Let's try the Arch Install script on a used ThinkPad!
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- Arch is a lot of fun! But it used to be a hassle to install. Thanks to the archinstall script, it's become much less of a hassle!
In this video, I introduce my new channel ThinkPad, a used E490, and I install Arch Linux on it using the archinstall script!
If you'd like to pick up the shirt I'm wearing in the video, you can get it at: vkc.sh/product-tag/t568b-chea...
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
03:01 Booting into the Arch installer
10:48 Starting up Arch for the first time
12:57 Parting thoughts
#Linux #ArchLinux #ThinkPad 
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Main developer and creator of this installer here, stumbled across your video just now and wanted to say that 11:32 - made me happy to hear and the excitement at 6:07 also cheered me up. Glad you loved the overall experience, if you haven't tried it yet the user experience *should* feel and look a lot better these days because we dropped an improved version of the TUI just after your video was made :) The current stable version has a few smaller bugs however and I'm about to release the next version in a few days. But the user interface is there to try if you wanna give it a go :) Anyways, keep up the good work!
Next month I am going to install Arch on my AMD APU system. I gave up on arch years ago because my tech skills on Arch weren't up to par.
@@james64468 I bet they were, it's just that lets face it. Manually installing Arch
is too much work when you just wanna get up and running, so don't beat yourself up
Hi there! Thanks for making the installer and thanks for letting me know about the new updates! I'm contemplating doing an "Arch Installer Update" video in the coming weeks- I've been very impressed with what I've seen so far and am looking forward to learning more about it. :)
The archinstaller is a great piece of work. Thank you.
Be great if it had an option to use a pre-prepared config file - (pulled via git)
if I am not mistaken, your script has become even easier and more user-friendly in the meantime so thx! It worked quite well.
Veronica's Archpad, btw
Arch always makes you learn stuff. Even during its installation. It taught me to read logs, to 'man' every command in terminal, taught me udev, taught me to explore sysfs stuff, taught me to only keep packages that I really need. It was hard in the beginning but you do come to understand your machine far better after all.
so true!
UEFI/gpt and dos, had no idea what any of that stuff was.
installed arch tons of times with Qemu and I've learned so much!
I'm confident my time using Arch as my daily distro was extremely helpful as I learned Linux. I don't know that I'd be nearly as good on a server without my time playing with Arch on the desktop. It's absolutely worth the time, IMO, even if you don't use it every day.
@@VeronicaExplains not on a server not made for it i guess
@@sixdroid true, arch wiki is the document for all good practices.
@@sixdroid what do I don't know?
Greetings from Kazakhstan, very nice video Veronica. My good friend Al Sneed just sent me your video. He is a Arch fan and has tried to convince me for years to install it. Now with your video I can see how easy it is to install it, even a city slicker like me can install it. Thank you for you video.
I am glad you enjoyed the video!
I was brave enough once, to try the install the arch way. Realized I had not picked and installed what's needed for a minimal DE, and bailed. Ran Manjaro for a couple years and now I'm a fan of Arco-Linux. The installer has come a long way, thank you for sharing!
Same thing happened to me, I even forgot wlctl so I had no network. I just went back in mounted and chrooted into the install with the usb drive and installed some basics
Any day with a new Veronica Explains video is a good day. I'm a huge fan of archinstall; I think it encourages more people to try Arch, and that probably leads to an overall better user experience. I'd love a video on btrfs if that's possible!
I'm a long time Arch user and I have the manual install procedure nearly memorised and I STILL do the separate screen following the wiki just in case lol. I'm VERY excited to try this script on my next install!
Thanks for making these great videos, Veronica!
I love the t-shirt, especially because I'm sitting here making patch cables while watching.
I really love your videos, you put a personal spin on things that make your videos a lot of fun to watch. Keep up the great work Veronica!
Arco is an Arch based Distro that has fantastic support. Their installer can be easy or in depth depending on what you want but the best part of Arco is how many images they have.
Wow, that's a really comprehensive installer. I don't remember there being so many interactive options last time I installed Arch, but then again, that was back in '15. For all the focus installers get, it's not like you'll ever need to use it again on the same computer.
Great walk-through 👍
Your videos are always so informative and fun to watch at the same time. Thanks! I've been running Arch and Arch based distros for years now. It's hard to ignore the freshness. LOL
Thank you so much!
That was a fun video with very sound opinions, great stuff vkc!!
You are such a delight. Thank you for existing and doing this show.
After hearing about Arch and its dreaded install, I was delighted to see that you did a video on it. Keep up the good work!
