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Had to install Arch recently because it would help pad word count. Normally I wouldn't pick it because it takes so long to install for an experience that doesn't feel different enough to warrant that time. But I had to for uni so I thought people here might appreciate my attempt at making a pretty desktop. If anyone has tips with Gnome on here feel free to fire away aswell.

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[–] drwankingstein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

does arch take a long time to install? maybe its just experienced linux user talk, but getting a working arch install is maybe like, 5 minutes with somewhat decently fast internet. 10min maybe if you want a fancy desktop, or 30-40min if your DE comes from the AUR and you need to compile a lot

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If you're not using an installer and you've never set up an OS via CLI, installing arch takes a very long time. The installation wiki isn't short, and it's fairly complex.

[–] drwankingstein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago

I still wouldn't say its a very long time, my nephew was able to run through it himself in around 25 minutes via the wiki.