• otacon239@lemmy.world
      9·
      2 months ago

      Now I kind of want to see just how broken my install gets if I just have ChatGPT guide me through the whole installation.

      • Eyedust@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        It gets real messy, lol. I tried to have GPT guide me through figuring out a Node and nvm error in my Arch WSL and it made nightmare spaghetti out of my npm prefix.

        It eventually got stuck in a loop of trying to make me do the same two things over and over again and expected different results each time.

    • thevoidzero@lemmy.world
      7·
      2 months ago

      People copying gpt commands into terminal is bound to be fked by the troll commands, right? Please.

  • MyNamesTotallyRobert@lemmynsfw.com
    262·
    2 months ago

    Installing arch without archinstall is way too much fucking work. I’d much rather spend time fixing the 10% greater likelihood of encountering issues post install than doing all that fucking bullshit manually. The command line is better for a lot of things but configuring partitions and mount points is not one of them. I demand a fuckin gui for that stuff.

    • apprehensively_human@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      The rationale in the OP is that with archinstall, an inexperienced user will have no idea where to even begin diagnosing any issues post install. Whereas installing manually is sort of a barrier to entry that ensures you know what you’re doing.

      • NotSteve_@lemmy.ca
        2·
        2 months ago

        It’s been a while since I installed arch manually, but wouldn’t that only help you understand a bit on disk partitioning and some basic commands like copying files/chrooting? You generally learn that stuff the first time your install breaks on any distro

  • funkajunk@lemmy.world
    19·
    2 months ago

    I did it the manual way probably about 10 times on my Linux learning journey, it was a really good way to learn how Linux itself worked. Now I just use archinstall every time.

    I’ve done it, I’ve gotten the satisfaction from it, but it’s not gonna add any more inches to my e-peen.

    • Auth@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      thats fine and thats the exact usecase for arch install. This meme is for people who never install it once manually and use archinstall to get a working configured system.

  • underscores@lemmy.zipEnglish
    17·
    2 months ago

    I use arch btw, have been for 5 or so years, I open the gates to those who want to use arch install

    You are not any lesser for not wanting to install arch manually

  • rtxn@lemmy.worldM
    16·
    2 months ago

    Oh, you use pacstrap and arch-chroot, do you? Back in my day all we had was cp and install and we liked it that way! Kids these days wouldn’t know how to install SLS without their Yays and Pac-men.

    • Samsy@lemmy.mlOP
      3·
      2 months ago

      This is “I use arch, btw” - Beast-Mode

      PS. There was always the normal chroot, or not?

      • rtxn@lemmy.worldM
        3·
        2 months ago

        chroot was introduced in 1979 for Unix. arch-chroot is a wrapper around chroot that provides additional functionality and a tighter integration between the system and the new root.

  • Bongles@lemmy.zip
    11·
    2 months ago

    People here are always talking about different distros, trying this one and then that one until they found what they like. Are you guys really just reinstalling your OS that often? Reinstalling all the programs you want and everything?

  • kautau@lemmy.world
    11·
    2 months ago

    “We need more people to use linux, look at what MS is doing to people.”

    People who have never used linux trying to use and learn linux by using an installer built by awesome members of the Arch team.

    “C’mon do you even linux?”

  • shapis@lemmy.ml
    11·
    2 months ago

    I’ve been using arch since archinstall came out. I never installed it reading the wiki.

    I sleep like a baby and everything works.

  • SkidFace@lemmy.world
    7·
    2 months ago

    Honestly, I had wayyyy more issues when using archinstall than just installing it normally by the wiki. I might just be stupid though :P

    • Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip
      2·
      2 months ago

      Installed manually first then later using archinstall. I came across an issue that wouldn’t format a partition. Saw the issue on github too. So had to format manually and continue.