I’m not great at Linux, did programming for most of my life in Windows, but so far I’ve gotten by for about a year in CachyOS (uses Arch). Having it work so well in gaming has been a strong motivator.
Using a distro that’s a derivation of arch is perfectly fine. Cachy does all the configuration for you. SteamOS runs on arch aswell and is absolutely targeted towards non-technical people.
Plain arch does nothing of that. You have to install every package yourself. Want a network connection? You need something like NetworkManager for that. Wdym, a desktop? You have to install that. Oh, you don’t want your desktop to start via something like startx in the CLI? Well, you better go take a look at something like lightdm or sddm.
Most non-technical people that have no interest in learning that will not be able to use arch properly.
I’m not great at Linux, did programming for most of my life in Windows, but so far I’ve gotten by for about a year in CachyOS (uses Arch). Having it work so well in gaming has been a strong motivator.
Using a distro that’s a derivation of arch is perfectly fine. Cachy does all the configuration for you. SteamOS runs on arch aswell and is absolutely targeted towards non-technical people.
Plain arch does nothing of that. You have to install every package yourself. Want a network connection? You need something like NetworkManager for that. Wdym, a desktop? You have to install that. Oh, you don’t want your desktop to start via something like
startxin the CLI? Well, you better go take a look at something like lightdm or sddm.Most non-technical people that have no interest in learning that will not be able to use arch properly.