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As a capable but lazy user, how much would switching to Arch frustrate me? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by lorty@lemmy.ml to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml

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I know my way around a command line. I work in IT, but when it comes to my personal fun time more often than not I'm quite lazy. I use windows a lot because just plugging in anything or installing any game and it just working is great.

But support for windows 10 is ending and I should probably switch sonner rather than later, so I'm wondering if Arch would be a good pick for me? For reference, I mostly game and do Godot stuff in my free time.

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[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Are you versed in Linux though? If not I think going with Mint or another beginner friendly distro would be better.

That being said, if you are comfortable enough around Linux Arch is great, and the meme about being difficult probably stems from people who have no idea what they're doing trying to install it. The installation is the most difficult party if you can spin up a VM and successfully install and run it there you're good to go.

On the long run though I prefer Arch exactly because I'm lazy. Yes, installing it is a bit tedious, but if you know what you're doing it's 30 min of tedious stuff, then you get access to the lazy motherload, i.e. the Arch User Repository (the AUR essentially contains 99% of every software you might want to install but is not on the official repositories, so no looking for PPAs or downloading installers from random websites ever again), plus it's a rolling release distro, so no more reinstallations or version upgrades that need lots of attention.

Overall I use Arch because I'm lazy, but you need to be comfortable around Linux for you to be able to be Lazy using Arch.