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I like arch Linux, I just wish they had a simple installer -- these days I tend to have lots of vms hanging around, and I haven't found a super simple way of making a quick arch VM. There doesn't seem to be any official vagrant boxes for example.

I can believe the lack of a simple installer is what has kept the quality up -- it is a way of signalling users should be prepared to use the terminal.

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Here you go: https://antergos.com/ In opposition to Manjaro (which is an Arch fork), Antergos is Arch + install GUI with default desktop env.

Thanks, I will give it a try!

Antergos[0] might be what you're looking for, never tried it myself though.

https://antergos.com/

"Always Fresh. Never Frozen."

Sounds like a vegetables commercial :)

Arch Anywhere. https://arch-anywhere.org/

Please don't recommend Arch Anywhere. It uses an unsigned package repo as part of their install.

Only if you enable it; if it's the third party, Arch-Anywhere-specific stuff you're thinking of.

It's still unsigned. It's 2017. You are trying to run a software repository. It's plain lazyness on their part.

You can install it once and turn it into a snapshot. I don't see why you'd need an external tool for that.

Antergos dev here. Come give it a try, that's exactly what our initial goal was (in cinnarch). If you have any questions, or run into issues, please try out the forums or file an issue in Github. The community and devs are super helpful (excluding myself in that statement).

Arch Anywhere is a GUI installer: https://arch-anywhere.org/

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