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    [–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    Once i get another machine to dick around on ill try installing arch.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

    i started learning about linux 4 months ago. Installed Arch with archinstall pretty easily to a VM, it booted up no problem. But you have to manually install the desktop, if you want a gui (who doesn't lol). But there are many desktops for Arch, the most common ones have pretty good documentation. But if i were you, i'd experiment with some more niche desktop emviroments

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

    No need to manually install desktop environments, archinstall also does that (Profile --> Desktop).

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    i didn't have that option in Archinstall

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    You did, probably just didn't see it ;) It's been part of it for years, since around 2020 according to GitHub. But to be fair, calling the option "Profile" might not be very intuitive for some people, so it's easy to miss.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

    i checked every option. maybe it was an old version or a modified one

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

    Just use kvm/qemu and install it. When I want to play with detailed setups I install slackware and start configuring/compiling.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

    yeah i could do that. When i installed it i had a problem booting logging in, it wouldn't goto the DE.