I enjoy your videos so much! I'm a long time Linux user, but I manage to learn several things with each video! I'd be interested to see a little about your music recording process on Linux, though I know it's not strictly in the wheelhouse of your channel. I enjoy catching glimpses of the guitars and pedals lying around your recording space :)
I've installed Arch using the archinstall script back in May 2021 and from what I could tell it looks like a bit has changed since then. I've also tried installing Arch manually and I always seemed to run into trouble, i ended up using the archinstall and it made things a heck of a lot more easier. I also have a thinkpad but it currently has ubuntu on it, i might just update my boot drive with the latest arch and do a fresh install again! Thanks for the awesome video!
@@sixdroid i had difficulty partitioning correctly for a dual boot.
@@sixdroid leave me alone, I lareadt have this shit installed
Love this video. Great overview of the Arch installer!
This was interesting to watch because the archinstall script has come a looonnng way since the version used in this video. It's much more user friendly and I've used it many times at this point when messing around with Arch Linux. You just earned a sub! Great job!
Love your videos Veronica!. Greetings from Honduras. Keep up the good work.
I am a long time user of many Linux distros. Just found you this morning 7-20-2022 9am. Would've loved to have found you a long time ago because you're fun to watch, go into more details than other cookie cutter RUclipsrs that copy each other with a fast show and tell, but no teaching new users everything that's needed to know to have a great time with any Linux desktop. Great Job. Going to be watching your older videos to see how your progress as a RUclipsr, and maybe something I don't already know. Like this new installer.
Greetings from Honduras, Central America..!!! I find all your videos so much fun..!!! Peace!!!!
I just install Manjaro. I have installed it on about 10 different laptops and it just works. Actually much easier than the arch install script. It will also preserve an existing windows install, shrinking it as needed. All the goodness of Arch with the slick Calamaries installer. Cheers!
Hi Veronica,
Your channel was one of the first youtube suggestions that was worth it.
You got a new sub. Amazing content.
Awww, thank you so much!!
Quality content. You have an excellent on camera presence.
Thank you!!
Great video, Veronica! (As always.) I've been a Linux user for 23 years but hadn't tried Arch yet (one of the few I haven't) until recently I decided to install it on a Lenovo Thinkcentre Tiny. So I'm looking forward to any further videos you may do on the distro. And for my hostname vote I'll put in the hat "vcurve" (the "v" for Veronica and an "arch" is a curve haha).
Look up Ermanno. He’s my favourite RUclipsr for Arch Linux. I learnt a lot from his videos. He does monthly arch install and change things up from time to time. Great way to get into Arch and learn about Linux in general
Great simple explanation, thanks!
Picked Arch as my first Linux distro last year because of its barebone-ness, couldn't be happier. I did install it the vanilla way while looking up guides and docs, and while infinitely more labor-intensive, I wouldn't say it's harder. It's been a great experience and I find it hard to justify trying out another distro lol
That was a wonderful video! I want to try Arch after coming from the world of Debian for almost a decade. I remembered that you made a video about it so I sought it out. I’m going to try it out. This looks more approachable than installing from scratch. I don’t need a fancy graphical installer.
This was fun! I'm glad I found your channel. A friend and I will be setting up a computer with Arch the manual way, while drinking a few beers. We're both Linux nerds, so it should be fun.
Also, I saw you're a Pop user and I'm wondering what you think of Linux Mint? I switched to Mint recently and quite love it.
Thanks for watching! Mint is a great distro. I've used Mint on a few devices in the past and had no complaints at all. They do great work!
Have fun doing Arch the classic way!
I just tried your tutorial and installed the latest Arch within a virtual machine - and it worked.
But i like Debian based distros much more😬
Greetings from Germany (where it's cold an rainy) and happy Thanksgiving😊
Thank you for sharing this - very helpful! 👍
Best arch install tutorial! thank you!
I liked that ThinkPad. You can replace the WiFi module, the HDD/SDD, and the memory sticks. Congratulations for the price and the choice!
As a device name, you could call this new laptop Amelia, in honor of Amelia Earhart (famous American pilot). As you will be using this device as a test pilot for distros and other works, I think it's a fair name.
Earhart's plane was the Lockheed Model 10 Electra, so perhaps the computer could be called Electra? On the other hand, Earhart disappeared whilst on a mission, so... I'm not sure I want Veronica to end up missing somewhere in the obscure reaches of the Arch Wiki, never to be seen again... ;-)
these older thinkpads you definitely can replace all that and the CPU up to 4th gen Intel.
Excellent video. Thank you!
