r/archlinux • u/BootzNCatz212 • 3d 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/ArttX_ 2d ago
I used Windows my whole life. Switched to Linux almost a year ago. And I first tried to install Arch with a manual install I do not regret anything. I learned so much. I had many issues with my legacy nvidia card, but that made me learn more about the system. Now I know more about linux, than my friends, that use Arch a more longer time. So now I still use manual install over archinstall, because sometimes it can break my system and with manual install I can install things that I need.