Archinstall - Arch Linux Made Easy

Now you can also become a Linux elitist by using archinstall to easily deploy an Arch Linux machine.
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Alan Aztec - Bass Bomber
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"Spacebar to select it, Enter to go back." The average Arch user's understanding of good UX.

[@AyaWetts]

Wait until you see how "ESC to skip" works... lol

[@nickscurvy8635]

This is completely inaccurate. We also need a way to quickly execute neofetch.

[@D00000T]

@@nickscurvy8635 scroll lock is for that

[@SignalRaptor_]

That's actually how old old command line worked though. Enter without input goes back one option

@@SignalRaptor_ carriage return used to move the writing position one line lower and to the left edge of the page

[@tonigarces7211]

"How can you tell if someone is an Arch Linux user? You don't have to, they are going to tell you" That line alone made me laugh so much, thanks for the content Mental Outlaw

[@Wampa842]

Never in my months of using Arch have I seen anything so offensive.

[@LovecraftianGodsKiller]

@@Wampa842 It is not offensive whatsoever. Is is, however, 100% accurate. (I use Arch BTW)

[@merulox]

I think I might've already heard it before, but it made me laugh as well

[@shinobunarusaka3348]

Wait until u See the gentoo users

[@mukyumukyun]

@@shinobunarusaka3348 they usually don't "I use gentoo btw" unless its a former arch user or a very specific conditions, they usually being found in the wild too busy optimizing their USE flags 7 times a day and compiling their entire OS 3 times a day

[@bidoofis]

I installed Arch less than a week ago. Looked at the Wiki, barely understood any of it. Thankfully I had a buddy that knew way more about Linux and Arch than me so he was able to help me, and we got it knocked out in about 8 hours thanks to stuff happening like forgetting to get the stuff necessary to use ethernet. At about the 6 hour mark he told me about archinstall. Still pissed.

[@All3me1]

When you mentioned your buddy I thought this comment was some scam crypto bot but then I realized I'm in a different part of KZbin

[@nurs3826]

so pointless installing linux when u dont have any idea about it. Just stick with windows

[@All3me1]

@@nurs3826 use operating systems for their usecase not for the sake of it

[@thechugg4372]

Arch has a garbage wiki, I can't believe this piece of trash still exists tbh

[@aurum3747]

@@nurs3826 ah yes because if you don't know much about linux, obviously the best way to learn is to not even try to use it

[@k98killer]

I remember installing Arch on an old laptop when I was a kid. I had used Slackware, Knoppix, Puppy Linux, and Ubuntu, so I figured it wouldn't be that big a deal. Learned quite a lot during that 6 hour process, then erased it and installed Backtrack to experiment with wifi cracking. Those were simpler days.

[@macktheripper7454]

Ahhhhh backtrack lol 😂 still upset you can’t get the fake sms generator on kali (to my knowledge )

[@arandomcommenter412]

I have no experience in either Linux or anything else so, doubt I’ll have any luck even if I did manage to install anything.

[@ishaqahmed._]

cracking wifi passwords, those were the days. I remember dual booting kali and blackarch, for "good hacking experience"

[@titekubo3132]

BT was a great tool when i was young, still use it on a usb from time to time for cracking windows passwords to gain admin power on windows machines and other other things. One of the few OS that will boot if the windows os isnt shut down properly.(might currupt HD, but it's rare.) Great tool!

[@RoboJo-pq8pj]

"those were the days"? Sounds like you actually pay for your own wifi now.

[@Ganerrr]

literally if you didn't invent physics that allow transitors to exist your taking the easy way out

[@Ganerrr]

@Someone Someone imagine not inventing your own logical axioms that you create physics with

[@67hutch]

I can't tell whether or not you're just another bought verified channel who goes around copy pasting other people's comments on videos.

[@YouKnowMeDuh]

Imagine not creating your own transistors by hand. My transistor is 2 inches cubed and it's glorious.

[@ocsanik502]

cd reality doas makepkg i doas reality --big-bang

[@Ganerrr]

@@ocsanik502 >having permission manger installed bloat

[@blastedbiggs3390]

Make Arch users seethe with this one simple trick!

[@mathisblair2798]

@blastedbiggs YOU WON'T LAST 5 MINUTES INSTALLING THIS OS! ;p

[@inkbomb675]

I didn't know anime uncle Ted liked Linux.

[@flairyxd]

@@inkbomb675 i dont think he does

[@gobert9316]

Based Ted Kun-cynsky Chan

[@vido2744]

>"Ha, watch me circumvent this basic sanity check that I will be able to use my system of choice!" >"I'm avoiding DIY installation of the DIY distro! You mad that I put myself in this pickle?" >"Arch users will seethe when they see that I passed my vehicle inspection with faulty brakes!"

