My journey to "I use arch btw"
1. How this project started? I'm going to be honest, it's been ages since I have written something without the use of AI to fix my writing. English is not my first language so please bear with me! With the rapid rise of AI, I felt that I have been losing passion for what I used to love at some point: learning . Nowadays, we can quickly solve most of our problems with the use of AI, often times, not even reviewing if it correct or not. That's why I decided to take some time daily to learn something new without or minimal use of AI. The first step is deciding, what should I try to learn first? Well, it was quiet easy to find out what. If you are into Linux, you have probably heard of Omarchy at this point. Like it or not, there's no deny that it's getting more popular among developers. So, why not try to build a decent looking Arch workspace? Before continuing, I would like to mention that this is not a guide. There are lot of resources online that teaches you how to install Archlinux and other packages. 2. Why Archlinux? Archlinux has -or had- the reputation of being difficult to get started with. Most of us are used to booting into a nice-looking, functional operating system. Although I have some Linux knowledge, I wanted to have a better understanding of what it takes to have a decent workspace. 3. Installing Archlinux The first step is actually installing Arch on my device. The device I'm going to use is my trusty built PC that I currently use exclusively for gaming. There are a few things to consider before jumping into installing Arch: My PC has an Nvidia RTX 5050 and AMD Ryzen 5 CPU. Need dual boot to switch between Windows 11 and Archlinux. I don't want to change the BIOS options repeatively. With this in mind, I quickly created a bootable USB using RUFUS . 3.1. Booting the USB If you are a Windows 11 user and have dual boot, you may know that Windows requires Windows Secure Boot. In order to boot another operation system, you'll need to change your Secure Boo