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by yuvadam 4067 days ago
You're asking for something Arch will never provide. Having a "next > next > next" installer defeats the entire purpose of Arch.

I once shared the exact same wish, and I never truly adopted Arch until I installed it 3-4 times on one of my secondary computers. It is only by taking that path and practicing that I truly learned to appreciate what it is that Arch gives.

I'm sure you'll have that experience too, some day.

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Well arch did have a menu system that was pretty close to next > next > next before the new pacstrap way of installing was done. You still had to do quite a bit more work than say installing ubuntu but it was quite a bit easier to get started with than it is now.

I don't really see that the current install way is any better, most users will just blindly follow the beginners guide and either give up if it doesn't work (or since it is likely to work) have a system setup with very little understanding of why they did what they did.

Oh yea, Arch is not for the lazy, that's why it's fun!