[@DarkLink606]

I'm still amazed how someone (with charisma 100, presumably) managed to convince arch devs to include archinstall in the original distro, after 20 years of being proudly "that distro that is so hard to install you get bragging rights for doing it". Best thing that has happened to Arch, by the way, an excellent one, I use it myself, it has always been, even better now you don't need to pass the trial of patience to or to resort to third-party installers or forks in order to have a bleeding-edge distro with the richest package collection (if you include AUR) available.

[@ishaqahmed._]

horrible thing that has happened to arch. I've been using it for the past 6 years, and I've been stripped of ALL my bragging rights. It's a shame, really

[@okinawadreaming]

@@ishaqahmed._ time to pack up your bags and move to gentoo!

[@theblasphemousgamer4888]

@@ishaqahmed._ cope

[@brpadington]

I thought that was Gentoo? Or is arch harder than Gentoo now?

[@thechugg4372]

@@brpadington arch is only harder because its wiki is a nightmare to navigate, gentoo is easier because its manual is pretty good.

[@AIC_onyt]

6:05 didn´t expect a Alan Aztec song (Bass Bomber) in a Mental outlaw video. Greetings from Germany

[@Lestibournes]

Personally I prefer Disco Panzer 🤷‍♂️

[@Mohamad-Safwane]

me too

[@gormless-idiot]

I just didn't expect hardbass in general

[@dabutchaistoxic]

The first rule of Arch Linux Fight Club, is to always talk about Arch Linux Fight Club.

[@mathisblair2798]

If this is your first night at Arch Linux Fight Club, you HAVE to install.

[@dabutchaistoxic]

@@mathisblair2798 🤣

[@m4rt_]

Someone at my work once said something along the lines of "If you use Linux on a daily basis, and go more into the technical side, you most likely have the knowledge needed to be a Linux SysAdmin"

[@Ladas552]

My friend said that too, I think it was to cheer me up about finding a job in the future. He is also arch user btw

[@macktheripper7454]

False … you don’t need any tech skills to run Linux installs. The terminal is basically an option at this point

[@olifloof]

@@macktheripper7454 what about flashing the iso and going into the bios/uefi to set the boot order

[@mrbanana6464]

This is definitely untrue. An average linux user, including those who use 'advanced' distros such as Arch or Gentoo, likely won't configure enterprise hardware and networking equipment, nor will they ever have to deal with the deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of hundreds of servers. Daily driving linux does provide basic skills and understanding of the OS but scale is the issue here.

[@eideticex]

@@mrbanana6464 What is scale but one more target on your sync commands ;p

[@uamee]

Linux and hardbass go together like glove and hand haha! :D

[@namesurname4666]

Especially if the best hardbass producer follows mental outlaw

[@thevoidthedevil1000]

YOOOO IT'S THE MAN LETS TO

[@rotte5537]

do you produce on linux? if so what DAW and how's the plugin support?

[@Osmanarov131]

Товарищ ты и здесь

[@uamee]

@@rotte5537 regretfully no. I do everything with FL Studio on Windows.

[@kulled]

7:05 is the most replayed part lmfaooo

[@everypizza]

hmm i wonder why? (/jk)

[@yukiplaysFr]

why though?

[@bakeybakeybeans]

I sure wonder why man

[@johnwayne1591]

Remember guys. Always set your root password as root so you can easily remember. Also make sure all ports are open. The more ports you have open the more security you have. Also os updates are optional and shouldn’t be used. They can introduce a whole new array of bugs. If this worked for you leave a comment with your public and MAC address. :D So I can make sure you did it the right way.

[@sometimessquishy3764]

average debian user kek

[@haytamlaalami5514]

Thank you for your advice. Very helpful.

[@Ultrajamz]

Glowpost

[@crzyruskie86]

Also make sure you use the oldest version possible that will run on your hardware. It is the most stable and secure.

[@rileybrown9045]

Absolutely

[@Steerable6827]

Quick edit: The archinstall on the ISO & the one he downloaded are 1 in the same. It is just an updated version, which comes preinstalled on the newest ISO anyways.

[@sepg5084]

One and the same

[@Vekikev1]

@@sepg5084 great audioslave song

[@chaoticsystem2211]

And if he had read the wiki, he would have known not to do partial updates.

[@kulled]

pacman -Syy seems to fuck up the keyring or something because it makes me unable to install any packages afterwards. not listening to him made the install simpler and cleaner, actually.

