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after being (mostly) a windows user all my life, i got fed up with microsoft's bullshit and decided to switch to Arch Linux as my first distro, i had previous Linux experience and i made sure to research to make sure that i wouldnt struggle too much
thats not to say it wasnt frustrating though...
i definitely encountered issues, some clearer than others,i never thought nvme drives changed name after each boot, or that the X window system cant start if theres a bad config file (why isnt there a default one to fall back on upon failure?!)
it was kind of fun though, and i learned a lot and thru blood sweat and tears (and the help forums, thanks to those peeps that helped there) i managed to get a functioning system that is 100% mine, and i can do all i want, i dont think i ever want to go back to windows, you spend one second i paradise and you can never go back and all that
(the terminal titles bother me as well, i HAVE to fix them)
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not_ian
dude you have a lot of courage to do that ngl. i want to install it on my old computer but honestly its so confusing lololol
it is very confusing at first, i only switched after a few years of passively gaining knowledge and then some dedicated research about how linux works, its actually not that scary once it clicks, but i definitely dont recommend going for arch or rolling releases as your first, try something like fedora or openSUSE perhaps
by flower; ; Report
ALSO, if ur pc is really and i mean REALLY old (mechanical hard drive, >4GB of RAM, 32bit processor) you should definitely go with something minimal, arch has an instalation script (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Archinstall) or go for void-linux, which provides a graphical installer via an xfce live image (https://docs.voidlinux.org/installation/live-images/guide.html) ive tried void on a netbook from 2008 with 2GB of ram and an intel atom n270 and its managed to bring back life to it and make it somewhat functional, if you have more hardware power u can try something heavier like linux mint or debian
by flower; ; Report
honestly i kind of want to dive in the challenge installing arch, but it still is so intimidating. my old pc hardware is from like... 15 yo? it has a mechanical hard drive, 3GB of DDR3 RAM [or DDR2, cant recall exactly] and dual core lololol. i could also try void since it worked for you, but i still want the challenge lol. arch feels like you get full control over your computer, not to mention ive seen some people tell that you have to code for almost every single thing on it, which is something i would particullarly enjoy.
p.s.: i feel like my blain is about to explode while diving in the wiki.
by not_ian; ; Report
void also has a minimal ISO file that lets you do everything yourself thru terminal instead of a graphical interface, you could try that if u want
by flower; ; Report
also, two things
about coding that really depends on what software u end up getting, its not a necessity
you should also try to get a small sized SATA SSD (the big chonky ssds) thats like 128 gigs, since a mechanical hard drive THAT old could be near the end of its life and will undoubtedly very very slow which will make the entire process unecessarily sluggish
by flower; ; Report
thank you for the advice, but im kinda broke at the moment lol. in my country, even sata SSDs are kinda expensive, so ill either wait, or just hope for the better with the HDD. also, i will look at my HDD health, just to check if i would get any problems while installing some distro. i was thinking into turning it into a server or something [just for fun, like using it into minecraft or something], but idk.
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