Arch Linux turns 20: Small, simple, great documentation

Re:Arch Linux turns 20: Small, simple, great documentation by candiddevmike on Thursday November 24, 2022 @08:29AM (#33731087)

You can install Debian the same way you installed Arch (manual, CLI) via debootstrap. It's not really advertised, Debian really wants folks to use their installer.

I built a tool that does this, you can look through the code and see how I do it--it's just bash spaghetti. Download a Debian live ISO (or use my tool to create an Arch-like minimal live USB) and you can install it however you want.

https://github.com/candiddev/forge

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Re:Arch Linux turns 20: Small, simple, great documentation by ilyt on Thursday November 24, 2022 @09:41AM (#33731762)

there is also [1] preseed, we use it to install our servers/VMs. It is a bit quirky tho, especially partitioning.

* [1] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed

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Re:Arch Linux turns 20: Small, simple, great documentation by rhaway84773 on Thursday November 24, 2022 @10:32AM (#33732450)

But isn’t that the whole point of Arch. It is advertised and promoted and therefore its well documented with a lot of support.

As a novice, if I am stuck somewhere the odds that I find the answer in the Arch Wiki or can ask an Arch enthusiasts and get an answer is orders of magnitude higher than the equivalent sources for Debian.

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