[@gavinmitchell3709]

The archinstall in the repos is newer, just downloaded and installed yesterday and it didn't update the keyring like his did in the video. I had to go about manually updating the keyring because it wouldn't install anything via pacman and the moment archinstall tried to sync anything it'd crash. I'd imagine the next iso build will include the newer keyring fixer upper in the arch install.

[@dingokidneys]

I ploughed my way through the Arch install wiki and slowly built up a system that functioned and even built up a script to help me build a similar system again and again, and after all that work ... they go and bring out a script that does a brilliant job and blows all my effort into the weeds. Bugger. And Yay!?

[@ishaqahmed._]

EXACTLY My first thought after I saw the arch installer was "brilliant, all the time i spent memorizing the arch install wiki was a waste"

[@blackroberts6290]

a certified bruh moment

[@theblasphemousgamer4888]

@@ishaqahmed._ it's so sad that people can actually install the damn thing

[@ishaqahmed._]

@@theblasphemousgamer4888 too much time on our hands. Well i also happen to have debloated friends list ;)

[@breuxi]

I did not expect Alan Aztek but it is truely glorious, to see the music paired with linux! ❤

[@rudiwinkelstein2483]

Came for Arch, stayed for the music

[@nietniet6684]

Agreed. DO you know what it's called?

[@maximilianjaccard4989]

Bass Bomber by Alan Aztec

[@Maebbie]

same

[@johnwayne1591]

I’m over here fist pumping. That’s a juicy Sukha blat classic.

[@mathisblair2798]

Plus the DJ was ripped. ;)

[@discorduser3197]

I was surprised to hear the German music during the installation timelapse

[@herrcrazi7495]

And German hardbass on top of that!

[@Stevos-Corner]

Hey Kenny you’ve made an old guy laugh 😂 These Arch users haven’t got a clue mate. When I started we had floppy disks and built it ourselves. If these so called elitists want to know how we used to get out machines up and running they should install Linux from scratch. We were doing it on i386 and i486 boxes 😂😂 The fist time I installed Gentoo you had 3 tarballs not 1 like today. Theirs no elitism in Arch mate. Linux used to be about helping people new to the community. Now it’s turned into a dick measuring contest. If these idiots could only see how stupid they look getting all worked over an operating system. A tool that runs your programs. And here’s the really stupid part. Every Linux distro is made up of the kernel and GNU tools. So all the fighting, arguing is about what sits on top of that. I just sit back and shake my head at the shit that some people say 😂😂😂

[@mathisblair2798]

I agree! Arch was my girst Distro. I love it. But.... This is after discovering and installing Linux 4 months ago....it's lit a fire in me to learn all I can so from scratch? Not today... Probably not next week.... But its ON THE LIST. XD Edit: Communities not all bad, just a few bad actors.

[@Stevos-Corner]

@@mathisblair2798 Good on you mate. Enjoy your Linux journey. Remember it’s a tool not a religion and welcome to the Linux community.

[@mathisblair2798]

@@Stevos-Corner agreed; and yet... I do find myself spreading the good word... And I'll tell you why.... I'm 30 years old.... And while it has always been there right in front of my nose... I had no idea I could do all that I can with it until recently... I actually feel pretty dumb about this, I shoudlve been using linux years ago to save old tech. So I admit it... I talk about Linux at the drop of a hat. But being zealous about any particular distro is silly. Some OS are specialized like tails. But most do the same things.

[@canalfechadodobacalhau]

@@Stevos-Corner bruh ive been using it as a religion

[@eideticex]

You must have been incredibly early. My first experience was in the mid-90s. 8 or 9 CDs holding the entire Red Hat Linux repository. Sold at Best Buy for the affordable price of $19.99 plus tax. Still have the disc around somewhere, as well as the Fedora ones from the same era (which was much easier at 5 disc).

[@Nytelink]

I got to learn how to install Arch Linux and got to participate in a rave all in one video, this truly is the best channel on KZbin

[@BlueyXbox]

I'm not gonna lie, this actually makes me want to use Arch

[@saltdad5263]

its definitely worth a shot! try installing it in a virtual machine and playing around with it until you decide whether it suits you or not.

[@sophiacristina]

Traps?

[@theevilapple_]

there is no going back

[@brokeredneck]

​@@theevilapple_so true. I try to use Ubuntu and it's forks.. always end up back on an arch based distro...

[@sunofabeach9424]

check for autism. I mean it. at first I also thought that someone is being rude to me in the internet.

[@onceagain77]

If/when you break your arch install just remember arch-chroot is there to the rescue.

