I’ve been using PopOS for a few months now, and I’m interested in Arch, but I’m worried about whether or not I have enough experience to do that successfully. Also, I have an Nvidia GPU until I start a new build in the next year or so. I don’t know if that’ll be a problem in Arch. It was a major issue with Fedora for me.

I’m willing to learn the terminal, but right now I’m still pretty dependent on tutorials to do more than basic things, like installing software. Most of those are catered to Ubuntu-based distros, so I’m concerned I won’t have the luxury of guides to more complex terminal stuff.

Am I overthinking this? Or should I wait longer (maybe even until I build a new PC)?

How difficult is the transition from Ubuntu-based to Arch?

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    • How to do the most basic things

    How to search for a package: sudo pacman -Ss packagename

    How to install a package: sudo pacman -S packagename

    How to update: sudo pacman -Syu

    How to remove a package: sudo pacman -Rcns packagename

    How to clean old packages: sudo pacman -Sc --noconfirm

    Arch linux installer (official): archinstall

    …and that is (pretty much) all you need to learn to use Arch linux in an acceptable fashion. Now go ahead and give it a spin – you’ll love it.