#Arch stuff...

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harsh cargo
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It wants a login.

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@waxen nest Help.

waxen nest
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wdym

harsh cargo
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It wants a login.

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It wants a username.

waxen nest
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login as root

harsh cargo
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I can't.

waxen nest
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did you not set a root password?

harsh cargo
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Yeah.

waxen nest
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you'll need to boot back into the usb

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I have to go. Hopefully I'll be back in around 30-45 mins

harsh cargo
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Ok.

waxen nest
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I am back

harsh cargo
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I'm having issues.

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Already.

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I've installed Arch twice.

waxen nest
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what are you having issues with rn?

harsh cargo
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I can't get pantheon on it.

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Internet...

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I connected it to my router but it got disconnected from it.

waxen nest
harsh cargo
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Error: failed to commit transaction (invalid URL for server)

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I keep getting this error.

waxen nest
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try pacman -Syu

harsh cargo
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I did that.

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Same error.

waxen nest
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did you install and enable Network Manager?

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try ping www.google.com

harsh cargo
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Yeah.

waxen nest
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pacman-key --populate archlinux
pacman-key --refresh-keys```?
harsh cargo
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Temporary failure in name resolution.

waxen nest
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oh

harsh cargo
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Nah.

waxen nest
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ping doesn't work either?

harsh cargo
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Errors everywhere.

waxen nest
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Honestly

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it's best to reinstall and NOT use archinstall

harsh cargo
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It was connected to WiFi in the installer.

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No.

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I'm using Arch.

waxen nest
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it's awful and it's buggy and if it messes up somewhere you won't know what the problem is because you didn't set it up

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I know

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Just don't use archinstall

harsh cargo
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I'm not going away from it.

waxen nest
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do it manually

harsh cargo
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That's harder.

waxen nest
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archinstall is the automated script

waxen nest
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you can try typing systemctl enable NetworkManager.service and reboot

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if that doesn't work I've no idea how to help you because I don't know what the hell archinstall does every time it's ran

harsh cargo
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One more time...

waxen nest
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well you could just do it the correct way and be done with it

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or you could get an arch iso with an actual installer

harsh cargo
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Ok then.

waxen nest
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like EndeavourOS

harsh cargo
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I don't like Endeavor.

waxen nest
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alr

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boot up the iso one last time

harsh cargo
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It comes with too much software that I can't remove whatsoever.

waxen nest
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and I'll guide you through the manual install

harsh cargo
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I did that.

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Ok then.

waxen nest
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it shouldn't take more than 20 mins

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it's much easier than people make it out to be

harsh cargo
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Hurry up. I don't have 20 minutes.

waxen nest
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bruh

harsh cargo
waxen nest
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basically enter the iso

harsh cargo
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I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

waxen nest
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type iwctl and connect to your wifi

harsh cargo
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Ok.

waxen nest
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I'll help you out don't worry

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do you remember how to connect to your wifi?

harsh cargo
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Done.

harsh cargo
waxen nest
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ok do loadkeys uk

harsh cargo
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I pinged Google.

waxen nest
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alr

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load the uk keymap

harsh cargo
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It won't stop. 🥲

waxen nest
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ctrl+c

harsh cargo
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This is very funny.

waxen nest
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if you thought exiting vim was hard ping is harder

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anyway

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did you load the uk keymap?

harsh cargo
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No.

waxen nest
harsh cargo
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STOP PINGING!

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It won't stop pinging.

waxen nest
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do ctrl+c

harsh cargo
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I knew that.

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Done.

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@waxen nest Next.

waxen nest
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alright

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type lsblk

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do you know which one of the drives listed is the one you want to install to?

harsh cargo
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Yes???

waxen nest
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tell me which one it is so I can give you the correct commands

harsh cargo
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SDB1

waxen nest
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sdb1 is a partition

harsh cargo
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I think.

waxen nest
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you will be formatting the entire disk

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so sdb

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send an image

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and I can tell you if that's the one with the current arch installation

harsh cargo
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It is the SSD.

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Super Sassy Dog

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Super Slow Dinosaur

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Super Sweet Dino nuggets

waxen nest
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Hey you sure you didn't mess up your partition when installing arch for the first time? Cuz sdb only has 1 gig of storage formatted and that's certainly not enough for a full install

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your nvme does seem to have some partitions that could be a linux system

harsh cargo
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I don't know.

waxen nest
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do mount /dev/nvme0n1p3 /mnt then type ls /mnt

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this will show you what's inside the nvme

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in archinstall did you select to have a seperate home partition?

harsh cargo
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archlinux lost+found

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GO TO FUCKING HELL GOOGLE.

waxen nest
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ok then it's definitely arch linux

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seems to be your home partition

harsh cargo
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It is.

waxen nest
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type umount /mnt

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to unmount it

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we are going to format the nvme so you better not have any data in there, though considering you have installed arch 3 times or more on it already it's probably all gone now anyway

harsh cargo
waxen nest
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umount without the 'n'

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just mount with 'u' in front

harsh cargo
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I use a Chinese keyboard.

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It's not my fault.

waxen nest
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F

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did you umount it?

harsh cargo
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No.