[@mathisblair2798]

I was booted into an emergency shell once... That was pretty trippy. :O (4 month arch user, new to linux) got a grip on it now but i wasnt sure what happened hehe.

[@jhonnythejeccer6022]

Alan Aztec just makes amazing music, but i would NOT have expected this from you.

[@NewmanOnGaming]

This made me laugh so much. As someone that has used Linux for the better part of 25 years this video was a refreshing look at making pointlessly manual installs for Linux simple. I really appreciate this video and would recommend it. I will never understand the few that tend to be smug about using and installing Linux. It's never that serious. :) Linux should be for everyone willing to try it out and explore.

[@kobus9795]

As a german the hardbass took me of guard. LOL

[@MentalOutlaw]

Alan Aztec is a good man who doesn't use copyright cringe (or at least lets me use his music)

[@mantisvex]

@@MentalOutlaw hey, you can use mine as well if you want

[@orlovskyconsultinggbr2849]

Archlinux is actually a lot of fun, i love the locale keyboard layout and support of German in console environment

[@lpcamargo]

It put the fun back into Linux for me.

[@sudonim116]

@@lpcamargo gentoo put the fun into linux for me!

[@FtE1]

@Kurtis finnaly your dad is here sikeeee

[@pikazap6672]

díky!! teď jsi mi ulehčil život a zachránil moje nervy :)

[@patpattson]

If I ever switch to arch I will run that song in the background while it installs, this was a banging tutorial!

[@probablyjohn5589]

Now that Arch installer scripts are commonplace, the new elitist remark is going to be "I installed Arch... The manual way."

[@mathisblair2798]

Everyone should atleast once. Because it's a bonding experience with your OS.

[@Jake-tp5xj]

Trying Arch is quite tempting now with how easy it looks with this tool. Also a plus with the amount of control you have over it

[@mathisblair2798]

Denshi's comfy arch install guide is good for manual install practice/learning. Helped me anyways. And also for the laziest person it can be as simple as flashing the iso onto usb. Booting with secure boot disabled. Once youre into the session. Iwctl to turn on your wifi or unless youre ethernet connected. Once internet established. Literally type archinstall And it will walk you through. That was the very first part that mental outlaw showed in the vid. I don't use the second one he installed after that.

[@cmdrdyatlov]

5:40 best timelapse music ever

[@Midplays09]

fun fact: its german

[@schemesgoboom994]

That intallation montage that goes with the crazy music 🤩🤩🤩

[@gabrielx6490]

I spent the last 2 nights trying to install arch without using the official guide and figuring problems out using google, I watched the old tutorial you had and then realized because I was using gpt and an uefi bios I needed to change a ton of things

[@alejandroalzatesanchez]

5:55 perfect music sync with the tty spamming a lot XD

[@Rude1234]

This video made me brave enough to take the leap from Linux Mint. A friend smugly told me to run Arch if I really wanted a system I control myself… So I looked around and found this! Not really much harder to install Arch with KDE as desktop environment this way compared to installing MS-DOS or Windows 3.1 back in the day. And you, my sir, have a new subscriber.

[@Azertyyys]

What did you control more in arch rather than in mint?

[@kuroxell]

Neofetch looks cooler ​@@Azertyyys

[@cornbreadpelicanundertake]

@@Azertyyys Nothing. He just wanted to pat himself on the back

[@Azertyyys]

@@cornbreadpelicanundertake as expected haha

[@MrLazini]

That's awesome man. It might make me use Arch, as its installation process was kinda daunting to me, having no other device around to have the wiki open and available. Cheers

[@paprika5487]

Bro, you must be some kind of mind-reader. I was just planning to finally look into this over the weekend! I really want to use vanilla Arch, but I cannot for the life of me encrypt my hard disk properly or get Arch to locate the disk. I'm sure it's something stupid, but I've spent far too many hours diagnosing the issue with no success.

[@itermercator114]

I recently installed Arch on my laptop, I ended up using the guided installer because doing it manually is way too human error prone, and half the time even if you do it completely correctly it just doesn't work for the sake of it. Dw just use the guided installer and ignore the ree-ing autists with way too much free time, it's great as an OS but the installing process is honestly artificial difficulty set by elitists with too much free time

[@Secondarian]

@@itermercator114 The install process is not made difficult on purpose or anything (and in no way artificially so), it's just that not as much is being done for you. You have more control when installing and setting everything up manually which is the whole point of a minimalist distro.

