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[-] fl42v@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 year ago

If that's a first install, then sure. Otherwise... There was a speedrun installing arch under 2 min...

[-] rurutheguru 20 points 1 year ago

Might just be an old comic. The above was true a few years ago, but not so much anymore.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah now its like archinstall, check some boxes, maybe google some packages to install at setup and you're done.

[-] hex@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

i installed endeavouros really quickly

[-] shea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

oof i wish it was that easy. that's the simple version of what i spent the last 2 weeks doing. On Windows I'd consider myself a power user. I get a lot of work done, quickly, and besides that I would say I'm pretty tech literate over all. But arch is just ridiculously difficult to understand how to use unless you're already very familiar with linux. I feel like any wrong move i make is gonna break my setup. i got my comptia A+ , which while very basic, definitely goes to show I'm not some random luddite

[-] kogasa@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

What is ridiculously difficult to understand?

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I installed Linux mint on a trusty old thinkpad. Used it probably 5 times over the course of a year. Then installed arch on a newer T480s I received from work. I am a complete novice. It is literally that easy. You download the arch installer, follow the wiki on the 2 or 3 commands needed for internet, then type archinstall. Thats it. You literally dont even have to install anything else, especially if you choose desktop instead of minimal like I did. I have no idea what anyone is talking about it being difficult. Its easy.

[-] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The fact that speedruns for installing Arch even exist kind of proves the point.

[-] bitwolf@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

How does that work? Do they count user interaction time only by pausing the timer during package downloads?

Or do you need fast internet to play?

[-] fl42v@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Not that I remember finding any rules, so that's mostly just messing around; technically you can quickly setup your own mirrors in LAN, although I don't remember if that was done. Stuff was mostly about knowing what to type and blindly pre-typing next commands while previous are still in action

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