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algorythm

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Origin of "Arch" Linux?

Where does the name "Arch" Linux originally come from?

Discuss.

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nbd

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Re: Origin of "Arch" Linux?

My non-educated guess:

archetype

1. An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned; a prototype: "'Frankenstein' ... 'Dracula' ... 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' ... the archetypes that have influenced all subsequent horror stories" (New York Times).
2. An ideal example of a type; quintessence: an archetype of the successful entrepreneur.
3. In Jungian psychology, an inherited pattern of thought or symbolic imagery derived from past collective experience and present in the individual unconscious.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Archtype

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Allan

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Re: Origin of "Arch" Linux?

Arch Enemy

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fukawi2

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Re: Origin of "Arch" Linux?

It comes from "arch-nemesis" meaning "primary"...

http://osdir.com/ml/linux.arch.general/ … 00253.html

EDIT: better source link.

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Xyne

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Re: Origin of "Arch" Linux?

http://osdir.com/ml/linux.arch.general/ … 00253.html.

That's 3 months after he got hacked... can we really trust that source?

New question: why doesn't phrak love us? He hasn't posted here in years. Did he not see the humor in "Arch Overlard"?

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jasonwryan

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Re: Origin of "Arch" Linux?

New question: why doesn't phrak love us? He hasn't posted here in years. Did he not see the humor in "Arch Overlard"?

Maybe he is amongst us, just with a different username?   ¬_¬

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Xyne

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Re: Origin of "Arch" Linux?

Maybe he is amongst us, just with a different username?   ¬_¬

The thought crossed my mind, but how could you resist basking in the glory of being called the Overlard? The only reason to hide would be to avoid a dagger in the back from Allan.

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Allan

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Re: Origin of "Arch" Linux?

He is too busy lifting weights to be of any concern...

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sevendogs

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Re: Origin of "Arch" Linux?

Arch Enemy

One of my favorite metal bands :-)

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sevendogs

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Re: Origin of "Arch" Linux?

Just did a quick wiki search, I knew it! I was a CRUX user years back and Arch reminded me of a distro I had used before, I just couldn't remember which one. Apparently, according to wiki anyway, Arch was inspired by CRUX. For those of you who don't know, here is the wiki article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRUX

Besides Arch and Gentoo, it was the fastest, leanest distro I have every used.

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x33a

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Re: Origin of "Arch" Linux?

@sevendogs,

If only you had used Arch in the initscripts days. It even had an rc.conf like CRUX!

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Re: Origin of "Arch" Linux?

@sevendogs,

If only you had used Arch in the initscripts days. It even had an rc.conf like CRUX!

I remember rc.conf from CRUX! Syntax was basically: (service1, service2, etc), correct? BSD style init, very simple. The new systemd seems easy enough but my admins at work hate it. I have never administered large numbers of Linux boxes so can't speak to what systemd does, or doesn't do, for them.

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x33a

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Re: Origin of "Arch" Linux?

I remember rc.conf from CRUX! Syntax was basically: (service1, service2, etc), correct? BSD style init, very simple.

Yeah, it was quite similar. I haven't used CRUX myself, so I don't know how much alike they were.

The new systemd seems easy enough but my admins at work hate it. I have never administered large numbers of Linux boxes so can't speak to what systemd does, or doesn't do, for them.

Well, I am not a fan of systemd either . But let's not derail the thread with systemd discussion. It tends to get quite animated.

sevendogs

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Re: Origin of "Arch" Linux?

Good point

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