[@tylerdean980]

Did you change the grub.cfg and put the encrypt hook in your initcipio? Linux Made Simple I think is the name has really good arch install videos

[@paprika5487]

@@tylerdean980 Yes, I did. I probably went through 4 different install guides, compared their steps, re-checked my configuration multiple times and could never figure it out.

[@howitsdone5581]

@@itermercator114 I found the archinstaller only works if you zero the partition table of the disk as I think it tries to read the old partitions when it makes the new ones. Super dumb. You can do this with: dd of=/dev/sdX if=/dev/zero

[@flailofthelord]

I installed arch myself about a month ago. I failed commands so many times, it was a real nightmare, I followed the tutorial exactly... so many commands just failed or gave errors that i had no clue how to fix. It was truly not easy, and i never wish to do it again.

[@tylerdean980]

Don’t break your install then

[@jerycaryy4342]

Hi, Arch user here, I went through the tutorial when I was three years old and had zero issues. Basically flew through it. I think you just don't have the necessary skills to become an Arch user. Best regards, Arch Enthusiast.

[@andremaldonado7410]

All I'm gonna say is, if the base install was a nightmare, if someone ever suggests to you the idea of using ZFS for boot and root fs run for your fucking life my friend

[@banu6301]

@@tylerdean980 or use Timeshift?

[@sepg5084]

@@tylerdean980 this a good way to push away people from Linux, and keep its install base low forever. That's the goal, right?

[@Va1shnav]

I followed along and was able to install arch on my MacBook Pro. I was having issues connecting to Wi-Fi on EndeavourOS. No issues with Arch! Thanks for the video 😁

[@EchterAlsFake]

Diese wunderschöne deutsche Musik, die da in meinen Ohren ertönt. Das erquickt mein Herz, so wie den Like Button :D

[@echoptic775]

At first i hated arch cuz of its elitist community, but when i installed it it taught me a lot, i love the great custimization abilities, and i think that no distro comes even close in terms of the package number. U can find literaly anything u want in the normal + aur repo

[@愛]

ive ran into many more elitists on stackoverflow than in any linux related community

[@AD4-ph9rf]

​@@愛I can visualize that

[@overlord1995]

Give us an example of this "anything you want". People always say this shit and never have an example.

[@gormless-idiot]

@@overlord1995 You want to boot to straight tty and start into a GUI using just startx, while using KDE? Go for it you can do it on Arch (also on Debian too because it's just as based as Arch

[@ion_propulsion7779]

NOOOO YOU CAN'T HECKIN USE A INSTALL SCIPTARANO THATS UNSUPPORTED!!!!! REEEEEEEEEEEE

[@nullKass]

Installing Arch in the traditional way can generate the experience called "flow", the process feels like playing a nice game in Normal difficulty, and I encourage every distro hopper to try it at least once in the entire life, the true meaning of Linux hides there. Archinstall just unlocks the Easy mode. But if you want to challenge the Nightmare difficulty, get an Nvidia graphic card.

[@firstNamelastName-ho6lv]

Or a touchscreen

[@sudarshanmhatre5429]

Nvidia 😂

[@xsus7401]

This is crazy was literally just looking into it and my fav linux user uploaded a video about it

[@syscruncher]

Ok, I gave into the curiosity and built an Arch box. I watched this video a couple months ago but wanted to do it the long way. What I like best about Arch now, is learning all this stuff, it took all weekend and a number of failed builds, but now it’s running like a champ. It gives you a connection to the machine because you put in that work to get it just how you want it, not how Canonical thinks you should like it. I wouldn’t call it hard, but to do it the long way, it forces you to actually think about what you are doing and learn a lot of how GNU/Linux works. There is no “best” distro, just the one that works best for you. I still say Ubuntu is a gateway drug to get you in the door and find more satisfying ways to compute.

[@act.13.41]

I am happy to see them working hard on the installer, but I still prefer my own script. The devs install -kde-meta- plasma-meta and you get a whole bunch of packages that you don't need and can't uninstall. I have my script set to install just what I want, and it even grabs YAY and Timeshift from the AUR.

[@marcopeterson805]

Wdym "can't" uninstall? Form my experience, *all* packages can be uninstalled, even the god damn bootloader.

[@act.13.41]

@@marcopeterson805 Sorry I misspoke and should have said plasma-meta instead of kde-meta. Any package installed with plasma-meta is there for good. Look up the package and see for yourself. You can't remove any individual package from it without removing the whole thing. I prefer to install plasma-desktop and then add the packages I want on top of that.

[@NotttC]

@@act.13.41 you can remove plasma-meta just fine, as long as you don't remove dependencies for it

[@act.13.41]

@@NotttC I am not saying you can't remove plasma-meta. I am saying you can't remove any of the packages inside it.

