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It may seem like nothing... (i.imgur.com)
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But this picture of an empty desktop was far too long in the making. it took me a week to succesfully install Arch. I could do the process start to finish, blindfolded, at this point.

Finally, after endless hours of repeating the same steps over and over again, trying to word google searches in just the right way to get just that one specific answer to that one absurd issue, re-reading guides and links over and over again trying to find the single missed Sentence that ties everything together and finally. Finally.

It may seem kinda stupid to consider that an accomplishment, but I feel quite genuinely proud of myself for actually succeeding at this instead of just throwing in the towel and giving up like I usually do when I try and take on new hobbies, and don't immediately succeed.

ETA: Image fix!

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[–] ipsirc@lemmy.ml 42 points 1 year ago (3 children)

[–] minthenry@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What's the alternative to using the wiki though? Asking for a friend.

[–] escapesamsara@discuss.online 3 points 1 year ago

archinstall comes by default on medium now; there's also archfi and about a dozen other install scripts with varying levels of customization, interactivity, and ease of use. All of which are better options than wiki installation.

[–] Ludrol@szmer.info 1 points 1 year ago

Asking a friend

[–] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Following any number of walkthroughs, like on YouTube for instance. Try to find a relatively recent one if you're taking that path. Or you could just use an Arch-based OS with an installer. I like Endeavor, it's pretty close to a basic Arch install with a DE pre setup for you.

Either way just don't ask for help on the Arch user forums if something doesn't work, unless you want to be swiftly RTFMed.

[–] astraeus@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Run the included archinstall.sh

[–] dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

OS is meant to be the background, not the reason to boot up your computer.

[–] hai@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I partially agree. Installing from a script saves time and energy, but installing manually allows you to learn and have a deeper understanding for your computer (along with giving you more control). I'd say install from scratch once, install from a script the rest of the time, in my opinion it's worth it to have the extra understanding of how everything works, and also then you can audit the script you'll be using.

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 19 points 1 year ago

You have earned the right to use btw keyword in your future posts.

[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 12 points 1 year ago

but waht was the issue and the fix?

[–] lukas@lemmy.haigner.me 8 points 1 year ago

You can embed images directly into your post btw.

[–] azron@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

The fight is how you learn :). Good job persevering.

[–] kariboka@bolha.forum 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

please replace the link to the imgur album with the link to the picture. So people won't have to leave Lemmy to see it.

This is the link you want to use: https://i.imgur.com/ZIYnyJk.jpeg

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You made it!

This was my experience too the first times. It was quite hard to get it booting, so many things to learn.

And the best part is, nothing else about Linux is more difficult to understand. It's all easier from here. Learning about systemd, or config files... It's easy compared to just getting that install to work.

[–] sharkfucker420@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Welcome to the cool kids club 😎

[–] PriorProject@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It may seem kinda stupid to consider that an accomplishment, but I feel quite genuinely proud of myself for actually succeeding at this instead of just throwing in the towel...

Way to go. I've been at this a decent while and do some pretty esoteric stuff at work and at home... but this loop of feeling stupid, doing the work, and feeling good about a success has been a constant throughout. I spent a week struggling to port some advanced container setups to podman a month or so ago, same feeling of pride when I got them humming.

It's not stupid to be proud of an accomplishment even if it's a fundamental one that's early in a bigger learning curve. Soak it in, then on to the next high. Good luck.

[–] s20@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

It doesn't seem like nothing at all! Great job and welcome to the fam!

Wow this takes me back to the first time I set up a FreeBSD desktop. That sense of accomplishment, I mean, wow. I haven't felt that in a while.

Maybe I'll build a new system with Funtoo… or I could go real crazy and use NetBSD…

[–] kariboka@bolha.forum 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In case the OP does not update the link, this is the image:

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Got me curious, what absurd issue did you run into? I've successfully installed Arch along with the DE & all the apps with no issue many times.

[–] it_a_me@literature.cafe 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Congratulations and welcome. I use arch, btw

[–] w2qw@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Congrats, great DE choice too

[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Awesomeness

[–] technologicalcaveman@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Nice job. I've been working on my gentoo system. I keep getting weird errors about nullmail not emerging correctly, but it only happens when I use binary flags. After I get that solved I'm updating my carry laptop to run openbsd, swapping fvm to xfce4 or dwm.

[–] LovePoson@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Insert Evangelion Congratulations scene