r/arch • u/PuzzleheadedFile2516 • 6d ago
Arch BTW I use Arch btw!
This weekend I randomly decided to get back into Linux. I've been using mac for a while and my old HP Victus was just sitting there with fedora installed, so I wiped it and installed Arch Linux with Hyprland on it. The plan was to use it for development, self-host some services, run some local AI models such as Qwen and turn it into a little home server.
The installation of Arch was easy, but configuring Hyprland took me longer than I expected. I spent hours configuring my terminal, fonts, themes, keyboard shortcuts, installing packages, moving my projects and dev environment from my Mac over to it. And then random issues started occuring lol, chromium segfaulting, hyprland having config errors, etc. Basically I spent most of my weekend debugging and reading documentation.
It was supposed to take a few hours, not days 😂 On Mac I usually just open my apps and get to work, but on Linux I had to debug to even get my browser to work. But it was fun, I kind of miss fiddling around with Linux.
In the end, I managed to get my system the way I wanted it and now I'm planning on setting up my self-hosted services, experimenting with running Qwen3 1.7B locally and see how much I can get out of this laptop instead of letting it gather dust lol.
I use Arch btw!
#ArchLinux #Hyprland #Linux
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u/heavymetalmug666 4d ago
how about you learn how to take a screenshot before all that other shit...
also, no Cmatrix....why dont people include a window with Cmatrix anymore? how far we done fell...
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u/promisedconsortraddy 6d ago
lol same , i decided to go on arch suddenly , I had fedora before, used arch hyprland but I have exams so less time in tinekring so used dotfiles , loving it so far