[@act.13.41]

Well, I guess I was wrong. I had installed plasma-meta before I did not like what I got with it. I removed it and installed plasma-desktop in its place. Maybe I should have stuck with plasma-meta.

[@stefannilsson2406]

I just took a huge step to free myself from the shackles of windows. Thanks for the help!

[@BeauSeverson]

And here I followed the Wiki like a moron. Good to know this exist for another time. I mostly wanted an Arch build to try and actually learn something about Linux and OS operation. I also had a very underpowered tiny laptop that was struggling to just run Windows on its own so I wanted something super slim. Thanks for the video!

[@xmvziron]

I found it weird both DistroTube and Mental Outlaw covered the Arch Installer while it was a thing for a while. Then I looked at the improved version. It's so much better.

[@pilot8720]

I used your old tutorial from 2 years ago yesterday to install Arch Linux on my spare SSD, funny this is posted the next day

[@seapunk.mp3]

Thanks bro!! Got arch finally running following ur guide

[@Fairy-tale69]

Thank you very much sensei I couldn't have done it without you

[@Taxevaderism]

The german music hit different

[@Stridsvagn69420]

I think it's pretty neat (especially if you just want to try Arch with a DE), although I still prefer just doing it manually so that I have more control over it. I installed Arch with KDE too, but only the DE and *some* KDE-Applications, so that the startup and in general my drive isn't that bloated.

[@shinokami007]

awesome music

[@latitzouri]

Just installed arch thanks to you, been trying since a while.

[@Fslikefedi]

Thanks mental outlaw I've been trying to say I use arch btw for months now

[@baneblade__]

Gentoo users are so nice and helpful because they realize that installing it is weird and complicated so they help you instead of being smug and sarcastic

[@nigga-kj6pn]

Yeah that's true. I personally got tell that by just reading messages on their discord sever lol

[@shinobunarusaka3348]

Untill u look a the General chat in their discord

[@victoriap1561]

I remember when a arch Linux user sent me to the wiki for something it wasn't there ahh good times

[@kdtech423]

I’ve had this video saved for a year lol. I stopped being lazy and tried this on a VM finally… thank you for sharing

[@berniejo5307]

thanks for the great guide for installing arch +1 respect for the bass bomber bit

[@ChimeraX0401]

In the past I helped my friend install arch on his pc. I used calamares installer to install arch, I would say pretty good for people who will be installing arch for the first time...

[@aemilious6267]

If I only had known Arch wiki existed in my early years of programming then I think I would have become a better computer user or a better researcher , it's more complete than Wikipedia itself, You can find almost anything in it. Besides reading Arch Wiki can be frustrating at the beginning with all those links referencing to other pages but once you get used to it it would be just another simple website.

[@linuxforpunks]

best part of Arch is the musical loading screens - this should become as standard as progress indicators

[@ErikUden]

These videos are getting better and better

[@ye263]

Your cute anime girl folder is enviable

[@Spiegelgeist]

Thanks for the great content, I actually found your channel searching for arch linux stuff. Was wondering, what is the name of the song? I hope you and your loved ones have a safe, happy, and healthy 2022.

[@MentalOutlaw]

Alan Aztec - Bass Bomber

[@Spiegelgeist]

@@MentalOutlaw Thank you kindly for answering me. Once again, I hope you and your loved ones stay safe, happy, and healthy. Now, and in the future.

[@CaptZenPetabyte]

Seriously, one of your best info-tutes to date (sarcasm was on point).

[@39zack]

This video was way more fun than I expected XD

[@Boringpenguin]

The thumbnail game is better than ever

[@0hate9]

ngl, I recently did my first actual arch install (as opposed to using endeavour or an installer), and honestly? it was pretty easy. the wiki is pretty clear, and it really didn't take that long for me to get it installed and mostly set up.

[@ChristopherGray00]

it's easy for someone who knows a lot about computer systems but not for the average joe, also it is very time consuming even if you are technically inclined like i am (i am a low level systems developer and work with linux all day.) i don't hate arch linux or think it is objectively bad by any means, it just isn't my cup of tea, it does not exist for the same reason that ubuntu, fedora or manjaro do, it's meant to be geeky and DIY, it's not for everyone, and that's fine, it doesn't have to be for everyone, some people like me just want a system that is easy and fast to install and use straight out of the box.

[@MrRolnicek]

You know the guide is well made if someone made an installer that just follows the guide and works flawlessly.

