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What r/archlinux is talking about this week

r/archlinux has 405,379 members and 8 posts in the last 24 hours, with about 3.8 comments an hour right now. From the Redlisten index, refreshed daily.

405,379members
8posts in the last 24 hours, newest 1 h ago
3.8comments an hour right now, newest 6 h ago
141points on the top thread this week

Words coming up in r/archlinux this week

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Top threads this week

  1. Is the Arch wiki really that good?

    Hello everyone, I’m new to this subreddit and to Linux. After testing a few distros, I settled on CachyOS, but I’m very interested in pure Arch and would like to perform a manual installation. For...

    141 points134 comments6 d ago
  2. The kernel packages situation is crazy

    So the update policy for the major versions of kernel packages in Arch is to wait for the .1 release and then push a it into the repo, but that target was missed for many versions already....

    108 points85 comments2 d ago
  3. I - a first time Linux user - successfully installed Arch today! :D

    Hello, Arch Community! (Or should I say Hello, World?) I'm so happy! I didn't use the installer or whatever it's called either, I flashed a USB and installed it on my internal drive from there...

    72 points26 comments3 d ago
  4. FluxCast v0.3.0 released — Stream Linux desktop to Smart TV (Miracast/DLNA/Chromecast). Now with GPU encoding via VA-API and a tray settings window

    Hi r/archlinux, I'm Illia, the creator and maintainer of FluxCast. It's an open-source tool that casts your Linux desktop to a Smart TV over Wi-Fi Direct (Miracast), DLNA or Chromecast, with low...

    18 points5 comments4 d ago
  5. Do you guys use btrfs or ext4? and for those with btrfs, do you setup system rollback?

    I installed Arch with archinstall (btrfs + snapper). Snapshots are being taken fine and I can copy files back from them, but snapper rollback gives me the “cannot detect ambit” error. Do you...

    15 points77 comments3 d ago
  6. magick doesn't work with .avif files despite libavif and libheif installed. What to do?

    [user@host Downloads]$ ls freddy.avif [user@host Downloads]$ magick freddy.avif freddy.png magick: no decode delegate for this image format freddy.avif' @ error/constitute.c/ReadImageInternal/739....

    14 points13 comments3 d ago
  7. Looking for DE for my parents to use

    Hey everyone! I mostly use Niri+Noctalia for my setup but I'd like to install a lightweight wayland-supported desktop environment that's similar to Windows so I can occasionally lend it to my...

    5 points17 comments2 d ago
  8. Is there a safe and elegant way to enable and disable systemd-networkd without root privileges?

    I'd like to have an on/off switch for the network connection on my Waybar. networkctl requires root permissions to work: is there an secure and elegant way to use it (or something else) without...

    5 points14 comments3 d ago
  9. I can't change the brightness of my laptop after updating

    I can no longer adjust the brightness after updating on my Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 Before all I had to do was add "amdgpu.backlight=0" as kernel parameter since I can't adjust the brightness out...

    4 points1 comment2 d ago
  10. drift - A minimal, reliable music player using Vim keybinds.

    hi, I made a drift which is a yt music player in rust ya meow https://github.com/socatlolmeow/drift

    4 points12 comments5 d ago

Newest posts

  1. There's got to be an easier way to play World of Warcraft.
    1 points0 comments1 h ago
  2. I made a NitroSense alternative for Linux (fan control + RGB)
    1 points0 comments3 h ago
  3. Moving arch partition to another laptop
    1 points0 comments6 h ago
  4. Can someone explain me why some people see Arch Linux as a lifestyle?
    1 points0 comments8 h ago
  5. How do I create a shell for Arch?
    1 points0 comments9 h ago
  6. Backups and restores
    1 points0 comments10 h ago
  7. Terminal Commands
    1 points0 comments10 h ago
  8. I just installed without a USB key
    1 points0 comments22 h ago
  9. Pacman on nixos
    1 points0 comments1 d ago
  10. Arch Linux + Hyperland setup on LOQ laptop
    1 points0 comments1 d ago
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