Thank you for the Info. On the new Installer. Last time I installed Arch 2015 march I believe, it took 3 days and a second screen using my phone. UGH. What a nightmare the phone was. Lol. And that was the plain bare Arch. Just the bare min. with Firefox. Then it was another week almost to get it setup and working properly. But was the most satisfying install I have ever done. I feel I learned something, And I installed packages that my computer needed and nothing else. Most distros pull in tons of things for most computers out there, along with stuff I do not want. Time for a new installation on a new drive. Now see what your video DID!!! Lol. Thanks for your time and hard work on these Vid's.
I thought the main attraction of Arch was the learning process of doing the traditional install. When/if I test it on one of my machines I'll do the fun, slow, step-by-step with the wiki open on the side, like you mentioned.
As for naming the machine: Veronica + Arch(ie) leads back to both the old internet programs (using your-neck-of-the-woods gopher protocols) and the even older comic books, so maybe something like Jughead or Betty or Reggie?
I've been using arch as my daily os, and on various things around my house, for years now and I don't think the install process is the main attraction anymore. Nowadays Arch has the best wiki of any distro, and the size and convenience of the AUR is unlike any other tool as well. It's really grown! I remember when it used to break a lot, and could be temperamental, but now i use it on my home server and it's been happily humming along for years :) I will also stick to using the wiki most likely, i think it is fun and i have a lot to configure, but it's really exciting that the distro is open to more people with this script!
Archie is definitely the best name for a thinkpad that runs Arch owned by someone named Veronica. Hands down, you win
Cool stuff, thanks Veronica 👍🏽
I had that same IBM Aptiva as a kid. Definitely my favorite computer of all time.
Please make more videos! I love the channel.
I didn't realize Arch was this easy to install . I was doing it the hard way like always and never fails I find the easy way to do it after. Trying this method out. thank you.
I haven't tried the arch install script, looks good though. I always choose grub and ext4 too, just because I always choose those :). Definitely agree with your advice on trying the manual way to learn how everything works. That was one of the best linux educational experiences ever, the first time I did it. That being said, unless you need a very specific and fine tuned install, a script saves so much time and so many brain cells.
Gretings from Germany! I used to install Arch the manual way since 2013 and than i found archfi, which is also a script and works pretty decent. After you install the basics with archfi you use archdi, another script, to install the Desktop packages.
Muy bueno...como siempre. ¡Gracias!
This was a great addition by the arch guys
I love your t-shirt!
I made it myself! You can order one too at vkc.sh/merch!
ty for the great content. nice shirt ethernet color codes for a patch cable i think. its been a while since i have had to make cables but great video keep it up .
I don't know why the algorithm has never showed me your videos before.... I watch Linux content every day...
I am glad the algorithm gods blessed me with this video today.
SUBBED!!!!
My inner and outer nerd very much enjoys your t-shirt!
You got a nice shirt for T568B wiring 👌
Good video showing Arch isn't such a pain. I'm on Pop! OS currently from some of your previous videos. My suggested name for the laptop: Archwizard Gnomeo. Side story: "Gnomeo and Juliet" is an animated clip I stumbled upon and yet seems fitting for the division of Arch linux users and non-users (my past perception is it's for the knowledgeable linux users vs other distros that are more new-to-linux friendly). Gnomeo is a blue gnome (check the arch logo color) and Juliet is a red gnome. The archinstall script you show is the union of the two groups... It's your laptop, do as you please, but I think it's a good gname.
I have been using linux for about 20 years. I swap distros by using a desktop with a hot swap disk bay, I can power off and put in a new hard drive in a minute. 120gb SSDs are very cheap, so I have a stack of them. My Arch distro is Manjaro, I like XFCE and Manjaro was the easy way to get an Arch distro up and running. I tend to always go with what I know and use ext4, so would be interested to learn more about btrfs. Thanks for the informative and entertaining content.
As a linux beginner I was able to install arch alongside windows on the same drive, very easily and managed to get everything running. Pretty neat
Wow, that Aptiva pic takes me back. That was my third computer (first was an Apple IIc, and second was a Packard Bell running Windows 3.1).
CAT-5 wiring diagram spotted. Love the shirt.
thank you veronica, nice video for all arch interested, like me :)
I am adamant that everyone absolutely, definitely should install Arch using exactly whatever means they fancy.
I loved building my system from the bottom up the manual way. If I had to reinstall in a hurry, though, I might give the installer a go.
I do get things that break fairly regularly though. I might try Manjaro one day, to see if it hits the sweet spot.
Have you tried endevour os ?, I think it's the closest to a vanila arch without the fuzz, arch gui is great but still too manual for my liking, and manjaro is just too much, for me endevour was my sweetspot, atleast until now
Ha, I love your shirt!
Arch in 30 minutes is off the chain!
