Came here to say this. Archinstall is great. Arch is my favorite distro by far. It just works, ia minimal, and has all the software you could ever need.
I’ll be honest, at this point my main reason for using Arch is prety much just habit, but I will say that whenever I hop on another distro for some reason (usual in a docker container) - I always find myself annoyed at the lack of the AUR - though I understand that distros like NixOS also have comparable solutions.
But between the install script, the AUR and the Arch Wiki, it’s actually an absurdly user friendly distro these days - it’s odd that it still has the reputation as being some thing that only try-hards would use
Came here to say this. Archinstall is great. Arch is my favorite distro by far. It just works, ia minimal, and has all the software you could ever need.
I’ll be honest, at this point my main reason for using Arch is prety much just habit, but I will say that whenever I hop on another distro for some reason (usual in a docker container) - I always find myself annoyed at the lack of the AUR - though I understand that distros like NixOS also have comparable solutions.
But between the install script, the AUR and the Arch Wiki, it’s actually an absurdly user friendly distro these days - it’s odd that it still has the reputation as being some thing that only try-hards would use
It got its reputation probably because it’s a very minimalist distro by default, and you can configure everything.
It’s perfect once you set it up to your liking, but it does give you a proverbial gun you can shoot your foot with.