Arch Linux

[sickseeds]

omg thank you for this!! You a real one! 

[danmaku]

One thing I would recommend adding to any Arch installation is the Chaotic AUR. It's essentially a repo of most AUR packages precompiled, so you don't have to compile them yourself. For example, with the Cosmic desktop environment it's a royal pain to compile all the packages for that yourself, so instead you can get it from the Chaotic AUR and have them installed/updated in seconds. Another nice thing about having the Chaotic AUR on your system is it basically makes AUR helpers (like yay or paru) redundant, as all the AUR packages are accessible with pacman.

[sickseeds]

Me geeking out right now, that is so cool!! 

[sickseeds]

Oh my gosh tysm!! I am going to be working on making my arch lain themed, so this is wonderful!! If you know of any other customization's I am unaware of I can implement into arch that are lain themed, please let me know! 

[danmaku]

Oh, I forgot to mention I have this dope theme for SDDM that is Lain inspired.

Here's an example video for it: https://yt.cult9.xyz/watch?v=M-p7cHx4OM0
And if you're curious, the AUR package for it is sddm-lain-wired-theme

[danmaku]

I can never go to anything other than Arch LOL

For desktops, this is so true.

I forgot to post the obligatory screenshot, so here it is

[sickseeds]

This PC isn't the greatest, and I have only been using Arch since last year, so I know I am still considered a "newbie". But I can never go to anything other than Arch LOL

We all started somewhere though, right? 

[danmaku]

Arch is a great operating system. I think it was spring of 2022 when I first tried it, and at that point I had been using Pop! OS for a few months. I really didn't like the default DE that shipped with Pop, and you can't really remove it without breaking things so I used KDE Plasma, then branched out to tiling window managers, specifically awesomeWM. I really liked awesome so I stuck with it. One problem I remember having constantly was wanting to install programs that weren't available through Pop's repositories, but were easily available on Arch, either with pacman or through the AUR. Looking back the big two reasons I ended up going with Arch were 1) I only need to have what I actually used installed - I choose how bloated it is, and 2) the repositories were much more up to date and had more to choose from. It's rare that I come across a package I can't easily install on Arch.

Though I had been using awesomeWM for years, last summer I decided to try Hyprland, the Wayland equivalent of i3. At that time it was an absolute shitshow; the main problem being any program that relied on XWayland would crash at random then I would have to log out and back in to open any XWayland window. It was unusable. That was until around the end of the summer, I tried Hyprland again and it was a flawless experience. I've since grown accustomed to it and it's the main WM that I use now. I really like the keyboard driven workflow and the tags/workspaces, whatever you wanna call 'em. It's so nice.

[danmaku]

I use Arch btw

[sickseeds]

Do you like impressing your friends? Like boasting a little on how 'BTW I use Arch'? Stuck in anime hell and/or wish you were an anime girl? Wear your thigh high programming socks? Got the most depressing yet vibin' music? Do you never leave your room?

THEN THIS IS THE PLACE FOR YOU!!
Anything and everything Arch! From ricing (no matter how basic), showing off the types of terminals you use, or maybe you have ZSH and proudly show just how gay you really are! Whatever it may be! This is the place for it!

^{The poster is not liable for the addiction you will succumb to if you decide to learn and go down this route}