Switched from Windows 11 to Arch Linux as a first distro
Hello everyone. Last week, I made the final decision to abandon Windows 11 for good. I'm not entirely sure why my choice fell on Arch Linux; knowing full well how notoriously difficult it is to install and configure, that fact somehow didn't deter me. I suppose I figured that since I'm a seasoned Windows power user, a trifle like installing Linux would turn out to be a walk in the park.
In my attempts to get it set up, I nearly formatted all of my drives instead of just the one I intended. A couple of times I had to start the whole process from scratch, and the entire ordeal was accompanied by a steady stream of profanity. But, fortunately, I managed to get it installed.
The very first—and probably my least favorite—problem I encountered was Linux itself. At first, it struck me as being as inconvenient as it is humanly possible to imagine. However, after a couple of days, I got used to it and began fully configuring and customizing the system. Good Lord, the sheer volume of issues I ran into just with customizing the terminal alone (that was probably the hardest part)! Thankfully, YouTube was there to help me sort through the vast majority of my headaches.
By the way, before installing KDE I had already set up paru and pacman, and I'm using zsh (or something like that) in the terminal.
So, in a way, I regret that my first distribution turned out to be Arch. In another way, I'm actually quite glad it was. But I suspect I still have a great deal to learn and will face a great many more problems with this OS.
Thank you to those who read this far. I'd be happy to hear any advice anyone might have to make life a bit easier (if one can put it that way).