to do a Firewall or something, having archinstall that lets you quickly install a minimal version is a nice help, believe me.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4dzoyqOgkoX9nZZDs by lai0602@mastodon.social
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       @itsfoss But for noobs like me, I'd say it helps getting started (Even though I still get lots of trouble while using `archinstall`)
       
 (DIR) Post #B4e4cfj8RIpcA77ssS by qwertviop@chaos.social
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       @itsfoss What do you mean? Do you not want your Lego's to come pre-assembled too? /j
       
 (DIR) Post #B4e4d0lgD2LRQ5TiG8 by Kenjiwhe@mastodon.social
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       @itsfoss It's still Arch and Arch rules.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4eHo1NLacCBtSg2Vc by FynnND@mastodon.social
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       @itsfoss if you don't like it don't use it. No point in removing things others like, just because you don't
       
 (DIR) Post #B4ejyzSJrhGfqE1OjY by nroth@mastodon.social
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       @itsfoss Archinstall doesn't support my use case, so I never use it, but Arch still works.For many people though, I would imagine that having a script makes this tinker-friendly distro more accessible. Arch doesn't carry strong opinions, so user meddling tends not to cause instability. That's the real fun imo
       
 (DIR) Post #B4fgS9HgCHDS3xeYeu by GarretSidzaka@mastodon.social
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       @itsfoss I don't know what that script is and I'm not going to find out
       
 (DIR) Post #B4i4JRumLVBiSFFJPk by paddlaren@mastodonsweden.se
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       @itsfoss Installers do indeed take the fun out. But they also bring a lot of frustration of not easily allowing me to setup the system like I want it to. Beside, there is also the risk of destroying parts of the disks I like to keep. Chrooted installs is the way.