I installed Linux mint on a trusty old thinkpad. Used it probably 5 times over the course of a year. Then installed arch on a newer T480s I received from work. I am a complete novice. It is literally that easy. You download the arch installer, follow the wiki on the 2 or 3 commands needed for internet, then type archinstall. Thats it. You literally dont even have to install anything else, especially if you choose desktop instead of minimal like I did. I have no idea what anyone is talking about it being difficult. Its easy.
Next step is distro hopping until you land on Arch, Gentoo, FreeBSD or their derivatives. Then you get a split keyboard with a track ball built in. The rabbit hole goes so much deeper. I didn’t even mention thigh high socks if you choose arch.
An unbiased comparison of linux distributions' setup (sh.itjust.works)
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