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  • Of course, one doesn’t have to install Arch manually; archiso and Endeavour are great conveniences and exist for a reason.

    That doesn’t change the fact that people who rely on those tools not because they want to save some time/effort but because they’re unable to follow wiki instructions are likely better off with something other than Arch.


  • And if one is not able to install Arch using archinstall, then they should question themselves if Arch is even the right distro for them.

    Without wanting to be elitist, I’d go further than that. While archinstall is a nice convenience, even the “manual” installation is really just diligently reading and following the wiki guide.

    If that’s too much for you, you’re likely going to struggle when stuff needs manual intervention and you’re probably better off with a different distro.









  • As someone who started out with Manjaro and used it for a bit over two years, it does its job alright. That said, Manjaro’s “let’s use Arch repos but delay them for two weeks” policy leads to compatibility issues with the AUR.
    Also, they’ve repeatedly let their certificates expire (happened like 3 or 4 times, iirc) and there’s been some management controversy, especially surrounding Jonathon leaving.

    If you want “Arch, but beginner friendly”, there’s better options than Manjaro, imho.