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I want to learn Linux and I read that installing Arch Linux is a great way to do this. But all guides I've found so far only guide you through the steps without much explanation of what it is you are doing during the installation.

Is there a guide that is more "guided" for lack of a better word? One that teaches me what I'm doing and why I'm doing it? I could of course google every single command and step during the installation but I think it would be easier to understand if there would be a guide including all this.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Arch Wiki is great and it does cover just about everything, but it’s not what OP is describing – you certainly could exhaustively read it and all the linked pages every step of the install, but the actual installation documentation is focused on installing and getting a useable system.

Someone who gets what I'm looking for. I will take a look at LFS