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"I hate snaps because they are snaps and snaps suck"
"Also, I first joined Arch when I was 8"

Hello everyone!

I've been using Lubuntu as a daily driver for the past 7 years and spent some time between Mint,  CrunchBang, and Fedora before that. Always wanted to try Arch and today I finally sat myself down and installed it on my laptop! Already loving how comprehensive the wiki is and can't wait to tinker around some more!

Hey there!

I guess I'm a little late dropping a line here. I've been using Arch Linux full time since September 2025 after doing a bit of a run through various other distros, from Ubuntu, to Mint, to Debian, to Debian experimental.

My time on Debian was spent trying to get the discreet Nvidia GPU to work on my 2013 laptop. I never did on Debian, but in the pursuit I grew my Linux knowledge by leaps and bounds. I decided to finally drop Windows fully on my main rig, and figured Arch Linux would offer me the best pathway to learn Linux. It sure has, and I've never looked back. Still some learning pains here and there, mainly trying to recall how to do the occasional thing a couple months after initially learning it. But I love Arch and being hands on with my OS. I wish I'd done it sooner!

Looking forward to learning even more from the community, and finding ways to give back as well.

Cheers!

Hi everybody

I'm new here! I've been a long-time Debian/Windows/Mac user but have recently jumped ship to Arch. I really like the way you all do things over here, and was hoping to be able to join in in your effort to make this great OS. I'm a software developer by trade, and I'll be looking into different ways that I can collaborate and join in to do my bit.

At the moment I'm on a journey to escape the evils of big tech, so I've finally bitten the bullet and removed Windows from all of my many many computers. The transition has been really great! although I can see there would be some difficult parts for people new to Linux.

Anyway, hi everybody! I will see you around the forum.

Hey there!

I'm new here. Long time I use Windows and Mint (as second system). At 2025 I start with Arch.

Not a newbie, but a revert saying 'hi again', last post on these forums was 5 years ago.

I drifted away from Arch when I found Windows 11 on a new system with 4k monitor quite usable. I was also using Adobe products quite a bit, so the faff of dual-booting or VMs was avoided.

Have still had Debian running away on a home server and on other minimal-maintenance recycled machines at times. My tinkering drifted towards esp32 microcontrollers etc., which also meant that my daily OS wasn't as relevant.

But with the increase of AI slop being shoved in by Microsoft, and the impossibility of stopping Windows from eventually filling hard drives with *gestures emptily* that can't be deleted, to the point where the system breaks to the point where it even refuses to do a clean Windows reinstall from USB....I'm back on Arch. Anything I still need to do with Adobe (despite them also pushing AI slop) will be simple enough to deal with in a VM.