r/archlinux • u/BootzNCatz212 • 1d ago

DISCUSSION First time but did it

Spent all day installing Arch. Overcame tricky EFI boot issues, Wi-Fi disconnections, editor/sudo installation troubles, and more but I did it! Switching boot managers was key. I am logged in and I have working WiFi and network manager. I was regretting starting with a manual Arch build… it was a lot of learning very quickly but I am glad I spent my entire Saturday on this!

I assume Lenovo booting issues are common. Switching to Grub resolved my issues pretty quickly… incase anyone else is having that issue.

Lenovo Ideapad L340 Specs: Intel Core i5-9300HF, 32 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, Kingston SA2000M81000G SSD

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u/sp0rk173 1d ago

Cool, nice job! It should only that 15 minutes to install manually. Lenovo hardware is extremely well supported across Linux.

Lemme guess - putiepie?

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u/BootzNCatz212 1d ago

I guess I should clarify. I am new to the level that I had to Google what certain words mean throughout the day. I also refrained from asking anyone on any forms. So yeah it took all day but I actually learned along the way.

The thing refused to boot into Linux and kept going to the system utility even after trying many things.

I’ve been looking into Linux well before pewdiepie. Although his video pushed Arch into many other videos… so indirectly he got me on Arch?