The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice

[Tom Nook's Gloryhole]

If the brother is literally going to be watching youtube and scrolling facebook then he's probably not going to have any issues with Arch. The only issues that crop up with arch is when you decide to play about with it as documentation for arch is like pulling hair.

 

[Dante Alighieri]

documentation for arch is like pulling hair

What? The arch wiki is a really good example of excellent documentation, and is often useful for other distros.

 

[Hakase Shinonome]

If the brother is literally going to be watching youtube and scrolling facebook then he's probably not going to have any issues with Arch. The only issues that crop up with arch is when you decide to play about with it as documentation for arch is like pulling hair.

You’re a retard. A plain retard.

 

[Dread First]

What? The arch wiki is a really good example of excellent documentation, and is often useful for other distros.

It used to be way better. Prior to the systemd transition, the ArchWiki had a dedicated "beginner's guide" that walked you through the entire process of starting from a text console and then bootstrapping yourself all the way up to a proper graphical environment. Stuff like how to arrange your daemons in /etc/rc.conf to avoid conflicts, what Mesa is and why you need it, the entire array of xf86-video-* drivers and which one to choose, the startx test with TWM to make sure X11 functioned properly, and then whether or not you wanted to set up GNOME 3, KDE SC 4, Xfce, LXDE, Fluxbox, Openbox, etc along with the assorted dependency chains to install.

Unfortunately... post-systemd transition, the old Arch Installation Framework no longer worked, they decided to go for an even more manual install process via the Arch Install Scripts, they outright deleted the beginner's guide, and replaced it with a generic install guide and a hyperlink to a "General Recommendations" page where you gotta do the guesswork and figure otu what you need and in what sequence. Of course, it's all moot anyway because archinstall exists and no one with an iota of self-respect wastes time on manual Arch installs anymore

 

[SchizoDaemon]

Of course, it's all moot anyway because archinstall exists and no one with an iota of self-respect wastes time on manual Arch installs anymore

The last time I did a manual arch install was 2019/2020 when I was locked in during COVID.

Unfortunately... post-systemd transition, the old Arch Installation Framework no longer worked, they decided to go for an even more manual install process via the Arch Install Scripts, they outright deleted the beginner's guide, and replaced it with a generic install guide and a hyperlink to a "General Recommendations" page where you gotta do the guesswork and figure otu what you need and in what sequence.

I was pretty disappointed when they had changed it. It made it much more difficult to install manually.

Arch (much like Gentoo) used to be a guided LFS. I think LFS has now changed to systemd in the later versions.

 

[y a t s]

Of course, it's all moot anyway because archinstall exists and no one with an iota of self-respect wastes time on manual Arch installs anymore

The last time I did a manual arch install was 2019/2020 when I was locked in during COVID.

Am I the only person here who enjoys and prefers a manual install? pacstrap does most of the work for you anyway.

 

[MisterListerTheBlister]

Just out of curiosity, what is you guys' preferred firewall? So far I've heard between firewalld and ufw but I'm not really sure about the differences nor if there's anything better out there.

 

[Miller]

how do i exit vim

very carefully

 

[Betonhaus]

Just out of curiosity, what is you guys' preferred firewall? So far I've heard between firewalld and ufw but I'm not really sure about the differences nor if there's anything better out there.

just turn off unnecessary services and don't use DMZ mode on your router? It's not that hard

 

[Eternal Struggler]

My little brother is installing Arch as we speak, of his own accord - can we get a ?

Thoughts and prayers for your little brother, he will NOT be amongst the living in a week tops.

I really tried to use arch on and off 3 to 4 years ago, but everything was always so janky and busted and I kept busting my XOrg config trying to get my piece of shit ASUS ROG's Nvidia graphics to actually work, it took me way too long to realize it wasn't being used at all (I was only playing emulated games back then).

Nowadays I just use Linux Mint and it just works. I would love to tweak my Emacs to my autistic desires and set uoo a tiling WM, but I get tired enough with work bullshit already.

 

[SchizoDaemon]

Just out of curiosity, what is you guys' preferred firewall? So far I've heard between firewalld and ufw but I'm not really sure about the differences nor if there's anything better out there.

I use UFW. It is pretty simple.

I have a script for my desktop/laptop, that people might find useful.

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

sudo ufw default deny incoming
sudo ufw default allow outgoing
sudo ufw allow ssh
sudo ufw allow 5353/udp # Multicast DNS
sudo ufw enable

# Ports for Steam
# https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/2EA8-4D75-DA21-31EB

# To log into Steam and download content:
sudo ufw allow 27015:27050/udp # UDP remote port 27015-27050
sudo ufw allow 27015:27050/tcp # TCP remote port 27015-27050

# Steam Client
sudo ufw allow 27000:27100/udp # UDP remote port 27000-27100: Game traffic
sudo ufw allow 27031:27036/udp # UDP local port 27031-27036: Remote Play
sudo ufw allow 27036/tcp # UDP remote port 4380
sudo ufw allow 4380/udp  # UDP remote port 4380

# Dedicated or Listen Servers
sudo ufw allow 27015/tcp
sudo ufw allow 27015/udp

# Steamworks P2P Networking and Steam Voice Chat
sudo ufw allow 3478/udp # UDP remote port 3478
sudo ufw allow 4379/udp # UDP remote port 4379
sudo ufw allow 4380/udp # UDP remote port 4380
sudo ufw allow 27014:27030/udp # UDP remote ports: 27014-27030

# Torrents
sudo ufw allow 6969/tcp

# Remote Desktop
sudo ufw allow 3389/tcp

# virsh
sudo ufw allow bootps
sudo ufw allow 53/udp
sudo ufw allow 53/tcp

# ollama
sudo ufw allow 11434

# reload ufw
sudo ufw reload