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so recommending arch linux to newbies was counter productive all along?
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I refuse to accept that. The ArchWiki is super well documented, so there should be no issues for newbies!
Yes, the arch wiki is very good and useful. The issue is, that you need the wiki in the first place. In a user-friendly distro everything would either work OOTB, or it could be done intuitively via GUI.
how far can you get in arch without opening the terminal?
Uhhh, how long was the first boot time?
I use the Garuda fork of Arch, so it is literally all done with a GUI....
also any beginner-friendly distro should be popular enough for the beginner to find it in the first place.
(big exception: if it came pre-installed on their device)
Same. Use dragonized on desktop gaming PC and a laptop. Love it.
Way cooler than adjusting everything in CLI.
What do you mean, arch is one of the easy to use ones
I was hesitant on recommending this to my cousin who isn't as tech savvy as I am. I recommended LMDE instead. I hope nothing goes wrong.
how far can you get with arch without opening the terminal or the wiki?
All the way baby, chatgpt. Lol I was just kidding when I said arch was an easy one
In my experience: As far as you can get with any other distro. What do you think Arch requires a terminal for? Genuine question.