[@AcidNeko]

even if installed arch by hand before, I prefer installing by archinstall because it does almost the same install, but a lot faster

[@icyz1ne456]

I think the only thing that I always have trouble with is getting my internet connection to work right, but everything else is smooth sailing

[@saltdad5263]

i remember my first arch install. i actually started off in a virtual machine so i could have at least some experience before i installed it on bare metal. less hard than it was nervewracking for me lol. hardest part for me was the wifi i believe. since then ive moved on to gentoo as my daily driver, but i am going to install arch on my old laptop again (currently runs fedora which is a bit bloated for its hardware), so its really nice having an easy installer, even if i dont technically need one haha

[@pyrokamileon]

great timing! i was just getting ready to reinstall my os on my laptop so i will have to try this method out 😁

[@knownpenguin7573]

i never knew "archinstall" was a package this will make my virtual machines easier to setup

[@thepuzzlemaster64]

I always wondered how the Arch installer looked, as I've gotten so used to installing it manually. Looks like a good easy way to get Arch installed. Won't be using it though. For me Arch is a nearly perfect distro. Though, each distro I tried has their own problem: >Arch feels like it's missing a lot of packages (the most important ones are there, but some of the niche ones aren't) >Debian feels too out of date (an advantage for some, but not for me) >Fedora is way too bloated (I install neofetch, it installs 60 packages)

[@KyleRassweiler]

Which niche packages you feel are missing?

[@ratchicken8159]

most of those niche packages are on the AUR

[@zivvyyy]

most "niche" packages are in the AUR, but that doesn't really count, imo. i would prefer them to be in the main repositories. AUR is kind a last resort for me; it was very much not meant for ease of use, security or efficiency in mind.

[@thepuzzlemaster64]

@@KyleRassweiler You know what, I was going to provide examples (like workrave, tabby, envee, and caffeine), but I actually found them all in either the main repo or the AUR. Guess I spoke too soon on that one. Though, I will say that updating things in the AUR is a bit of a drag since most packages need to be recompiled.

[@ratchicken8159]

@@thepuzzlemaster64 the chaotic aur may help with that :)

[@dr.hannibal8338]

0:07 lmao i cried

[@infiernoworks886]

i love the install song you use!

[@Timi7007]

Other than being caught off guard by the song (am German though): Nice hardware! (And good content as always.)

[@FakeName000]

0:22 I read the whole thing... I need time to process it...

[@3RR0RNULL]

And btw I use arch Linux (I read the whole thing too lmao)

[@stompman]

your video editing in this video is a lot better than your usual editing. did you change software?

[@MentalOutlaw]

nope, still using kdenlive

[@giorgosterzakis3286]

So I just need to change software to automatically become a better editor?

[@yokai1235]

it's called experience the more you have the better you are at doing something

[@CarrotConsumer]

@@giorgosterzakis3286 If you're using bad software, sure.

[@fishfighter2]

@op. After getting the steam that, I remember how much I love Arch and think it is time for me to do a full install. As I search the internet I come across your video that basically saved me a day of research and bullshit. Thank you very much for this video I greatly appreciate it.

[@gorg7652]

Didn't expect Hard Bass with german lyrics during the install

[@spaceghost0813]

But how do I download my Arch waifu?

[@RaidenKaiser]

cant wait to do this for a dualboot. kinda been interested in making linux my main and windows as just for gaming.

[@mathisblair2798]

The steamdeck is based on arch. With steam/proton thats how linux gamers are playing currently. Not without hiccups. Prepare to watch lots of how to videos and stuff if you dont know how. But gaming on linux can be done. If you're into retro gaming? Retroarch works just fine. All emulators can be found for linux. Was playing dynasty warriors 5 empires today on rpcx2 ps2 emulator. I don't have a gpu for my thinkcenter yet but when i do im gonna play apex legends and doom eternal on it. XD I havent done it all yet. But I've already researched that it can be done. Also? I made the leap and removed windows from every pc in my home last month. Only Arch Linux. It took me about 2 months of study and videos and learning to know what I know now to know which packages to install. Keep a notebook and document everything that WORKS or you do correctly. For me; it's inspired me to learn all I can.

[@RaidenKaiser]

@@mathisblair2798 thing is I still can't use Linux to game because most mmos use a 3rd party anti cheat like xingecode. They have at least managed to get some games with easy anti cheat to work at least but I don't think that's the most aggressive version of anti cheat.

[@ai-spacedestructor]

that music during install is an interesting choice, as a german watching mostly english videos its rare hearing THAT kind of music in a video.

[@balbes227]

This "kde so bloated" picture make me laugh xD nice vid gj!

