• Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      I think zoomies just want to watch a video. I’m not trying to just insult them but I’ve had so many times people linking and recommending guide videos that are 15 minute long and full of dumb filler shit when an article would’ve been much better and quicker.

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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      4 months ago

      This is why nerds who don’t like literature class are missing out. If you can figure out the meaning of some inscrutable poem most documentation should be a breeze.

  • Telodzrum@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I’ve found two things to be true after moving to Arch:

    1. The users on forums and other help boards are actually quite willing to link directly to the thing you should have read before starting a new thread and are generally polite about it.

    2. The Arch Wiki is really that good, so you should read it.

    • BassTurd@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      I went straight from windows to Arch. I had used Ubuntu for a couple of weeks 10+ years ago. The arch wiki is a great resource and I was able to follow it to get up and running. However, there are things that aren’t detailed enough (like literally hold your hand) on some things the wiki expects you to know. Now, maybe starting with Arch is not the best path, so that’s probably mostly on me. I think that since there are so many different ways to do things, that following some of the instructions can be difficult for a user’s specific case. Boot loaders where my biggest hangup early on since I didn’t want to use Grub. Modifying boot loaders, setting up pacman hooks, learning and configuring different file systems, and learning how the config and system files is tough, and the wiki has all of the info to do it, but it’s not always linear. I wish there were more practical code examples and/or short videos showing exactly what files to modify and how to do it right.

      • Telodzrum@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        That’s all fair. I think everyone should go through that process once and then use archinstall forever after that.

        • BassTurd@lemmy.world
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          4 months ago

          I probably could have watched a couple of 10 min videos before jumping into the wiki just to get an idea of the process b fore getting so deep. The initial setup instructions are pretty good, it’s just those deviation points where you get to decide your path that gets confusing. I first did an old laptop and got that going after many hours. When I committed to my desktop, it went smoother, but I opted to go with btrfs and snapshots without Grub, and that took a hot minute to figure out. Now I have piece of mind from my snapshots, which is great for trying new things. So far, I’ve been very happy with my setup, and it’s been very stable. Now I need to get Wayland and plasma 6 going with my Nvidia card. I got a bit hung up on setting the kernel mode stuff, and haven’t really gone back in a while, so it’s time.

  • snekerpimp@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    In all honesty, I use the arch manual to troubleshoot all distros. It is well written and has the info you need and no more.

    • Jack Riddle@sh.itjust.works
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      4 months ago

      My steps for looking up something are usually

      1. Check the arch wiki
      2. Check the gentoo wiki
      3. Search for something related to my own distro
      4. Search for anything else
      5. Cry
  • dunz@feddit.nu
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    4 months ago

    I used to have a t-shirt that said RTFM, so useful as a linux tech😃. If someone asked something, I’d just point at the shirt jokingly and tell them where the documentation was

  • mihnt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Usually I’m not too phased by having to read something to learn, but damn if learning how to span video games over 3 monitors has been a daunting task for me.

    xrandr is something I’ve never been able to wrap my head around.

  • Delilah (She/Her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    4 months ago

    You know liquid nitrogen cooling can get you some insane cinebench scores, but you can’t just pop a liquid nitrogen cooler in your PC and expect to boost your framerates. You need to disable so many safety things and if you don’t know why they were there in the first place you’re going to permanently damage your CPU.

    Archlinux is that but for software and because it’s software there’s no physical barrier to entry. Arch is powerful, but if you don’t know what you’re doing you’re better off with fedora or debian’s hand holding.