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BitcoinLizard | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Glad there is another #Archlinux user on Nostr.

Some smarter people than myself took a deeper look and it appears the malicious code doesn't end up in the Arch binary due to differences in the build system of Fedora and Arch. None the less, everyone should still upgrade.
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Bwok | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I run Manjaro which is Arch based but less hardcore. I figured Nostr would be the place to find fellow Linux users

I've tried to build Arch but have yet to be successful
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BitcoinLizard | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I'm sure you can do it. Where are you getting stuck?
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Bwok | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I can't recall specifically. It''s been a couple years now. If I had to say, I think I would get to the end where it reboots and the USB is removed but it would boot up to the previous OS rather than Arch. If you have any resources to point to, please do. I want to give it another shot now that we're talking about it
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BitcoinLizard | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 The arch install guide is pretty good. The only tricky part is the bootloader install, if you don't get that right the system won't boot. Also you probably want to disable secure boot in the uefi bios on your system.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_boot_process#Boot_loader
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BitcoinLizard | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 One thing to keep in mind. If you do install the system successfully, when it boots you just get a command prompt. Arch doesn't make any choices for you. You have to install your choice of GUI and useland tools on your own.