[@RC-14]

Deutsche übernehmt die Kommentarsektion!!! Er hat deutsche Musik laufen lassen!!!

[@dayvie9517]

*BASS BOMBER*

[@nexoplatin1010]

Roses are red Violets ar blue Diese Kommentarsektion ist nun deutsches Staatseigentum

[@luvesu]

just waiting for Gentooinstall

[@not_herobrine3752]

lfsinstall when

[@cerebrlflatuenz2324]

came for the archinstall guide, stayed for the hardbass

[@tekstorm1610]

This is very useful and I will use it from now on however I am grateful I installed arch the hard way my first time because I learned a lot from that experience

[@adialbano5499]

Manjaro has everything + things I don't need. Endeavouros has almost everything I need + little bloat. Vanilla Arch has almost nothing including not having bloat.

[@Jon-ko3vv]

Smug Linux supremes are gonna keep Linux in the friend zone for a lot of software devs

[@sepg5084]

They want it that way though, so that they can keep being smug for whatever reason

[@unclemamad8023]

it was pleasing watching an Arch linux installation while eating dinner

[@TristanAD_]

I literally do not understand any of the shit you post involving tech stuff like this, but I freaking love your thumbnails

[@JamesWoodard1222]

You used an old .iso. The version of archinstall that you installed, 2.4.2-1, comes with the 05-01-2022 Arch .iso.

[@KeepItTechie]

I use Arch by the way!! 😂 Thanks for the video.

[@MentalOutlaw]

Hey Josh! I saw you on freecodecamp, congrats on the collab with them.

[@KeepItTechie]

Thanks bro! They totally surprised me with that.

[@MYCUNNYsob]

my german heart fluttered at the sweet, sweet sound of bass bomber

[@bigrat6030]

did not expect one of my favourite songs here

[@OV.Q2]

I really like Arch, and I've been using it for over a year now, until recently. I got an Nvidia GPU because I had a terrible experience with my previous AMD GPU, and couldn't get the drivers working, so I ditched Arch. It's a nice distro for me personally, and I probably wouldn't switch it just because of the fact that I'm all of too used to the AUR and Pacman, plus I already run it on my laptop and used to on my desktop. Sure there are much better options, but It's what I'm used to. If I do reinstalls, this seems like a method I'd rather do than RTFM and set it up that way

[@froozenalex]

For me switching to Arch fixed GPU issues with my old AMD laptop kekw

[@fantasypvp]

nvidia GPUs are famous for not working with linux. if your gonna use linux, stick to AMD cards or intel integrated graphics. they have open source mesa drivers that make them function properly, with nvidia you either use the proprietary drivers which dont work with wayland and have loads of issues, or the open source drivers which essentially brick the performacne of your GPU i know from experience as my main pc has a nvidia card (but i still proudly use arch i just cant use wayland unfortunately)

[@froozenalex]

Yeah I keep trying to make kde Wayland work with my Nvidia card. It doesn't really work well. Idk who says Wayland works fine on Nvidia cards

[@OV.Q2]

@@fantasypvp I just stopped using Linux entirely on my main desktop because of Nvidia. I had too many issues with Radeon, and ditched them ASAP. I know I could use a VM with a passed through GPU, but I don't have enough PCIe lanes for that, with my configuration, I am left with 4x for both GPUs which hurts performance on both OSes more than it helps.

[@fantasypvp]

@@froozenalex im pretty sure that some nvidia drivers do work with wayland. i think its only the open source ones that do though, and they arent officially supported by nvidia so the performance is crippled (im talking like a third of what it should be on a lot of things). i guess until the *new open source drivers that nvidia just released the other day* become more mainstream and get plenty of community input, we're gonna have to compromise either on performance or things actually working

[@dxaniol]

i changed from arch to fedora, and im happy about that.

[@raracool04]

Sir, I don’t always agree with your videos, but this was quite funny and informative. Trying to install Arch in VMWare has been a nightmare, since the installation guide doesn’t give any VM specific tips, video guides don’t mention it at all, and I just want to trial Arch to see whether I’ll like it before committing.

[@MrMeek79]

My first time,we all remember our first time, installing Arch was a little rough. I was an Ubuntu noob and couldnt get help from others online. I followed the install wiki and was confused through half of it. I made it,then the second time was a little easier but then about the 4th time Ive installed Arch,it wasnt too bad at all. I was much more experienced with Linux so I understood it much more,so I can see it is a little rough for a beginner. Thats why i always tell noobs to try others first,get to learn Linux a little more,then try it. I do like this though,this looks so much easier.