The most crucial part was iwctl. Before i stumbled on this video, i struggled with iwctl, archinstall commands. Later i follwed the scan, get-networks command & later exit the iwctl prompt. I figured it bit late but install is progressing well. Thanks im going with KDE plasma ❤
Great video Veronica, I am going to Arch to see how it is and how it does, I am using the installer script
Like the video and can appreciate the nuances of all the installers. I'm a Gentoo user, and I live and die by it, but I always like arch and try to install it in a vm once a month to keep my chops fresh. I have used the script and I can appreciate it, it has made my approach to gentoo a lil less canonical, and I start to appreciate the use of scripts, in fact it takes the knowledge in order to make a script. Although I have never used vanilla Arch as a main daily driver, I have installed it countless times, and the installation of arch is much simpler than gentoo. I have a step by step install order for both arch and gentoo if anyone is interested, both in rc-service and systemd for gentoo. I just have to say how much I like gentoo, because when I set it up correctly I can have a full kde desktop go from shutdown to new logged in desktop in under 20 seconds, I don't think there is any other distro that can do that.
Very good!!!
I name my ThinkPads after female comic book characters. Emma Frost is a "pimped out" T440p with core i7 Haswell (4 cores, 8 threads), 16 GB ram, 1 M.2 SSD, another SATA SSD and an HDD caddy in place of the optical drive and a 1080p IPS display. I use "her" in my work every day with Archlabs Linux and a windows 10 install in KVM. Couldn't be happier, the performance is great for her tasks.
I went with Manjaro and XFCE - maybe archinstall next time. Thank you very much for the great demo.
As someone who hasn't botched the Arch install process, and thus not many reruns, I still enjoy the wiki way.
Plus, I enjoy the granularity of it. Being a very particular person, I like deciding/knowing as much about what's running on my personal systems as possible.
Also, running as little as possible.
The addition of archinstall is nice, for sure.
Also, call it "furnace" or "forge". 😉
I name most of my network devices after Adventure Time characters! I try to pick one that is at least a little similar to the hardware too. Like, my Arch server is named treetrunks because it's a pretty old, and I have two raspberry pi's that are named Fionna and Jake. For your thinkpad I think i would choose Gunter or Guntalina, one of the penguins from the show :D
I use arch on everything I can, I really enjoy being able to go from one system to another and being comfortable with one main set of tools for it. Although I'm used to installing it the old fashioned way, I am really excited about this script. One of the things I hear from my friends when we talk about arch is that they don't want to to go through the install process, and they already use linux. The long way is just too much of an inconvenience for a lot of people, and while it it's the best for some things, like learning or customization, those aren't the only fantastic aspects of arch these days
Pretty cool video. Happy I found your tube channel (thx to Fosstodon friends telling me).
I vote for the "Peace Arch" for the name. I often name my Raspberry Pis after Sci-Fi characters.
I use Arch btw. love your channel.
Awesome video! I may try Arch sometime now. As for a name..."Roscoe". Have no idea why..when you asked for a name that popped in my head. Keep up the awesome work!
It's worth it just to see what's available in the Arch world! It's a huge ecosystem with some of the best documentation in Linux. Hope you enjoy it, and thank you for watching! :)
@@VeronicaExplains I didn't know it was so well documented! Thanks!
Thinkpad is always a good choice for longevity. I have a T440p as my daily driver that’s going on what, eight or nine years old and still chugging right along.
i love ur intro veronica ;o)
Think pads are a good choice for used machines and work well with all kinds of software.
My old think pad is an X20 that I use for retro programs, it has a dos partition with DOS 5.0 and Win 3.1 I then put XP on it for newer stuff.
This works excellent because I have a dock that goes with it so I can use a full size monitor and keyboard.
Recently manually installed it for the first time which was pretty tedious but i was proud to finally get a fully working system and now i see there is an install script lol. I will use that next time for sure.
This is just my obligatory algorithm user engagement comment. I'm not an arch user btw!
Go Veronica! To the top!
Thank you Veronica 🙏🏻
Hard drive encryption on Arch without having to mess with cryptsetup manually... I'll have to keep this in mind... Thanks for the tip!
You should have started your channel yrs ago. My fav. Linux of all time was Ultimate 2.7 It was amazing and everything just worked. Well, Wi-Fi was a pain sometimes. Look, you made me want to install it and get it working on my desktop. Thanks. Going to do it now.
Nice video!
I've tried the new Arch install and I agree it's a good step forward, but... I'm still not mad about it 😁
Actually I'm using EndeavourOS, which is probably the closest derivative to vanilla Arch, but with a suuuuper easy installer and "yay" already setup along with "pacman" if you need extra software.
i am using endeavourOS as well. it is pretty much pure arch. it uses the same repos with some additional EOS stuff which one can remove...
