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whats so good about arch compared to linux mint?

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new to this linux stuff sorry

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AlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦@lemmy.world
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Arch and Gentoo have IMO the best documentation ever and you learn a lot when you try using either of those distributions as you have to do everything from scratch starting from a minimal system. Since you’re saying you’re new to Linux though, I’d say you should start with something more user-friendly like Mint or Ubuntu (or even Manjaro if you want a rolling release distro) and stay away from Arch and Gentoo in the beginning.

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5redie8@sh.itjust.works
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And for the FOMOers of you, I started playing with Linux as a kid over a decade ago, and I just attempted and completed my first Arch install last month.

(I got it first try thought not to brag or anything :) )

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SmokeInFog@midwest.social
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I will say that while some things in the Arch wiki are for arch only, a whole lot of it applicable to any distro. Or at least to Mint, which I’ve been on for like a decade but have used AW (it’s a common DuckDuckGo bang I use, !aw) for many a trouble shooting and configuring

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iknt@lemmy.ml
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Instead of Manjaro, try EndeavourOS, easy Arch install with GUI.

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