The installation medium now provides a guided installer. This addition to the default method of installation (based on the installation guide). I personally think this is good news, what do you think? source: https://archlinux.org/news/installation-medium-with-installer/

Haah, yes, I do think it’s good news. I however feel that the exclusivity factor of ‘Arch installer’ must decline. I have mixed feelings about that…lol.

I tried it earlier today, but ended not very well.

I saw a video on it yesterday, it seems like it needs a little work imho.

already posted [image] April fooleries Lounge I am also very confused. So much effort for an April fool? Hard to believe. Arch Linux with an installer? Also hard to believe…

A joke or not, the installer they chose is pretty interesting. The kde install uses kde-applications-meta which has close to 300 packages in it. That is about as bloated as an install could get. :rofl:

[image] Christopher67: I saw a video on it yesterday, it seems like it needs a little work imho. A little work? It is so crippled that it is more a joke than an installer.

I just found the shortest way of installing Arch using the Arch method. Just the minimum packages required for plasma with the least number of kde packages. Then add what ever after the install. It works great this way. But I’d rather use EndeavourOS. :wink:

yes test it today in VM it pulls in all the stuff… but it is working, also it does not set language… [2021-04-04_17-09] And using systemd-boot :wink:

I tried it as well because…that is what VMs are for, right? :slight_smile: I mean, it works. You just have to read the prompts fairly carefully and be OK with the default setup. I think you are meant to able to customize it through custom configuration files but I am not sure that is really signi…

Arch Linux's Install Media Adds "Archinstall" For Quick/Easy Installations

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anon75994754 April 4, 2021, 2:59pm 6

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