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Re:Installing Arch Linux on a Laptop by Keppl8R on Saturday September 14, 2024 @04:08PM (#41542460)
ArchWiki: your source for Arch Linux documentation on the web. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Main_page
Re:Installing Arch Linux on a Laptop by Foomf on Saturday September 14, 2024 @07:07PM (#41543792)
I'm getting some mixed messages in this thread alone. Who do I believe?

https://imgur.com/a/ylkWLfQ

Re:Installing Arch Linux on a Laptop by matheusmoreira on Saturday September 14, 2024 @11:23PM (#41544964)
I recommend reading the wiki and judging for yourself.

When I contributed a binary QR code decoding feature to zbar and the new version landed in the arch repositories, the first thing I did was edit the arch wiki with usage information.

I also documented a process for encoding and decoding PGP keys to and from QR codes using that feature by editing the paperkey article on the arch wiki.

When I installed arch on my laptop, I wasn't able to configure my screen's brightness. Searching the arch wiki revealed that by default the kernel's Intel iGPU drivers would set brightness by PWMing the screen which doesn't work over eDP connections which is what my laptop used, and also documented the exact kernel command line option I needed to make it work.

Re:Installing Arch Linux on a Laptop by zamadatix on Sunday September 15, 2024 @10:04AM (#41547591)
The Arch wiki is the 1st party official place for developers, maintainers, and users to maintain updated reference material. Whether one considers it up to date "enough" will be a personal judgement call but there is no better place to go in the long run.
Re:Installing Arch Linux on a Laptop by maleldil on Saturday September 14, 2024 @07:39PM (#41543930)
Not just Arch documentation. It often has general use information, too, applicable to other distros and Unixes.
Re:Installing Arch Linux on a Laptop by kelnos on Saturday September 14, 2024 @10:41PM (#41544798)
Agreed! I've never used Arch, but the Arch wiki often comes up in search results when I'm looking to solve a problem, and it's usually very helpful.
Re:Installing Arch Linux on a Laptop by collyw on Sunday September 15, 2024 @01:49PM (#41549040)
Arch has some of the best documentation for Linux in general. I ended up there a lot for a Manjaro install but it has solved issues on Ubuntu machines for me. Always pretty obscure stuff.
Re:Installing Arch Linux on a Laptop by somat on Saturday September 14, 2024 @07:57PM (#41544035)
The duality of linux distributions

The worse the installer the better the documentation.

It's a joke, but perhaps there may be a core of truth in there. An underlying psychological process at play.

Re:Installing Arch Linux on a Laptop by BrandoElFollito on Sunday September 15, 2024 @07:39AM (#41546861)
ArchWiki: your source for Linux documentation :)

Outside of the pacman part (relevant to Arch only) the "how to configure your app" is wonderful.

This is really a fantastic documentation