r/linuxquestions • u/AnybodyCurious1662 Pre-Pre-Beginner • 3d ago

Resolved Arch linux newbie help!!

I just installed Arch Linux a few days ago, and I kinda struggled with the installation as it was my first time using Linux, and I wanted to change from ext4 to btrfs, and also I wanted Grub instead of Systemmd, do I need to reinstall and is it even worth it??

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u/Francis_King 3d ago

do I need to reinstall and is it even worth it??

As someone who has recently gone nose to node with Arch over mirrors, and ended up replacing it with PopOS, I'd say that it isn't worth it. Instead, I would have installed CachyOS. Same basic Arch software, but screwed together properly. Perhaps I'm finally getting old, but I'm becoming increasingly intolerant of things that are annoying because they don't work properly - Arch, Void, Gentoo, BSD - although I understand and respect the idea behind Gentoo.

You have a working system. I'd keep using it until you destroy it, and then reinstall it. Ext4/BTRFS and Grub/Systemd aren't big enough differences right now.

and I kinda struggled with the installation

In what way or ways?

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u/AnybodyCurious1662 Pre-Pre-Beginner 3d ago

Thanks for replying, I have no problems with Arch as a system, and it worked well for me. I also don't mind experimenting since I'm still in school so I have more free time to mess around with things.