I've used linux distros for a variety of tasks in the past but am finally committed to moving my primary machine to it. This is mostly used for games, writing, development, and web browsing. I've selected Manjaro as my distro.

Anyone have any tips or suggestions? Software to install. Things to keep in mind. Cool things to do you couldn't on windows?!

:tux:

  • Wildgrapes [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Right now I have a ssd partitioned in 2. One boots Linux and one still boots windows 10. I also have 2 hdd that are setup in RAID that I use as main storage.

    There's a way to set the home folder actually to the hdd? Also as far as I can tell Manjaro sees the disks as 2 separate disks not configured for raid so I'll have to figure that out.

    • raven [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      What kind of raid do you have them set up in?

      • Wildgrapes [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        RAID 1. Was feeling redundant when I built this machine. Probably didn't need it but hey I guess that's the point. Don't need it until you do.

    • The_Walkening [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      I'm not too familiar with RAID setups but yep, once you've sorted that bit you can do it post install, or alternately set it up during the installation process, which is a little bit easier.

      • Wildgrapes [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        Hm well I didn't do it during install but if it's significantly easier I could just as easily reinstall as I've done little customization yet.

      • Wildgrapes [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        Perfect. This looks like what I need. Must be software Raid but I built this years ago and I have a bad habit of building, putting the cover on the case, and then totally forgetting what's happening in there.