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Yeah.

waxen nest
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alright

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now type cfdisk /dev/nvme0n1

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you should see a screen like this with the partition inside the nvme

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harsh cargo
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Yeah.

waxen nest
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select each one and press on delete

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until the entire disk is just free space

harsh cargo
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Done.

waxen nest
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alright now select the free space and select new

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for the first partition you only need 512MiB

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make sure to add MiB at the end too

harsh cargo
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How?

waxen nest
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click on new

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and type 512MiB

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if I remember correctly it shouldn't ask you for anything else

harsh cargo
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@waxen nest Done.

waxen nest
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alright

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for the swap

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how much ram does your PC have?

harsh cargo
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15.84GB

waxen nest
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alright so

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create a second partition

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and give it 8GiB

harsh cargo
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Done.

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I typed GB instead.

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Is that ok?

waxen nest
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It's fine

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doesn't matter unless you want all your partitions to be in GiB (Multiple of 1024 instead of 1000)

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now for the root

harsh cargo
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Ok.

waxen nest
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I recommend at least 32GB

harsh cargo
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Ok.

waxen nest
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but you can give it a little more if you'd like

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I use 48gb in my 512gb nvme for example

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this isn't your home partition so don't give it too much. Most of your data will be in your home partition

harsh cargo
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I only play two not AAA games so, it won't be necessary.

waxen nest
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your games are also installed in your home partition

harsh cargo
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I know.

waxen nest
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so again not needed to have more than 64gb. I have 48 because it's right between 32 and 64

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after you do that

harsh cargo
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What about my juicy brain?

waxen nest
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make one last partition

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with the rest of your free space

harsh cargo
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32GB should be ok. Can I increase it later?

waxen nest
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you can do that by leaving the partition space blank

waxen nest
harsh cargo
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Ok. What should I have it at?

waxen nest
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Put it at 48gb

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and it should be fine

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64gb if you want to be 100% sure you won't run out

harsh cargo
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I'm stuck.

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Fuck eveueiejejslsjdbdhd

waxen nest
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send an image

harsh cargo
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I can't.

waxen nest
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uh

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you good?

harsh cargo
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No

waxen nest
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crazy

harsh cargo
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The PC is off.

waxen nest
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what did you do

harsh cargo
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I lost all of my data for nothing but failure.

waxen nest
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you didn't format anything yet

harsh cargo
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I can't comprehend with Linux and I can't comprehend Windows.

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I know.

waxen nest
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You are trying arch linux when you don't even know the basics. You really should try something easier first and it doesn't have to be ubuntu

harsh cargo
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How do I connect it to WiFi?

waxen nest
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iwctl

harsh cargo
waxen nest
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crazy

harsh cargo
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO USE ANYMORE.

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I'm getting overwhelmed with everything.

waxen nest
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You do realize you can use a distro like endeavour and change the stuff you don't like right?

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You are not locked into what is installed by default

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don't like KDE plasma? Just remove it and install something else

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There is also OpenSUSE which is pretty cool

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It has a minimal option which doesn't install any DE or WM and lets you choose which one you want yourself

harsh cargo
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I can't use Windows because it has a lot of bloatware and it feels Chinese.

I can't use Fedora because it doesn't work well with NVIDIA.

I can't use Ubuntu because it feels Chinese.

I can't use Arch because it is complicated.

I can't use MacOS because Macbooks are expensive and Hackintosch's don't support NVIDIA.

OpenSUSE is also complicated.

waxen nest
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it isn't

harsh cargo
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Everything is difficult.

waxen nest
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opensuse is really easy

harsh cargo
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Shut up, it is. I can't use any operating system.

waxen nest
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stick with freedos then idk

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or templeos trollface

harsh cargo
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No.

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I need to game.

waxen nest
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there are also distros like vanillaOS which are immutable (You can't break the base operating system), but you can use containers with any package manager you'd like

harsh cargo
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I need to game on an operating system that natively supports NVIDIA.

waxen nest
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so you are able to install programs from basically any distro

waxen nest
harsh cargo
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No.

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FreeBSD? No.

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Solaris? No.

waxen nest
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FreeBSD 💀

harsh cargo
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Orical Linux ot whatever turns ? Fonodjrjdndjd

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Fuck EJJESLKDJDBDLDBDOD

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What amI supsius to use,m

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I'd rather using Windows 7.

waxen nest
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try a simple one and change the defaults

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it doesn't get more simple than that

harsh cargo
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A simple what?

waxen nest
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distro

harsh cargo
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No.

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I need to use something that isn't Linux and isn't Windows.

waxen nest
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Hackintosh trollface

harsh cargo
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I can't.

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They don't support NVIDIA.

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I would have made one if one of them did.

waxen nest
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well idk how I can help you when you aren't willing to try anything

harsh cargo
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Exactly.

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I had massive issues with pretty much every operating system.

waxen nest
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Oh yeah

harsh cargo
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FydeOS for NVIDIA? Yeah, where?

waxen nest
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it's arch but with a good installer and multiple flavors with basically any DE or WM you could want

harsh cargo
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Ok.

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Windows 9 must be better.

waxen nest
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if only 7 didn't 8 9

harsh cargo
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Yeah.

harsh cargo
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@waxen nest PearOS.

harsh cargo
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What should I use? Windows or Linux?

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I was using TuxedoOS. It was absolutely brilliant.

harsh cargo
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@waxen nest I'm switching to Windows 11. 😟