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by anothergoogler 2937 days ago
The problem is you expected an Arch Linux laptop install to "just work" when you were new to desktop Linux in general. Linux really isn't a "just work" desktop OS and it caters to power users. You might try Ubuntu as your first Linux distribution, but you will be continually frustrated if you expect a fresh Linux desktop install to fit like a glove.
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IOT_Apprentice 2937 days ago
How long has Linux been around? Why haven't "power user 10x developer/hackers" solved building a Linux desktop that fits like a glove? That works out of the box with modern hardware for wifi, video, audio, bluetooth etc.?
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Philipp__ 2937 days ago
Used Gentoo and FreeBSD for years. I knew what i was up to with Arch. I’ve used it in high school for few years with different desktop env. So I think I was more than prepared for Linux experience. Operating systems are my fetish if I may say so. :P
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pphysch 2937 days ago
If you can't handle a terminal-only environment, or even see it as less preferable to a desktop (you can install any WM you please in 15 minutes), it seems a bit disingenuous to claim you are "more than prepared for Linux experience".
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