I’m planning to install Arch Linux for the first time. Any recommendations on setup, must-have applications, or best practices? Also, what’s something you wish you knew before switching to Arch?

  • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 hours ago

    Install it in a VM. Create snapshots. When you fuck it up then revert the snapshot.

    Once you’re decent at figuring out what to and not to do then try to get proficient at file system snapshots so you can do the same thing more or less on bare metal.

    • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml
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      6 hours ago

      This, and take physical notes, or at least make notes in something you can refer to on a screen that is not your phone, ideally another desktop or a laptop computer with internet access in case something unexpected comes up during the physical install and you need to search the archwiki or the wider internet.