Arch is simple, but not easy.
Other distros might be easy, but not simpleLanguage is beautiful.
But not simple. Or easy…
I mean, have you seen archinstall? its pretty easy and straightforward. Unless you have a phobia against terminal screens.
Why not just direct them to Gentoo?
everything is simple once you know how to do it. i think a lot of the arch recommenders likely don’t realize how difficult some of these things can be the first time. it’s the same with any kind of specialized knowledge i think. it’s one of the reasons why teaching can be difficult. but the arch community has been super helpful in my experience
It’s a general problem with the community in my experience. People keep saying it’s “simple”, then whip 3 terminal commands out of their pocket nobody without extensive knowledge would understand (or be able to tell if they do something wrong). They just don’t realize how much knowledge they possess in comparison, and/or how little others are interested in gaining said knowledge (not because they’re ignorant, but simply because they got other priorities in life).
The community really needs an “injection of normies” for some people to wake up from their elitism trip.
Original, because sharing xkcd without alt text is a crime: https://xkcd.com/2501
For some reason archinstall never worked for me. EndeavourOS is a joy to use. (i know it’s a separate distro but besides branding and installing, there’s no difference at all)
Separate distro
Purple Arch 👿
EndeavourOS represent! 🪐🚀 Much easier install plus some pretty sick wallpapers, all without being hostile to users like
Windows issome proprietary operating systems.some pretty sick wallpapers
The actual state of Linux distributions.
