installing mainstream Linux distros isn't arcane knowledge, if you can take a covid rapid test you can install Linux. Nerdy misogynists on the internet just want you too think its harder than it is, too inflate their own egos.
There is a windows program style installer and step by step instructions on the distros website. the most complex part is putting the install file on a thumbdrive which is fixed by ventoy
@budsofstone
That and telling people to install Arch, and the TPM shenanigans, and the fact that none of the guides mention you need two computers to install it.
@malin it is annoying that people tell others to install something like arch when all these people want is a working computer. TPM is fucking annoying but disablement steps are included in most distro documentation at this point. and I'm not quite sure what you mean by needing to have 2 computers?
@budsofstone if you don't have a second computer, you can't search problems or rewrite the USB. Any problem or misunderstanding during installation becomes fatal.
I didn't know what 'documentation' meant the first time, I just shoved a USB in and poked the BIOS till it looked like the YouTube video.
@malin I suppose a smart phone does count as a second computer. idk why you would need to change the install material once you are at the point you have erased the old os. plus if you use ventoy there is no rewriting the USB you just copy the iso file on there and it works. the instructions are available for download and can be read in the install media. and GUI installers will generally tell you if you need to turn out secure boot. idk it seems like these are problems that were common years ago
