A very useful video especially for a beginner like me. I use Arch Linux and just two weeks ago, my root directory of 20 GB was nearly full and it was suggested to clean my cache sub-directory. I just ran sudo pacman -Scc. I did not know any better. I did this and later used garted to increase my root partition to 70 GB. This video is quite useful to me. Thanks Eric
I had no idea about all this until last summer. I just landed a remote job. Did a routine system upgrade but... what? My partition with / is full? I had to do my first week or so of the new job on a dusty old Jetson TX2. I found the pacman -Sc command somewhere, freed up 2/3 of that partition, and life went back to normal. Except for the car not working, but that's another story. I'm keeping a link to this video in my sys admin notes in case I ever forget again.
Endever OS if you want something very easy to install or just default arch with an install script, install scripts just make it so you dont have to type in all of the commands by hand, Brodie Robertson has a lot of vids good on install scripts
I'm personally biased towards EndeavourOS as it's my daily driver. You can choose to use a DE or WM straightoff the bat. From there you can install to your hearts content with what you need. Do keep in mind EndeavourOS is very much encourages by default to use the terminal.
Yeah I still just recommend vanilla arch. I've tried other arch based distros but they haven't impressed me enough to switch. Install it once manually to prove you're not a noob (it's not that hard) and then use an install script after that
@@EricMurphyxyz I would generally agree with the caveat that you should probably install vanilla arch in a virtual machine at least once before you actually install it on bare metal. It's a little too easy to mess something up If you don't know where to start(recent TH-cam videos and the arch wiki) and don't have at least a little experience with Linux. I do say though that going through a manual installation is very useful for learning how your system works. But I still feel there is no shame in using an install script if you want to play it safe on real hardware.
Pop OS is fine, but I like Arch because it doesn't come with anything by default (I always end up removing a lot of software I will never use) and the AUR (arch user repository) makes it really easy to install a lot of software. Those are the main benefits for me. But if you like using Pop OS, by all means keep using it
Run latest tripple a games... legit gained 12fps from latest vkd3d updates and 2fps from latest winestaging in cyberpunk2077. Also poopOS doesnt have an AUR and mpr is not enabled by default for some reason. The poopos semi rolling version is fine since you able to get usabled gaming performance without the latest updates
Another useful tool is downgrade on the AUR. If you've cleared you cache and realise you need to downgrade a package, you can downgrade the package using the downgrade tool.
I know this video is 2 years old. I just started to use Arch and your videos are still very helpful.
Thanks for all your time you put in these videos.
A very useful video especially for a beginner like me. I use Arch Linux and just two weeks ago, my root directory of 20 GB was nearly full and it was suggested to clean my cache sub-directory.
I just ran sudo pacman -Scc. I did not know any better. I did this and later used garted to increase my root partition to 70 GB. This video is quite useful to me. Thanks Eric
Glad it helped!
A good reminder for those who already may have this set.
For me, it's time to reclaim some storage. Thanks for another wonderful guide.
I had no idea about all this until last summer. I just landed a remote job. Did a routine system upgrade but... what? My partition with / is full? I had to do my first week or so of the new job on a dusty old Jetson TX2. I found the pacman -Sc command somewhere, freed up 2/3 of that partition, and life went back to normal. Except for the car not working, but that's another story.
I'm keeping a link to this video in my sys admin notes in case I ever forget again.
I can help with everything except for the car 😉
Thanks for this, i forgot to clean all that out and its been building up for a while. recovered 28.9 gigs of storage space
Very helpful. I just cleared like 30 gigs from my arch vm. Thanks!
This channel is really useful
how did you list the folder content while writing the command?
install gentoo
No!
@@honeynap5488 Yeah like hell! Evil distro just like bsd!
Sexy
This guy looks like he's in his 20s. Sadly, life expectancy says he only has about 60 years left to live so he probably won't be able to do that
At least in yay, you can just run "yay -Scc".
whats the best arch based ditro(ur opinion)??
Endever OS if you want something very easy to install or just default arch with an install script, install scripts just make it so you dont have to type in all of the commands by hand, Brodie Robertson has a lot of vids good on install scripts
I'm personally biased towards EndeavourOS as it's my daily driver.
You can choose to use a DE or WM straightoff the bat.
From there you can install to your hearts content with what you need.
Do keep in mind EndeavourOS is very much encourages by default to use the terminal.
Yeah I still just recommend vanilla arch. I've tried other arch based distros but they haven't impressed me enough to switch. Install it once manually to prove you're not a noob (it's not that hard) and then use an install script after that
@@EricMurphyxyz Oh my, Eric here with the Alpha answer.
@@EricMurphyxyz I would generally agree with the caveat that you should probably install vanilla arch in a virtual machine at least once before you actually install it on bare metal. It's a little too easy to mess something up If you don't know where to start(recent TH-cam videos and the arch wiki) and don't have at least a little experience with Linux. I do say though that going through a manual installation is very useful for learning how your system works. But I still feel there is no shame in using an install script if you want to play it safe on real hardware.
Hi Eric, just curious what things can’t Pop OS! do while Arch can?
Pop OS is fine, but I like Arch because it doesn't come with anything by default (I always end up removing a lot of software I will never use) and the AUR (arch user repository) makes it really easy to install a lot of software. Those are the main benefits for me. But if you like using Pop OS, by all means keep using it
Run latest tripple a games... legit gained 12fps from latest vkd3d updates and 2fps from latest winestaging in cyberpunk2077. Also poopOS doesnt have an AUR and mpr is not enabled by default for some reason. The poopos semi rolling version is fine since you able to get usabled gaming performance without the latest updates
Another useful tool is downgrade on the AUR. If you've cleared you cache and realise you need to downgrade a package, you can downgrade the package using the downgrade tool.
I've done it manually before, but that sounds like a much easier way to do it
@@EricMurphyxyz it really is, highly recommend!