{"id":3758,"date":"2026-05-29T05:56:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T11:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/?p=3758"},"modified":"2026-05-30T06:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T12:10:17","slug":"arch-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/29\/arch-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Arch Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have been having a problem with my recently built PC running Windows 11, you will hear the fans all spin up to high speed, for a few seconds then it will come up with a memory fault and reboot out of nowhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At first I thought I had a bad stick of RAM, took them out, re-arraigned them and re-seated them in different slots.  No change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I researched it a bit and it seem to be a windows error and not a hardware error.  a brand new system, Intel i9, 64 gb RAM? I guess it is just too much for Windows to handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I said &#8220;F that&#8221; reformatted and install Arch Linux.  What a breath of fresh air. It runs like a screaming beast and is as smooth as can be.  What was I thinking running windows?  Dumbass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have a virtual machine built on top of Arch that runs Windows 11 for those apps that are not &#8220;Linux Friendly&#8221; just in case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Building Arch Linux is fun, you start with a clean slate and customize it to what you need, no unnecessary apps, no bloat, no Microsoft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Day 149 \u2014 You\u2019re allowed to change direction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pivoting is progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Johnstown Technology Partners<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/johnstowntechnology.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/johnstowntechnology.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Colorado&#8217;s Premier Computer Repair Experts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fast, honest, and reliable IT solutions for Johnstown and beyond. 30+ years of expertise in computer repair and data recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been having a problem with my recently built PC running Windows 11, you will hear the fans all spin up to high speed, for a few seconds then it will come up with a memory fault and reboot out of nowhere. At first I thought I had a bad stick of RAM, took [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3762,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3760,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3758\/revisions\/3760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}