The Official Unofficial 'Arch is Best' Thread

lldmer · 2008-10-06 01:49:32

omg! I just had to make a post exclaiming my love for Arch.

Arch! I love you!

pointone · 2008-10-06 02:04:20

First I found Arch, and I loved it.

Then I found Arch + KDEmod and found my purpose in life.

Good show, devs et al!

pho8os · 2008-10-06 07:51:05

Because I am well worth it

molom · 2008-10-06 08:04:06

Archer Power!!!

SomeGuyDude · 2008-10-13 19:31:52

Ubuntu user since roughly November of '07. I'd seen Arch as this mountain I could never climb but somehow instinctively knew it was the one for me if I could ever get it. Well, I got it now. Someone I know uses it, told me one simple thing: "Use Wicd for wireless networking", and just like that I'm an Arch user (I can get through anything as long as my wireless works).

Been three days, and not only am I off of Ubuntu entirely, but I switched from GNOME to LXDE. I have zero eye candy, yet somehow don't mind at all.

archlinuxsagi · 2008-10-13 21:40:04

PCLinuxOS is my first linux lover.. I guess Arch with KdeMod is now my wife... Yeah....

manavs · 2008-10-14 18:52:00

Arch really rocks. Have been here and there, but now I'm here to stay.

Rydgel · 2008-10-16 13:59:47

I've found my last distro. Arch marry me.

radius · 2008-10-16 20:35:50

you guys need to get out more! ;p

lucke · 2008-10-16 20:45:03

It's easier now that netbooks are available ;-p

skezzolo · 2008-10-17 08:06:11

I wouldn't know about others but, to ME, Arch is the best distro ever. Amen.
It's .. just perfect.

Kooothor · 2008-10-18 20:13:30

/me love arch

SomeGuyDude · 2008-10-18 23:41:19

Also, the community deserves some great kudos. You all have put up with a lot of dumb crap on my part.

handy · 2008-10-19 00:14:10

Renan Birck wrote:

If it weren't for Arch, I'd had given up on Linux a long time ago and bought a Mac.

I bought a Mac & run Arch on it!

roadt · 2008-10-23 07:23:33

Archlinux is part of my desktop computer life now. I even use it in my work everyday.

lightweight, fexible, customizable. there are not just several words. and one of most difficult thing
is to make it real.
well, Archlinux make it.
i feel very few restirction beside the useful tools.

the most impressive thing is that
with archlinux, you can try, make some change, try your ideas ,and also contrib back to community QUICKLY EASILY.
that's really great.

A good tool can help you much as you stands on giant's shoulder, Vice versa.
Archlinux is great tool to make the computer as your service, and not only make you to "handle computer".

thanks guys to create this great distro!

skualito · 2008-11-20 12:03:32

Not really original, but kind of the same stuff here, distro hopping for 2 years, mandriva-ubuntu-debian-puppy-dsl-lfs-... and ARCH-LINUX, really amazed. Fit my needs completely, great great work, thanks guys

skualito

Ranguvar · 2008-11-20 19:13:46

The vanilla-ness and KISS of Slackware, except more cutting edge, nicer configs, and (IMO) the best package management available. Only thing I miss is probably USE flags from Gentoo, but I'll definitely give that up for Arch simplicity, more binary packages, vanilla-ness, and less elitism.

Simple isn't just good, it's the best.

thunderogg · 2008-11-23 19:53:30

After some trouble free months with Arch, I began to get a bit restless with all the news on the new distro releases coming up, so I thought: Maybe I missed something. Maybe there IS something better. Well, after having downloaded and tested the most famous distros, once again, I realized there is no distro that beats Arch! Yes, it's a lot of work to configure it, but once it's done, it's so sweet. And I've learned a whole lot configuring it. So, a BIG thanks to the developers and the people who helped putting the Wiki together!

I feel calmer now.

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cubekid · 2008-11-23 19:57:04

Haha, actually, I went through that exact same though process just a few weeks ago, when the new Ubuntu came out. I figured I should try it out, just to see how it was, and maybe it actually was better. And even though it had quite a few really nice things, I had to switch back to Arch because it just wasn't as KISS. I'm not going anywhere now

Plus, I can't help believing that pacman+aur is superior to apt-get

thunderogg · 2008-11-23 20:01:07

cubekid wrote:

Haha, actually, I went through that exact same though process just a few weeks ago, when the new Ubuntu came out. I figured I should try it out, just to see how it was, and maybe it actually was better. And even though it had quite a few really nice things, I had to switch back to Arch because it just wasn't as KISS. I'm not going anywhere now
Plus, I can't help believing that pacman+aur is superior to apt-get

Agree. I also found nice things in Ubuntu, but there were a lot of strange things making it hard to configure.

thomasknowles · 2008-11-23 20:16:39

Being a Ubuntu user since 2005 I have been unknowingly heavily dependent on it's auto-configuration and modifications on the software I downloaded through aptitude. Though with Archlinux it's a breath of fresh air, installing essentially what I want, not what is provided. Now I keep my Archlinux on my desktop (and thoroughly enjoying it) and OpenBSD for my server. I have never looked back.

GraveyardPC · 2008-11-30 05:49:33

thomasknowles wrote:

Being a Ubuntu user since 2005 I have been unknowingly heavily dependent on it's auto-configuration and modifications on the software I downloaded through aptitude.

I too was completely unaware of this dependance. In fact I was so sheltered that I'd actually started to -- wait -- for bug fixes and updates...on linux! It felt like I was back on Windows! Luckily I woke up and downloaded Arch, and I've never been happier.

P.S. ABS and AUR rock!

migizi · 2008-12-08 17:55:57

Arch fits almost all my needs. I started with Gentoo back in 2002 or 3. It was my first jump into Linux, albeit not the best distro for a newbie. A couple years ago I tried Ubuntu for awhile. It was nice to pop the cd in and walk away. Ubuntu just wasn't for me, I felt like I had no control over the system. I had also tried Mandriva, SUSE, Fedora, Dream, and Slackware. I then went to Sabayon because it was Gentoo based and got me up and running fairly fast. Problem was Gentoo/Sabayon was taking too long to release package updates in the stable branch. I started using Arch a couple months ago and have done at least 30 different installs on a couple computers to learn the ins and outs. I have to say that Arch is by far my favorite distro to use. The only thing I don't like is that KDE 3 was taken out of the main branch but KDEMod3 fixed that issue for me. Yaourt also makes things really easy for packages not in Core, Extra, or Community.

addr · 2008-12-13 02:32:34

I am an inveterate distro-hopper...I just like fiddling with the things.
I have Arch Xfce and Arch Kde4 installed and have to say that Arch with Xfce is the fastest thing I have ever used including Gentoo on 64bit at least.
Spending some time on installation of Arch (and configuring Xfce, it must be said) is actually enjoyable since the documentation is so good...eh...on Arch not Xfce.
I am from Debian and already a fan of the rolling distro so Arch being bang up to date is a real pleasure.
I know I'll continue to fiddle especially with Gentoo but Arch Xfce is now my default and I can't see me changing.
Just installed the printer and was expecting a lot of Googling and hassle...took about five minutes following the Wiki.
The documentation is unparalleled.
Thanks to all involved with Arch, I am so glad I tried it!
My next project is to fire up Larch and make a live cd to install it on my wife's computer

balu · 2008-12-13 16:55:48

You guys at Arch rock!

I am a distro hopper like many others here and I find myself switching back to Arch while I am not experimenting.

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