(https://youtu.be/V7ABBlXcn0g)
So I set out to do them all.
I went to install my intel microcode. Already done. I went to give terminal/bash some color and flourish via a conf edit but Endeavour did that too.
The AUR helper wasnât done, I installed Yay myself. Piece of cake.
The video maker said I need to create my own /home and dir folders but I know they were created.
He said setup firewall, but firewalld was active on startup and installed I believe.
The essential programs he recâd were already installed.
Autocleaning of package cache but --I already had a file of periodic PACMAN housekeeping commands.
Disable grub delay he said. But I installed UEFI.
Configure pacman but except for initial updates they were all configured.
âthat was easyâ
I never seen Endeavour marketed as a starter (windows refugee) distro but it sure could be.
Made my life easier with giving me a OOTB beautiful distro. (Thanks!)
I donât think Arch would intimidate me since I can do all that stuff (configure skeleton distro) these daysâŚbut I sure do not want to do it.
I ran (or tried to run) Alpine Server for a month and that makes Arch look like Ubuntu:).
I manually did the github/curl method I read about to shoehorn a âhelperâ in there but was really wondering if that was redundant. you are probably right. that would make Endeavour 10 for 10 on that list:)
10 for 10 then:).
The lure of coming to Endeavour was bypassing the forbidding and archaic arch way of installing. Plus Endeavour is cool as snot and after a month my daily driver. This is coming from someone with the same distro since 2017 and not a distro hopper (sampler yes, hopper no).
But having the Arch Mundane done for you (me I mean) is an interesting twist. Makes Endeavour, or Arch, much more accessible than I thought it would be. Itâs very enjoyable and headache free and I am terminal-centric to begin with. And this forum treats people right.
short version: I expected to do about 10 post-install tweaks and wound up doing none. NICE.
Iâm not sure if youâre just trying to be clever with the word play here (âarchâ, âarchaicâ), but letâs assume that youâre not. Installing arch the arch way is not archaic. Itâs just a way to install your operating system using a CLI. Thereâs really nothing too special about it. I mean, surely you wouldnât consider updating your system with sudo pacman -Syu archaic compared to just clicking a few widgets via a GUI.
If the lack of GUI for performing computing tasks is what defines archaic, then most people here must be outright fossils because we do things from the command line all the time.
P/S: I guess when your system breaks and you couldnât start a display server, thatâs when you will see the value of knowing your way around the CLI.
Oh no, my intention was not to belittle or inflame. You are mis-reading me or I was not clear enough.
I called the Arch way of installing âarchaicâ for one simple reason: 95% of distros have an installer.
Thatâs all. No other reason.
Itâs presumptuous to assume I donât know my way around a CLI. I know exactly what to do when gdm crashes into lightdm, when the desktop untethers itself, when an update borks. Etc. I can patch Humpty back together ably.
I thought there was more of my kind but perhaps I was mistaken. My kind are just because I can do all that doesnât mean I always want to:).
No Ruffles here (and not the chips)âŚI agreeâI can do just about everything via CLIâŚbut we have GUIs so we have the choice. Kindâa hard to play a game on Steam via CLIâŚ
Not because Iâm lazy, but because I like to have optionsâŚ
I never thought you were. I just canât stand inaccuracies.
âArchaicâ is synonymous to âobsolete.â It implies that something is a relic of the past and that thereâs no longer any value in using/doing it. If there are other non-ambiguous ways of interpreting the word, then I defer to your superior knowledge.
The lack of GUI installer only makes an installation process less user-friendly, not archaic (see the definition of archaic above). Diskettes are archaic because the demand for digital storage has evolved far beyond what they are capable of. They are archaic because there is no longer any practical value in using them. Newtonian Physics, on the other hand, is not archaic (even though it is hundreds of years old) because there is still practical value in its use â in non-relativistic fields like civil and automobile engineering.
Err⌠What?
When your display manager freezes/crashes, it usually just shows a blank screen and you have to switch to another tty. Either that, or it drops to a tty straightaway. It wonât automatically trigger a second display manager even if you have it installed.
That postscript was added because of your UEFI remark. Maybe I was mistaken, in which case I apologize.
I see. Glad to know that.
FYI:
You never need to create your home directory manually even on Arch. The home directory will automatically be created when you create your user account as long as you pass the -m flag to the useradd command.
Pacman is also ready to use on a fresh Arch installation. No additional configurations are required.
I beg to differ: it is up to the user to set ILoveCandy in /etc/pacman.conf. Without it, Pacman will âtechnicallyâ still âworkâ, butâŚI meanâŚwhat are you doing?!
Fair enough. I respect you appreciate accuracy and literalness in text. Editing others for clarity is a slice of my bread and butter.
Iâm still a fan of hyperbole, and as far as a personal communication ethos I quote Hunter S. Thompson who said âmy concern with accuracy is on a far different level than just nickel and dimes.â
But I shall try
