Arch Linux is ASS

You may be a touch flabbergasted by the title of this page. No worries, if you actually get use out of Arch, that's great for you

I can't even get Arch to install on my device.

 

I've got an old HP TouchSmart 610 that I'm trying to turn into a server.

I decided that, since I like terminals and I might as well make my system pretty, that I should instal Arch.

Nothing wrong with a little challenge that requires some tinkering, right?

Probably not surprising, but I was wrong.

 

I have done everything to try and make NTP sync work. I have done everything to make Keyring sync work.

 

It won't.

 

I even tried CachyOS.

 

It looked promising. The installer ran and completed!

I reboot the machine, input my password...

 

Blank screen with a flashing underscore in the corner.

 

No more of this nonsense for me, I'm going to try Mint.