Once you learn those, you conquered 90% of the difficulty of installing Arch and probably 70% of installing Gentoo.If you’re running Linux inside a VirtualBox virtual machine, installing the Guest Additions software will help you get the most out of the system. It’s partitioning and file systems which are common to all Linux distros, just a bit more hands on in Arch and Gentoo. The sharpest learning curve for new Linux users when installing Arch, actually has nothing to do with Arch per se. Installing Arch is the only way I know for someone to realize that installing Arch isn’t difficult. Don’t opt for an easier to install distro. Now to the advice, with which I respectfully disagree.
Years ago, I learned more about how, and more importantly why, Linux works, not by completing a project, but by attempting numerous times to install Gentoo and numerous times, failing spectacularly. Failing to do something the first - or first several - times isn’t failure. In addition to creating problems, the install script robs you of the opportunity to learn how Linux works that would otherwise be yours at absolutely no cost. Using a script in a VM will add even more layers of problems. I’ve never managed to complete a scripted installation in less than twice that, and then the configurations I had to correct took longer than the install itself. From a blank hard drive to fully functional KDE desktop, installing from the command line, takes me under half an hour. I’ve never seen an Arch install script that wasn’t more trouble than it was worth and didn’t take longer to use than installing the traditional way. First, I agree that you should ditch the script, and for a couple of reasons. You have been given some advice with which I agree and some with which I as a Linux user from before Slackware and Debian were released, do not. Linux is the most versatile operating system and within Linux, Arch is a particularly versatile distro. To answer your question, of course, you’ll be able to run Arch on your computer.
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