Name for the think pad: Larry. Origin: Of the three stooges, he was the one that took some of the hardest beatings and kept his sunny disposition the longest. I think that pretty much sums up a laptop destine for a lobotomy every couple of weeks.
I'm a Arch Linux guy always have been, its very good!
Gnome is always the long part of the process. I don't use the installer, I just grab a tablet and run through the steps. I usually get things going in about 15-20 minutes.
I really love Arch, and I don't use it for cred, that's that the Arch T-shirt is for.
Thanks for the video! You make me wanna try Arch :) Up to now I have only used Manjaro (which is probably too bloated) and EndeavourOS (which I like).
Nothing wrong with either of those if they are working for you! The biggest benefit to Arch is customization- you can really tailor it to your specific needs (with nothing you didn't want on your system). It's also a fantastic way to really learn how Linux works deep down.
@@VeronicaExplains Indeed! My daily driver has been (K)Ubuntu for many years now, but now and then, I like to try other distros (I have at least two distros on each of my computers). I had the same impression concerning Arch-based distros, especially EndeavourOS. I also want to try pure Arch so that I can say... "btw, I use Arch"... just kidding ;)
amazing bop-it skills! I can't do more than 30 lol
I think you should name it "Thinky McThinkface"
There's an 80% chance this is what I'm going with.
8 bit Era advantage : setting up your OS is a power switch
8 bit disadvantage: installing a different OS requires soldering
😊
Great content. Please make a detailed video on different flavours of BSD, installation HOWTO, and usage as a desktop OS.
Hello, fellow Linux RUclipsr! I just want to say that, doing anything with NixOS in a video, makes the channel blow up like crazy! I saw a 300X succes rate with my NixOS video!
It's fun that you call "old" a laptop that is newer then my newest laptop I own (and that one is more then enough for my needs) :)
Yeah, this thing really isn't very old at all. It's not the most recent model, but I have customers who are using laptops in production that are much older than this!
It's older than a new one, though! :P
I'm more comfortable with the traditional install. Only because that's how I was taught. I actually tried the script on a clean install, but it was a little confusing for me. I wiped the drive clean and started over. Hey from downtown!! We are in the Loring Park area. Love your videos!!
I like the traditional installer as well. This new installer fails frequently.
Bought a W540 Lenovo (Workstation) Laptop ,16 Gig Ram , 2 x 500 Gig HD Nvidea Card ,15' Screen , lot's of Ports , a bit heavy otherwise great , Installed Ubuntu Mint , went great .
Use Cinnamon (used to it ) this cost me $ 240.00 Australian Dollars) I'm very very happy .
Cheers from Albany Western Australia.
I learned a lot using an arch distro - arcolinux, barebones arcolinuxd in particular, and using their git repos to install exactly what you require.
That's great, Veronica. You should to update your tutorial because "archinstall" in Arch Linux is already updated. So, I'm waiting for the next update about Arch Linux or anything about Linux.
I might have used this archinstall if I'd have known about it, as I didn't want to install arch myself but wanted the arch genetics and ecosystem, so I did Manjaro, which worked out for me as a pretty satisfactory base to start personalising. Maybe archinstall could be even better, but there's no turning back for me now.
garuda is pretty nice, i am also one who wants to stay in the arch ecosystem so i used manjaro for a long time. i've found garuda to be better in pretty much every way tbh. artix is good if you want essentially arch with an installer. was inspired to try the archinstall script i the video just now so who knows, maybe i'll just end up on arch proper.
had difficult time on machine with 2 drives. once i got past that issue, it was a great install.
Just a couple of months ago I installed arch for the first time and I did it manually, it was actually a lot of fun but I really do want to try this archinstall script
I own a few Lenovo ThinkServers. One my wife has Windows on, I've got Linux Mint on another one that I use to live stream with (had to add a 2GB video card to that to help take the stress off of the integrated graphics card... Not good for streaming). I love them. They run great! The other 2 I haven't decided what to do with them yet. One I think will be a backup to this current system (which is now 12 years old... but still running strong). I've already installed Arch Linux on it. I did it all manually and it works great.
I knew the ThinkPad was going to take to Arch pretty well. I installed Linux Mint on my R61, and it works especially great. In fact, most of my IT friends are fond of using ThinkPads for Linux distros.
A major win for my Linux journey was when I sat down with the Arch wiki and just gave it a go.
And I actually ended up with a working system and sat some servers in this way.
But if I need a new Arch install I do it through installers now, it's nice to know where the cogs can get clogged but after that let the machine install itself.