Hello!
I’ve bought new parts and I am awaiting their arrival so I can build my brand new computer. I’ve decided to go for Arch Linux with KDE plasma or perhaps Gnome as my desktop environment but that’s as far as I’ve come.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Xw4sRv
I figured I would ask the community if they have any tips or suggestions, thanks!
Parts are absolutely fine. If you’re a beginner I’d advised against Arch as it’s high maintenance. If your hell bent on a Arch distro I’d recommend EndeavourOS as it’s Arch with an installer and the base system will cover most use case without too much tinkering.
Can you give some examples on how it’s high maintenance? I am not afraid of tinkering with the computer to get what I want.
The reason I am interested in Arch Linux is because it’s not bloated and I have full control over what I will have installed on my system.
If you go into Arch knowing that you will probably need to spend more time on things that show up by default on other distributions and are okay with spending more time on the command line then you could be fine with Arch. Going through the basic Arch installation process leaves you with just the command line present, you’ll need to install your desktop environment of choice, along with any other software like steam or discord. Arch is rolling release so you get bleeding edge access to package updates, it’s great for staying up to date but it can sometimes lead to some packages breaking or some other system failure, I kept an eye on arch forums before updating to see if anything broke and what the fixes could be. For some it might be tedious to do those things and that’s okay, there are other distributions like Mint, Fedora, etc that will provide a less complicated experience
I’ve tried installing Arch on a virtual machine before, so I am not completely new to it I suppose. I think I will be fine with the added complexity of Arch. Good advice to check out the Arch forums before updating, thanks!