Hi All,

Over the previous 20 years I’ve used at home mostly Mandriva, then kUbuntu and just installed a Manjaro. So I am not “new to Linux” but still new to Manjaro/arch. Has anyone a good “primer” for people migrating ?

A few questions I have

  • How does pacman work compared to apt-get ? and how to find in which package an command lies. I struggled a bit to get lsinput (to configure a rudder pedal for flight sim)

  • I am struggling a bit with Zsh, like I ended up starting bash to configure an environment variable, any ressources on-it. Or shall I simply change my setting (and how) to use bash that I know a bit. It’s a home/Gaming PC so I don’t plan to use the console that much but as anyone who has been using linux based OS for a while, I find-it more conveinient

  • xlash123@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    9 months ago

    pacman is less intuitive to use than apt, but after a while, you get used to it. I find it helpful to install tldr, which gives you samples for any command you pass to it. The main thing I like about it is the speed and how you can do an upgrade in a single short command (pacman -Syu), where as you need multiple in apt (apt update && apt upgrade.

    When in doubt though, Arch Wiki is your goto.

    • Thorned_Rose@kbin.social
      2·
      9 months ago

      I have the inverse where I found pacman intuitive and apt confusing. I distro hopped before settling on Arch and it was pacman that was like a light bulb for me.
      I did have notes (a cheatsheet if you will) on the different parts of pacman switches but, at least for me, know what each letter stood for mde things much easier to remember.