Switching from Mint to Arch

[Bodaciously_Moronic]

Im switching from Mint to Arch. Anything I should know before I install it? perhaps any tips or advice. I've found a few things Arch provides that Mint doesn't and the Terminal seems better but maybe that's just me. any help would be appreciated, Thanks!

 

[MattWinter]

Don't forget to add your favorite text editor when installing packages. I forgot to do that my first time and if I remember right, I had to reboot from USB and chroot back in to install vim so I could modify some config files.

 

[Bodaciously_Moronic]

ah! alright thank you i did not think of doing that.

 

[Rob]

Im switching from Mint to Arch. ... and the Terminal seems better but maybe that's just me.

Hm? Shell or terminal application? Either would be available in both mint and arch.

I haven't used arch on anything, but i'm thinking the only real difference would be the package management?

 

[Rob]

Don't forget to add your favorite text editor when installing packages. I forgot to do that my first time and if I remember right, I had to reboot from USB and chroot back in to install vim so I could modify some config files.

Should just be able to sudo pacman -S vim after install

Edit: Ohhh i gotcha - you mean during the install when you're in the chrooted /mnt. You can always 'exit' and edit w/ vim outside the chroot, then re-chroot in there without rebooting or anything.

 

[wizardfromoz]

You might lose him with the chrooting, Rob.

Also, Arch use

arch-chroot

over chroot.

You can read about it here, @Bodaciously_Moronic

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/chroot

Moving this to the Arch subforum.

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz

 

[Rob]

ha - after installing arch for the first time today all the pieces fell into place.

 

[wizardfromoz]

All in a day's work for a multi-multi-booter.

(I can't keep a straight face with that, gotta reboot)

 

[f33dm3bits]

1. Don't forgot to either set your root password or to install and configure sudo.
2. Don't forget to install a networkmanager otherwise you will have to manually configure your network setup or use systemd-network but I prefer to use a networkmanager.

 

[I-hate-Windows]

Im switching from Mint to Arch. Anything I should know before I install it? perhaps any tips or advice. I've found a few things Arch provides that Mint doesn't and the Terminal seems better but maybe that's just me. any help would be appreciated, Thanks!

garuda os gnome version is tits, ease of use snappy and arch based

 

[I-hate-Windows]

manjaro as well is noob friendly