• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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      I’ve seen it a handful of times and find it pretty wild. It’s certainly not some widespread thing.

      I do agree with the point, though.

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      I might recommend something Arch-based that’s opinionated and feature-complete, like Manjaro or Garuda, but I’d recommend pure Arch to the same people who would equally enjoy NixOS.

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      3 months ago

      All too often. It’s crazy but I see it all the time, and try to call it out.

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      Its a good way to learn how different parts of Linux work

      After you install arch a couple times you won’t be making posts asking why your grub is broken, youll already k ow how to fix it.

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        The last time my grub was broken was around 2012 when I ran Arch. After that I have rarely thought about grub at all.

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          OK so just dont learn the fundamentals I guess.

          Really lazy attitude

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        I’d recommend something that guesses how to install grub onto your system correctly for beginners, and let them figure this stuff out when they’re used to basic Linux usage TBH

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          I had many problems with installing grub in a dual boot configuration, so much so that I moved to systemd-boot and never had problems after. I don’t know why, but it’s config file approach felt more intuitive.

          I’m actually not sure why GRUB is such a popular boot loader that comes packaged with so many distros. Maybe GRUB does something more complex than just bootloading, but I don’t know if most users would care…