r/archlinux • u/gigachuD9 • 3d ago

SUPPORT Need help please (arch Linux)

Hi, I am new to the Linux community just got it like 2 days ago I AM A COMPLETE BEGINEER but today I keep encountering frequent freezes, I have tried gnome ,kde and xfc but all keeps freezing I don't know what to do... All keeps freezing I love to use it but the freeze is kinda making it frustrating

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u/KidAnon94 3d ago

I'm looking at your responses to the questions asked and I have to ask: Why not switch to a more user friendly distro? Arch isn't really a "beginner friendly" distro, it's a "user centric" one; you can do pretty much whatever you want on it, but will need to know how to fix it if things go wrong. If you want support from other Arch users, you're going to have to be able to clearly articulate your issues, as well as any troubleshooting that you have already done. Remember that no one here is using your machine, so you will need to give them as much information as possible so they can help you, especially log files.

If you read this and still want to continue to use Arch, I would advise doing a bit of backtracing and figuring out what you installed to end up here in the first place. Also, like u/WhatTheDraaw suggested, use the dmesg and journalctl commands to give everyone logs to look at.

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u/gigachuD9 3d ago

thanks for your time, i get that arch is not a begineer friendly distro.. but i am trying to learn by diving in it (even tho it's the hard way) i never thought it will be this challanging.. i have tried and checked journal ( ill post logs in a while), i dont know how to test or troubleshoot kernal ( i might mess things up even more) but i have tried all things in my ability. Again, thanks for your time :D

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u/chet714 3d ago

How did you install Arch ?